rarely seen deep sea shark captured, died later

Raesene · Post by **Raesene** » 2007-01-24 02:53pm

A frilled shark was captured near Japan and brought to a marine park near Tokyo. A video and pictures were taken before it died.

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video

I wonder what else lurks down there.

Post by **weemadando** » 2007-01-24 03:27pm

Awesome. I love it when they snag something that is that ancient.

This is why we need to fund deep sea exploration to a serious extent. If nothing else we'll find some awesome species.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2007-01-24 05:29pm

I'm surprised the Japanese didn't try to eat it.

loomer · Post by **loomer** » 2007-01-24 07:31pm

Well, they didn't say what they did with the carcass...

wolveraptor · Post by **wolveraptor** » 2007-01-24 11:08pm

Sharks as a whole haven't changed much since ancient times, and it's not like this species itself was around tens of millions of years ago. This is why I dislike the term "fossil species".

On another note, as a deep sea creature, shouldn't it have exploded due to decompression on the way up here?

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2007-01-25 12:07am

wolveraptor wrote:Sharks as a whole haven't changed much since ancient times, and it's not like this species itself was around tens of millions of years ago. This is why I dislike the term "fossil species".

On another note, as a deep sea creature, shouldn't it have exploded due to decompression on the way up here?

That's why it died. Plenty of deep-sea creatures have been brought up just fine, though, although they do die as the pressure changes; however, since they're essentially solid inside, they don't explode, just suffocate. It's like why we don't explode atop Mt. Everest...

Post by **weemadando** » 2007-01-25 01:41am

Elheru Aran wrote:
wolveraptor wrote:Sharks as a whole haven't changed much since ancient times, and it's not like this species itself was around tens of millions of years ago. This is why I dislike the term "fossil species".

On another note, as a deep sea creature, shouldn't it have exploded due to decompression on the way up here?
That's why it died. Plenty of deep-sea creatures have been brought up just fine, though, although they do die as the pressure changes; however, since they're essentially solid inside, they don't explode, just suffocate. It's like why we don't explode atop Mt. Everest...

Though, can I just say how uncool it is when you catch a deep sea fish, reel it in and end up with something that's swim bladder has hyperinflated, popping out the eyes, sometimes peeking through the gills, and is puffed out like a big of organic bubble gum from the mouth to be the same size as the fish...

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2007-01-25 05:21am

weemadando wrote:Though, can I just say how uncool it is when you catch a deep sea fish, reel it in and end up with something that's swim bladder has hyperinflated, popping out the eyes, sometimes peeking through the gills, and is puffed out like a big of organic bubble gum from the mouth to be the same size as the fish...

Eew.

Now all we need to do is find megalodon. And then haul him up and have his bladder come out of his eyes.

Ted C · Post by **Ted C** » 2007-01-25 10:25am

wolveraptor wrote:On another note, as a deep sea creature, shouldn't it have exploded due to decompression on the way up here?

It was found in shallow water. We can only guess that it came up slowly enough to decompress.

Patrick Ogaard · Post by **Patrick Ogaard** » 2007-01-25 10:35am

Shroom Man 777 wrote:
weemadando wrote:Though, can I just say how uncool it is when you catch a deep sea fish, reel it in and end up with something that's swim bladder has hyperinflated, popping out the eyes, sometimes peeking through the gills, and is puffed out like a big of organic bubble gum from the mouth to be the same size as the fish...
Eew.

Now all we need to do is find megalodon. And then haul him up and have his bladder come out of his eyes.

That'd be a neat trick. Sharks don't come equipped with swim bladders.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2007-01-25 12:03pm

Oh. I forgot, they had livers filled with oil.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2007-01-25 08:47pm

Shroom Man 777 wrote:Oh. I forgot, they had livers filled with oil.

Weird...don't cod have the same thing?

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2007-01-26 07:35am

Molyneux wrote:
Shroom Man 777 wrote:Oh. I forgot, they had livers filled with oil.
Weird...don't cod have the same thing?

Dunno. But that's one of the things that differentiates sharks from normal fishes. Sharks got obscenely huge livers, as well as the cartilage for bones and all.

Zor · Post by **Zor** » 2007-01-26 01:03pm

That was one awesome fish, Pity it died.

Zor

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2007-01-26 04:20pm

Superman wrote:I'm surprised the Japanese didn't try to eat it.

well...

Frilled sharks appear regularly in the catches from bottom trawling, and when caught are used as food or for fishmeal

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2007-01-26 04:44pm

Zor wrote:That was one awesome fish, Pity it died.

Zor

Really? I thought it was one ugly SOB.

Dark Primus · Post by **Dark Primus** » 2007-01-26 08:09pm

I believe they will examine this one rather then eat it.

Zor · Post by **Zor** » 2007-01-26 10:36pm

Darth Servo wrote:
Zor wrote:That was one awesome fish, Pity it died.

Zor
Really? I thought it was one ugly SOB.

Something can be butt ugly and still be awesome.

Zor

LeftWingExtremist · Post by **LeftWingExtremist** » 2007-01-27 08:00am

Dark Primus wrote:I believe they will examine this one rather then eat it.

Then what have they been doing with all the wales.

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tim31 · Post by **tim31** » 2007-01-27 11:37am

A friend who is know to embelish stories a bit told me yesterday that the Japanese caught a live adult Architeuthis, then killed and ate it. This must have been what he meant...

tim31 · Post by **tim31** » 2007-01-27 11:40am

GHETTO EDIT: maybe he was half right...

Admiral_Icehawk · Post by **Admiral_Icehawk** » 2007-01-28 08:38am

When i first heard the news they said a "fifty million year old shark", confusing way to say it. They corrected it after the ad break.

PS: My dad told me this funny story about a wooly mammoth preserved perfectly in the ice uncovered by some people, by the time the scientists got there it had been eaten by the people. LOL