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Video of massive six-gill shark at 3,330 feet

Really worth watching. These sorts of images are a good reminder that this is still largely a wild planet.

February 8, 2008

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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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