January 30, 2015

PHILIPPINES: found a very rare megamouth shark


Megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) is a very rare ocean fish and very few is know about it. Only 60 fishes whre caught or found dead;  the first ever, a 16-foot megamouth, was hauled up attached to a sea anchor off Hawaii in 1976.

this time the megamouth shark washed ashore this week in the Philippines Islands. The 4.5 metre - 15-foot specimen was found in the Burias Pass, in central Philippines.


This shark will be studied by scientists hoping to learn more about the mysterious deep-sea species.