AUSTRALIA: caught a rare goblin shark

A are deep-water goblin shark, was found fishing trawl net in deep waters off Australia last week.

This rare shark seems to be the world’s rarest shark, and a contender for the world’s ugliest sea creature. It is the lone surviving member of the "Mitsukurinidae" family, which dates back at least over 100 million year.

FLORIDA: incredible catch, fished a rare goblin shark

According with  Southern Fried Science web site (http://www.southernfriedscience.com), capt. Carl Moore  while commercial fishing for shrimp off Florida Keys a strange ad rare catch of an ugly goblin shark was made.

In the net full of red shrimp was an estimated 18 foot goblin shark, a rare deep bottom  shark rarely seen at the surface or in shallow coastal waters. Seems also that this kind of shark was very rare in the Gulf of Mexico.

The first captured in these waters was only on July 2000, by commercial fishermen in more than 3,000 feet of water.

Capt. Moore caught this shark placing his net at more than 2,000 feet of water.

See more reports about goblin shark HERE

GOBLIN SHARK in this Discovery Channel amazing video

Amazing and high quality video from the Discovery Channel. A video featuring the rare and mysterious goblin shark.