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Goblin Shark in Action

nutmeg3 wrote in wtf_nature Sep 16, 2013 09:05

Do. Not. Want.

Hickeys of Doom

drhoz wrote in wtf_nature Oct 27, 2011 15:45

Because they haven't shown up here since 2007, and because there's a paper mentioned at another blog that I wanted to bring up.

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dragons_wine wrote in wtf_nature Feb 05, 2010 17:16

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Spinner Shark Upstages Surfer

firebird_88 wrote in wtf_nature Feb 01, 2009 12:55

I saw this on Yahoo!News and I thought it was both impressive and somewhat hilarious.

Click to view the video (and I apologize if there's an advertisement, I can't get rid of it. D:)

Spinner Shark Surprises Surfer @ Yahoo!7 Video

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Six pages of abyssal weirdness

scythemantis wrote in wtf_nature Dec 28, 2008 05:09

I had a single page of "deep-sea facts" for many years on my website and always intended to update it, but procrastinated until just last night. Probably not much new to wtf_nature, though I couldn't find much mention of the Xenophyophores here ( Read more... )

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This is some pretty grim shit.

maeda wrote in wtf_nature Nov 27, 2008 18:52

A rather fascinating page on parasites.

ETA HURRRR, I posted the 1,337th entry!

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WHALE SHARK POOP

blasphemusfish wrote in wtf_nature Nov 18, 2008 23:31

This is thought to be the first video catching a whale shark in "motion".

It is as thick as your arm and smells disgusting - and it has just been caught on camera for what is thought to be the first time.

A crew has managed to record a whale shark - the world's biggest fish - expelling food waste, which was then scooped up for research ( Read more... )

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I hope they name it Jesus

dracadancer wrote in wtf_nature Oct 10, 2008 12:03

Virginia shark's pup a 'virgin birth'Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark ( Read more... )

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Half-blind, alcoholic, slow-fast ground shark

whiteunicorn4 wrote in wtf_nature Sep 14, 2008 22:58

I saw an episode of Dirty Jobs on Discovery Channel...this thing is fuckin' awesome.

Sominus microcephalus, also known as: the Greenland shark, sleeper shark, gurry shark, grey shark, or Eqalussuaq (Inuit).

They live farther north than any other shark, in the depths of the freezing ocean. They're incredibly sluggish and mostly blind.
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sabazinus wrote in wtf_nature Jul 28, 2008 21:35

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The creepy Goblin Shark. I never realized their mouths could extend like this. The only pictures I've seen have been of deceased animals.

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