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Headline: 'Ugliest shark on the planet' filmed alive in deep sea for first time
Caption: 'Ugliest shark on the planet' filmed alive in deep sea for first time. One of the world's strangest and most elusive sharks has been filmed alive in its natural habitat for the first time. The goblin shark, often called one of the ugliest on the planet due to its long protruding snout and extendable jaws, had previously only been seen alive after being accidentally caught by fishermen. Scientists have now recorded two live sightings of the rare deep-sea predator swimming freely thousands of feet below the ocean's surface. The first encounter was discovered in footage from a 2019 expedition near Jarvis Island in the Central Pacific. A second goblin shark was filmed in 2024 during a deep-sea exploration of the Tonga Trench using a baited camera. Researchers say the sightings show the species lives both deeper and farther across the Pacific than previously thought.
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