Rare shark spotted

[CrystalTears]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070124/sc_nm/shark_japan_dc

Japanese marine park captures rare shark on film

Tue Jan 23, 11:22 PM ET

TOKYO (Reuters) - A species of shark rarely seen alive because its natural habitat is 600 meters (2,000 ft) or more under the sea was captured on film by staff at a Japanese marine park this week.

The Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, south of Tokyo, was alerted by a fisherman at a nearby port on Sunday that he had spotted an odd-looking eel-like creature with a mouthful of needle-sharp teeth.

Marine park staff caught the 1.6 meter (5 ft) long creature, which they identified as a female frilled shark, sometimes referred to as a "living fossil" because it is a primitive species that has changed little since prehistoric times.

The shark appeared to be in poor condition when park staff moved it to a seawater pool where they filmed it swimming and opening its jaws.

"We believe moving pictures of a live specimen are extremely rare," said an official at the park. "They live between 600 and 1,000 meters under the water, which is deeper than humans can go."

"We think it may have come close to the surface because it was sick, or else it was weakened because it was in shallow waters," the official said.
The shark died a few hours after being caught.

Frilled sharks, which feed on other sharks and sea creatures, are sometimes caught in the nets of trawlers but are rarely seen alive.



Creeeeeepy.

[Gan]

Its wickedly cool looking.

[zhelas]

Makes one think what other rare or unknown creatures live in the sea. I found it interesting that they were able to film it. Too bad that it died though.

[Jenisi]

I doubtly we'll ever fully explore and know what's lurking at the bottom of our ocean. The creatures that live that deep are simply amazing creatures, how they survive, their biological makeup and the like. Always great to see photos of creatures like these.

[Stanley Burrell]

I think that it is really amazing how many new species of sharks continue to be documented.

Not that it isn't at all surprising that larger sea animals; those species whom are trapped halfway between a viable evolutionary morphology would/are/will continue to turn up thousandfolds more in the "new species spotlight" than any other kingdom animalia tangent (and essentially all non-extremophile archaebac [and certain surface eubacteria.])

The ocean really provides true beauty into the awesomeness of the undiscovered.

Hopefully, for the same reason this new discovery provided itself an oppurtunity to be recorded in the first place; that it will be in this same exact light this animal is not placed into captivity. And set back into the waters. Very cool :)

[Stanley Burrell]

It seems the fishermen did a giant squid harpoon on it, too :-\

[Skeeter]

I'm sure the change in pressure was it's undoing.

[Tea & Strumpets]

I think that it is really amazing how many new species of sharks continue to be documented.

Not that it isn't at all surprising that larger sea animals; those species whom are trapped halfway between a viable evolutionary morphology would/are/will continue to turn up thousandfolds more in the "new species spotlight" than any other kingdom animalia tangent (and essentially all non-extremophile archaebac [and certain surface eubacteria.])

The ocean really provides true beauty into the awesomeness of the undiscovered.

Hopefully, for the same reason this new discovery provided itself an oppurtunity to be recorded in the first place; that it will be in this same exact light this animal is not placed into captivity. And set back into the waters. Very cool :)

I can never understand any of your posts. When you aren't searching for the longest possible word to use, you are making analogies that make no sense (not necessarily in this post). I've read that last sentence 3 times and still have no idea what you are trying to communicate.

Do I just have poor reading comprehension? Anyway, just an FYI, I'm not trying to be a non-extremophile archaebac.

[Artha]

With Stanley's posts, you either learn to read them or learn to guess what he's saying by the replies they get.

[Back]

He said... while its regrettable this one ancient shark died, its a good lesson that others should not be taken from their natural habitats.

[Drew2]

With Stanley's posts, you either learn to read them or learn to guess what he's saying by the replies they get.

Or option 3, ignore them completely.

[El Burro]

I thought always the fact that it simply a logical answer in another language and then in English translates.

aka Stan is the man :word:

[Atlanteax]

He said... while its regrettable this one ancient shark died, its a good lesson that others should not be taken from their natural habitats.

Too bad SB's comprehension skills are poor.

