This female frilled shark, a tattered and battered yet still magnificent and intimidating remnant of an ancient and presumed extinct species, surfaced near Tokyo yesterday. Unfortunately it died within minutes of its capture by workers from the Awashima Marine Park. Over 1.6 meters in length and of apparently advanced age, the shark is presumed to have been driven to the surface from its normal habitat between 600 and 1000 meters down by the mystery illness that ultimately proved fatal.
More information on the frilled shark is available here and here.
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