Goblin Shark!

in animals •  7 years ago  (edited)

Today, I learned about one of the creepiest monsters of the 7 seas... the GOBLIN SHARK.

Here are the most interesting facts about the goblin shark:

  • It is pink, unlike other sharks.
  • It's been found in ocean waters all around the world, except for the freezing-ass cold Arctic and Antarctic waters. But it especially seems to love Japanese waters.
  • It lurks in such deep & dark waters that it probably doesn't even use its beady, little eyes very much.
  • It has a very long snout that can sense the electricity of squid, fish, and other prey (since it can't really see them).
  • It has ligaments in its head that thrust its jaw out very fast, like a slingshot. The jaws actually shoot out of it's mouth! It's gross.
  • Its teeth are thin and long, like needles.

It's called "goblin shark" because Japanese fishermen originally called it tengu-zame. Zame means shark. Tengu is a half-bird, half-man, red-faced demon with a long nose.

Tengu:
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a reptilian hybrid gone wrong? lol poor thing is quite ugly when he chomps.

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yikes!
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hehehehe


he can sense electricity with his snout! ?

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be a goblin shark fr halloween!
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AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Street Sharks.....hahaha i loved this cartoon when i was a kid

Yeah the action figures were awesome, too!

I bet I will find some goblin sharks in the back alleys of New York and Chicago

This is good advice I should know I grew up in South Africa where there are a lot of sharks but no goblin sharks.

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Cool, did you surf there?

Hey didnt surf when I was growing up . I was part of the smelly skate gang, it was weird growing up then if you skated you hated surfers so I grew up by the ocean and never surfed WHAT A PUNK !!!