The shark was not taken from its natural habitat.
It swam too high to the surface area.

That "moral of the story" does not apply to this.

[Sean]

Xcalibur made more sense than Stanley

Anyway the shark looks pretty bad ass in the photo, not something I'd want to see swimming around my boat. Especially close enough to describe it's needle like teeth.

[Stanley Burrell]

I can never understand any of your posts. When you aren't searching for the longest possible word to use, you are making analogies that make no sense (not necessarily in this post). I've read that last sentence 3 times and still have no idea what you are trying to communicate.

Do I just have poor reading comprehension? Anyway, just an FYI, I'm not trying to be a non-extremophile archaebac.

Cephalanomancy.

[AestheticDeath]

Your search - Cephalanomancy - did not match any documents.

[Stanley Burrell]

Your search - Cephalanomancy - did not match any documents.

Most encyclopedias basterdize it as "cephaleonomancy."

[Soulpieced]

Cephalenonomancy is a perfectly cromulent word to describe the embiggened Stanley.

[Stanley Burrell]

^

I agree, considering I mispelled bastardize.

That and this fish was jacked up unneccesarily :(

[AestheticDeath]

divination by an Asses head broiled on coals

fun

[Stanley Burrell]

Yep. Learn it, love it, use it in a sentence :D

I'd actually be interested in its necropsy to determine if it was preggers.

Not because deep sea chondrichthyes have their highest mortality rates from giving birth habitually in mouth shallows or anything...

[Back]

The videos of this animal pwn the pics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W0Igx6ht00

[Nieninque]

Too bad SB's comprehension skills are poor.

The shark was not taken from its natural habitat.
It swam too high to the surface area.

That "moral of the story" does not apply to this.

And yet, ironically, nowhere in Stanley's post does he say that it was taken from it's natural habitat. My understanding of what the ex-druggie said was that it shows that if things are taken from their natural habitat, bad things happen. Hence, this provides support for the argument to put them back from whence they came.

Seems your comprehension skills arent really up to much.

[Artha]

Seems your comprehension skills arent really up to much.
Given the material he was reading, this shouldn't be held against him.

[Back]

Was that a pic of one of Celephais' relatives?

[Celephais]

Was that a pic of one of Celephais' relatives?

Celephaimancy is the art of divination by listening to what I say. Close.

[peam]

http://www.marinethemes.com/aasearchfiles/Sixgills/images/S01A01%2035920.jpg

Proof there is no god.

[Back]

Proof there is no god.

Deep.

[Stanley Burrell]

Given the material he was reading, this shouldn't be held against him.

I will so totally admit that being swamped with school and work and then reading this article from a secondary source makes my bleeding, cartilaginous-hearted, er, hippy brain think I'm still working with the P.I. who made my first footnote of a frosted rainbow sprinkle publication in Sciences and Fisheries. And make my posting style, and lack thereof, that much less coherent :wasntme:

I actually re-read the last paragraph and am thankful that I am able to make words come out of my mouth not like the text I emit here.

BUT S'ALL GOOD.

Peam's jpeg makes me emo.

[Tea & Strumpets]

I actually felt a little bad when everyone agreed that you don't have the ability to communicate a complete thought via text. You might have an easier time getting your thoughts across if you didn't try to pat yourself on the back by using words that have to be googled (assuming anyone cared). Also, never use analogies again. You totally don't understand the concept of an analogy, and you've never used one that makes any sense.

Just to show that I am not saying this to be mean-spirited, I've made an attempt to translate your last paragraph so that you can more easily communicate.


I will so totally admit that being swamped with school and work and then reading this article from a secondary source makes my bleeding, cartilaginous-hearted, er, hippy brain think I'm still working with the P.I. who made my first footnote of a frosted rainbow sprinkle publication in Sciences and Fisheries.

"Hi, I'm retarded."

[Jolena]

Yah..that's not mean-spirited at ALL.

[DeV]

I'm just really wondering about the respawn time on these awesome creatures.

[CrystalTears]

I'm just really wondering about the respawn time on these awesome creatures.
Or how many are currently down there.

