SIX FOOT LONG EEL LIKE FRILL SHARK CALLED "A LIVING FOSSIL"

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - SHARK THAT INSPIRED SEA MONSTER MYTHS

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With its gaping, tooth-filled mouth and its slender, eel-like body, it’s not hard to see why scientists think the frilled shark may have inspired ancient tales of sea monsters. Looking like something out of a nightmare, the deep-sea creature is rarely seen. But fishers in Australia pulled one up this week.

The frilled shark is often called a “living fossil” because it is thought to have changed little in about 80 million years. The fish also bears a resemblance to ancestor species that lived during the time of the dinosaurs...

 

Siren here!  There's more to read at the National Geographic Link

FRILL SHARK LIVING FOSSIL TURNS UP IN AUSTRALIAN FISHERMENS NET

HUFFINGTON POST - LIVING FOSSIL SHARK CAUGHT OFF AUSTRALIA

This link has photos and videos!

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Fishermen in Australia were stunned last month when they hauled up a shark so strange-looking that it's been called a "living fossil"--300 teeth and all (scroll down for photos).

The super-rare frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) showed up in the nets of a trawler operating near in waters off Victoria, Australia, The Telegraph reported.

TEN MERMAIDS

I'M RESEARCHING MERMAID STORIES

These are often called "mythologies" but I have to wonder why mermaids are believed in all around the world!