Megamouth Shark

Why Are We Still Searching For The Loch Ness Monster?

Edit IFL Science 26 Apr 2016

People are fascinated by the unknown, by the possibility that there are things out there that are yet to be discovered. We think that most of our planet has been mapped by satellites and continents have been thoroughly explored ... The Coelacanth, a fish thought to be extinct for millions of years, was caught off the coast of South Africa in 1938, and the megamouth shark is another living fossil discovered only about 40 years ago ... ....

Rare Megamouth Shark Caught in Japan is What Nightmares are Made of

Edit NDTV 18 Apr 2016

The rather scary-looking Megamouth shark, almost five metres in length, was netted at Mie Prefecture a few miles away from the Owase Port in Japan . ....

Rare Megamouth Shark Caught Off Japanese Coast

Edit Inquisitr 17 Apr 2016

A group of Japanese fishermen recently pulled an exceedingly rare catch from the depths, hauling in a megamouth shark, a species that has been witnessed less than a hundred times in the wild since it was first discovered. The megamouth shark was caught roughly five kilometers from Owase Port in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, according to the Independent ... a megamouth shark....

Rare Megamouth shark caught in Japan

Edit The Independent 17 Apr 2016

An incredibly rare Megamouth shark has been caught by fishermen off the coast of Japan....

Extremely Rare 'Megamouth' Shark Caught In Japan (Photos)

Edit Opposing Views 16 Apr 2016

An extremely rare "Megamouth" shark has been caught by Japanese fisherman. The deepwater shark, known as "megamouth" for its use of its massive mouth to catch food while swimming, was caught in fishing nets roughly five kilometers from the Owase Port in central Japan, according to Yahoo ... According to Daily Mail, megamouth sharks have only been spotted roughly 60 times since their discovery in 1976....

Cryptozoology : Science or pseudoscience

Edit The Examiner 20 Mar 2016

Cryptozoology is becoming a commonplace word that is in the news from time to time when there are Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot sightings. But some people do not believe it is a viable field of study ... But there is no college degree in Cryptozoology ... But this has all changed with the discovery of some hidden animals such as the Komodo Dragon, Mountain Gorilla, Giant Panda, Okapi, and Megamouth shark, just to name a few ... Go figure! ....

Taiwan may have half the world’s megamouth sharks 全球半數以上巨口鯊以台灣海域為家

Edit Taipei Times 02 Nov 2015

A report published a few days ago says that the sea southeast of Taiwan may be a birthplace of whale sharks, but, apart from whale sharks, another super-rare kind of shark is present in the seas around Taiwan, namely the megamouth shark, of which only 107 specimens have been found in the whole world up to now ... region in which megamouth sharks exist....

Rare shark hunter will tell his story

Edit The Examiner 01 Oct 2015

When we think about sharks, the fierce Great White Shark or Tiger shark comes to mind. Their huge teeth and aggressive nature are known to divers, surfers and anyone else who has seen the movie “Jaws” or read about shark attacks. But the shark world is much more diverse ... Ebert and his students recently wrestled with a rare Megamouth Shark off the coast of Taiwan trying to attach an expensive probe to the animal to track its movements....

Researchers discover new lineage of prehistoric, plankton-eating sharks (DePaul University)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Sep 2015

The fossil sharks had tiny teeth very similar to a modern-day, plankton-eating megamouth shark ... the megamouth sharks, basking sharks, whale sharks, and manta rays. Pseudomegachasma means "false megamouth shark" due to its dental features, which are superficially nearly identical to the modern-day plankton-eating megamouth shark or Megachasma that evolved much later in time....

A 20-foot monster shark once trolled the Mesozoic seas

Edit Mashable 05 Jun 2015

A giant shark the size of a two-story building prowled the shallow seas 100 million years ago, new fossils reveal ... The top image shows the estimated body size of a shark fossil found in a 100-million-year-old deposit in Kansas. The middle shark's size ... "For example, some of the largest modern-day sharks are plankton-feeding forms with minute teeth, such as the whale shark, basking shark and megamouth shark."....

20-Foot Monster Shark Once Trolled Mesozoic Seas

Edit Yahoo Daily News 04 Jun 2015

A giant shark the size of a two-story building prowled the shallow seas 100 million years ago, new fossils reveal ... That vertebra came from a shark that was up to 32 feet (9.8 meters) long ... "For example, some of the largest modern-day sharks are plankton-feeding forms with minute teeth, such as the whale shark, basking shark and megamouth shark."....

Scientists using new technology to track endangered basking sharks as the creatures are expected to ...

Edit The Independent 15 May 2015

The average basking shark may be the size and weight of a double-decker bus, but these giant fish are still notoriously hard to find ... The plankton is attracting the sharks – one of just three shark species that eat plankton – directly into the reaches of researchers ... The move forms part of a groundbreaking project off the Cornish coast that seeks to protect basking sharks ... Megamouth shark washes up onshore in the Philippines....

Scientists using new technology to track endangered basking sharks as the creatures reach UK shores