Elusive Ghost Shark Finally Captured on Film
No, this isn’t a product of CGI trickery or digital sorcery. It’s real footage of the elusive Chimaera, also known as the Ghost Shark, which is believed to have never before been captured on film.
The folks at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research snapped the footage, which was uploaded on National Geographic’s YouTube channel
It’s not actually a shark, although they are closely related and also have skeletons made out of cartilage instead of bones. They live around 2,600 meters below the surface (which explains why sightings are so rare), where they eat crustaceans, mollusks, and other fish.
They’ve also been around for approximately 300 million years; whereas, we’ve only been around for about 200,000, which I guess gives them more of a right to inhabit the planet. And unlike us, they haven’t completely fucked up the planet beyond all repair.
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