Fisherman David Guillot recently netted a living fossil off Australia's coast. The species, identyified as the hideous, mildly terrifying and rarely sighted frilled shark, was caught on a fishing trawler in waters near Lakes Entrance in the Victoria's Gippsland region.Simon Boag, from the South East Trawl Fishing Association, said it was the first time in living memory that a frilled shark had been sighted.
"We couldn't find a fisherman who had ever seen one before," he said.
The frilled shark is believed to be responsible for some of the ancient myths surrounding sea monsters.
"It does look 80 million years old. It looks prehistoric, it looks like it's from another time!. It has 300 teeth over 25 rows, so once you're in that mouth, you're not coming out," Boag said.
He said local fishermen were left scratching their heads at the sight of the two-metre-long creature, whose head and body resemble an eel, but whose tail is more reminiscent of a shark.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation confirmed it to be a frilled shark, and while the species is known to the scientific community, it was a nonetheless rare and bizarre find for local fishermen.
Source: http://www.rediff.com/news/report/wtf-news-its-weird-true-and-funny/20150123.htm
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