[Celephais]

You might have an easier time getting your thoughts across if you didn't try to pat yourself on the back by using words that have to be googled (assuming anyone cared). Also, never use analogies again. You totally don't understand the concept of an analogy, and you've never used one that makes any sense.

Stanley needs no pats on the back, he is inherently awesome, it's actually not that hard to understand him. Also, never tell Stanley to change his posting style again. You totally don't understand him and Stanley > You.

[HarmNone]

Stanley has the ability to communicate very well. He just chooses to communicate cryptically. That's what makes him Stanley. :)

[DeV]

I actually felt a little bad when everyone agreed that you don't have the ability to communicate a complete thought via text. What they mostly agree on is that they have a hard comprehending Stanley's posting style. However, not everyone lacks that comprehension.

In any case, I'll take Stanley's analogies over some of the others I see posted randomly here any day of the week.

[Tea & Strumpets]

What they mostly agree on is that they have a hard comprehending Stanley's posting style. However, not everyone lacks that comprehension.

In any case, I'll take Stanley's analogies over some of the others I see posted randomly here any day of the week.

I was exaggerating and being insulting, but my basic point remains. Anyway, I was just venting about his incoherence and obvious back-patting. I'll leave our "special" poster alone now.

Supercalafragilisticexpealidocious!!!

[DeV]

I was exaggerating and being insulting, but my basic point remains. Anyway, I was just venting about his incoherence and obvious back-patting. I'll leave our "special" poster alone now.

Supercalafragilisticexpealidocious!!!You are <3'd. And you reeked of exaggeration, but my reply was more in reference to the insulting nature of said exaggeration, ya big meanie.

Now where is that damn "Blame Dar" smiley when you need it.

[CrystalTears]

Now where is that damn "Blame Dar" smiley when you need it.
OooooOOooo here! Allow me! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v412/Jemah/smilies/dar.gif

[Tea & Strumpets]

For SHAME, CT.

:nono:

[Hulkein]

I can never understand any of your posts. When you aren't searching for the longest possible word to use, you are making analogies that make no sense (not necessarily in this post). I've read that last sentence 3 times and still have no idea what you are trying to communicate.

Do I just have poor reading comprehension? Anyway, just an FYI, I'm not trying to be a non-extremophile archaebac.

I don't even bother reading his posts anymore.

[Parkbandit]

I can never understand any of your posts. When you aren't searching for the longest possible word to use, you are making analogies that make no sense (not necessarily in this post). I've read that last sentence 3 times and still have no idea what you are trying to communicate.

Do I just have poor reading comprehension? Anyway, just an FYI, I'm not trying to be a non-extremophile archaebac.

Holy shit, I thought it was just me. I usually skip over his posts as I don't have the time or inclination to translate them. It's like he typed out a post, used some "Try to sound smart" translation program.. and posted the results.

[peam]

I've been saving Stanley's posts for years.

I'm compiling them all together, in an effort to create the next great epic.

The closest thing I could compare it to, at this point, would be a cross between Ovid's "Metamorphoses" and the Gnostic gospel of St. Thomas.

[Skeeter]

I've said it before, Stanley posts like Robert Jordan. Lots of meaningless description, and a story line that goes nowhere.

I've taken to skipping his posts as well.

[Gan]

:lol:

I usually understand about 60% of SB's posts.

He reminds me of Sasha Baron Cohen's character Ali G. (kinda looks like him too.)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/AliG-Harv.jpg

[Hulkein]

Respek

[TheEschaton]

SB's posting style is irrelevant to the topic at hand, OFF TOPIC!!!!!!!!!!111

That shark is hella scary.

(And I love SB's posting style - it makes me think. I've more of a tendancy to skip random posts of "You're a dickweed" than his.)

-TheE-

[Satira]

"Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go on an overnight drunk and in 10 days I'm going to set out to find the shark that ate my friend and destroy it. Anyone who wants to tag along is more than welcome."

LOL @ LIFE AQUATIC SHARK THREAD

ps - I enjoy reading SB's posts. They're lively and weird.

