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lol
June 14, 2009 by Anonymous, 2 weeks 5 days ago
Comment id: 37266
it's a big fingy majig
What is it's weight?
June 1, 2009 by Anonymous, 4 weeks 5 days ago
Comment id: 36956
What is it's weight?
Deepwater Discovery
September 1, 2008 by Anonymous, 43 weeks 5 days ago
Comment id: 31738
Lovely.
It also doesn't have a dorsal fin
Except one close to the tail.
All creatures great and small
Amaze and delight the eye
That sees beauty in any form
That lives on this big ball.
theres no way it could be a
February 11, 2008 by Anonymous, 1 year 20 weeks ago
Comment id: 27453
theres no way it could be a megaladon shark those are extinct if it was it would be much much much bigger they were believed to be 45 ft in length and able to fit 4 adults in there mouths
When something lives 3280ft
February 9, 2008 by Anonymous, 1 year 20 weeks ago
Comment id: 27412
When something lives 3280ft underwater it has little use for it's eyes.
It can't be that big...
February 9, 2008 by Anonymous, 1 year 20 weeks ago
Comment id: 27409
It's eye is smaller than my mouse pointer...
From the video page:
February 9, 2008 by Anonymous, 1 year 20 weeks ago
Comment id: 27408
"This six-gill shark (Hexanchus) was filmed during a submersible dive off the northeast coast of Molokai at a depth of 1000m (3280ft). The 2 red laser dots are 6 inches apart, resulting in a length of about 18 ft for the shark.
Great ecstatic live commentary by University of Hawaii Oceanography Professor Jeff Drazen!
Many thanks to Dr. Craig Smith (University of Hawaii) and Dr. Eric Vetter for permitting release of this footage which was obtained as part of their research data set"
holy shit
February 8, 2008 by Anonymous, 1 year 20 weeks ago
Comment id: 27407
wowza
6 Gill Sharks
February 8, 2008 by Anonymous, 1 year 20 weeks ago
Comment id: 27403
The 6 Gill shark is prehistoric. It's an amazing creature...got to see one diving off the coast of B.C. It was a female about 15 foot long...came to about 130 feet of a huge wall. Definitely an experience I'll remember for the rest of my life. They study the sharks on Horny Island in B.C, Canada but they are getting rarer to see every year...they normally live extremely deep.
How many of you
February 8, 2008 by Anonymous, 1 year 21 weeks ago
Comment id: 27397
counted the gills on his head, huh?!
Megalodon?
February 8, 2008 by Anonymous, 1 year 21 weeks ago
Comment id: 27396
Wow! Is there any idea of scale? Just how big is it? Does it belong to a known species?
Or could that thing be a Megalodon? Probably not, they're supposed to have been extinct for about three million years, but..
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