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An unusual shark was caught by an Australian fisherman. Her body it looked like an eel’s body, and its mouth was strewn with rows of needles as sharp as teeth.
It turned out that a strange creature belongs to a rare species of fish, known to science as the “corrugated shark.” Since this view sharks appeared on our planet more than 80 million years ago, in In the scientific community, this fish is often called a “fossil.” Today representatives of this species of sharks are quite rare, to For example, the fisherman David Guillot who caught the “wonder” said that had not seen anything like it before. In addition, he told that when he pulled a shovel meter shark out of the water, he was terribly afraid since her appearance was terrible – the fish is similar to those creatures that shown in horror films. At first, the fisherman was sure that he had caught a representative of some new species unknown to science. David went fishing to catch sea bass. Unusual he caught a shark near the southeast coast of Victoria. The fish lived at a depth of 1.1 kilometers. First Shirred Shark was described in 1884. Her closest relative is a shark-cow, which as a species appeared on Earth more than 95 million years ago. The corrugated shark has 25 rows of sharp teeth. These ancient fish feed on squid and octopus. According to by age, the shark is able to expand its jaw in this way to swallow prey, which can be half of it own size. The body of the shark resembles an eel, as flexible and brisk. Typically corrugated sharks inhabit extreme depths in moderately cool waters of the coast of New Zealand, Japan and near British Isles. Since these creatures tend to live in areas where fishing is prohibited, for fishermen they are exceptional rarity. Corrugated Sharks Pregnancy is about three and a half years since the embryos during months grow by only 1.4 centimeters. Australia Sharks Fish