[Snapp]

That shark is cool as hell. As long as I'm not in the water with it or something.

(And to be nice, I have no comment on SB's posting style)

[ElanthianSiren]

:heart: Stan (and his posts), so there. Offer still stands on standard Stanley to Common dictionary. -Just 15.95+s/h.

That shark is awe inspiring. It's a shame it died, but if it came that far out of its natural habitat, it was probably sickened in some way, as the scientists mentioned.

-M

[Drew]

I glance at Stanley's posts. I think if you spend 5 seconds or less going over the whole post you'll have much better comprehension of the overall point.

[Stanley Burrell]

How many seconds does it take to glance over the :offtopic: emoticon?

[Augie]

I think it's interesting when a rare or unknown sea creature is found. We spend billions of dollars to shoot rockets in to space to learn what's outside the planet, you would think we'd want to try to develop more technology to find what is on the planet and beneath the sea.

I hope that one day we'll be able to see what's on the bottom of the ocean. That would be cool to know what other scary ass shit lives down there.

[Artha]

you would think we'd want to try to develop more technology to find what is on the planet and beneath the sea.
I'm thinking it's easier for us to develope things that can survive in vaccuum than things that can survive in the immense pressure of deep seas.

[Latrinsorm]

I hope that one day we'll be able to see what's on the bottom of the ocean. That would be cool to know what other scary ass shit lives down there.It's pretty boring, generally. To survive they have to cluster around deep sea vents which are basically windows to magma, so they mostly just sit around.

[Gan]

It's pretty boring, generally. To survive they have to cluster around deep sea vents which are basically windows to magma, so they mostly just sit around.

How would you know its pretty boring?

[CrystalTears]

How would you know its pretty boring?
BECAUSE GOD SHOWED HIM THE WAY!

[Nieninque]

I'm thinking it's easier for us to develope things that can survive in vaccuum than things that can survive in the immense pressure of deep seas.

Im not an expert on how vaccuums work, but arent there huge pressures involved there too?

[Latrinsorm]

Vacuum is the complete absence of pressure. Space is not a perfect vacuum, but it's pretty close.

I know because I've seen it. They've invented these devices called "cameras" that allow people to record and replay visual stimuli, it's really quite fascinating. During a course on the origins of life we spent a significant period looking into the deep sea environment, as such an environment is pretty good for origin of life scenarios. Large buffer to climate changes and bombardment, plenty of water (obviously), warmth, streams of heavy elements. The only trick is that at some point they have to get out.

[StrayRogue]

I think it's interesting when a rare or unknown sea creature is found. We spend billions of dollars to shoot rockets in to space to learn what's outside the planet, you would think we'd want to try to develop more technology to find what is on the planet and beneath the sea.

I hope that one day we'll be able to see what's on the bottom of the ocean. That would be cool to know what other scary ass shit lives down there.


You'll be able to find The Blue Planet on a torrent website somewhere. One episode takes part in the murky depths of the ocean. Apparently every time they go down, they discover a new species. You can watch a preview here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programmes/tv/blueplanet/programme2.shtml

[Gan]

Latrin reminds me of Cliff Clavin on Cheers.

[Latrinsorm]

Latrin reminds me of Cliff Clavin on Cheers.NORM!!!!!!!

That's about the extent of my Cheers knowledge. :\

[Gan]

Maybe one of the other old timers will point out the similarities to you.

[CrystalTears]

Latrin reminds me of Cliff Clavin on Cheers.
ROFL!!

Damnit Ganalon, now I'm going to hear Cliff in my head when I read his posts.

[Parkbandit]

Maybe one of the other old timers will point out the similarities to you.


FU, leave me out of this.

[Gan]

FU, leave me out of this.

Damnit I said OTHER.... And there you go, implicating yourself again.

Better watch that premature implication.

:whistle:

[Sean of the Thread]

I kill about about 10 sharks a year .... mmmm TASTE GOOD.

[TheEschaton]

Hey, Sean2, who would win in a fight, a Frilled Shark or Coach Ditka?

-TheE-