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Philippine fishermen were lucky. And not even in the rich catch, and in rare content. They got bumpy pelagic shark of the species Megachasma pelagios.
In the history of fishing, only a few dozen have been caught. these amazing fish. The current, mined near the city of Cagayan de Oro, became the sixtieth in a row. When the fishermen unloaded the shark ashore, look at this miracle escaped and old and young.
Now a rare large-mouthed shark sent to scientists on research is not the kind of fish that is eaten.
The first deep-sea pelagic shark was caught in 1976. Then this species of deep-sea fish was caught several more times. japanese, philippine and taiwan fishermen but exact boundaries the habitat of the mysterious representative of the marine fauna is still not defined.
Near Japan, on May 2, 2005, the largest pelagic shark – a female almost six meters long, and most turned out to be small male – about two meters long, caught in the network March 13, 2004 near Sumatra. The current instance is average, then there is so far unremarkable. However, as scientists say, any instance of a large-shark shark can bring a surprise …
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Sharks Monsters Japan
