Rare frilled shark caught off Australia coast

cnn ^ | 1/22/2015 | Brian Walker

[eastforker]

CNN) - It looks like something out of "Alien," but has more in common with "Jurassic Park."

It's a rare frilled shark that has been caught by a fisherman in Australia, where no one remembers ever seeing one caught before.

With a mouth packed full of needle-like teeth and a body like an eel, the six-foot long frilled shark is sometimes described as a fish "fossil" that dates back 80 million years.

[tet68]

Oh, come on D. it’s just misunderstood and besides it’s
just now turning it’s life around, you should hear it rap.

[txhurl]

It’s even less cute alive! Moray eel body, rattlesnake head, eesh.

[MrB]

I find that hard to fathom. Over 80 MM years, it’s environment didn’t change enough to apply any adaptive pressure.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

On it’s way to Grandma’s? LOL!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I know! *SHUDDER*

[Diana in Wisconsin]

The ONLY thing I’m remotely unnerved by on land are grasshoppers. Eeek!

Oh, and 0bama, LOL!

[Bratch]

Some Orientals would line up to do something else with it.

[MrB]

tet68++

[KoRn]

So very true!

I don’t go places where I’m not at the top of the food chain.

[CrazyIvan]

You really need to take an intro scuba lesson in some gin clear water on a coral reef. Pictures cannot do it justice.

[mountn man]

Frilled? I bet it’s FAAAABULOUS!

Frilled shark?
FAAAABULOUS you say?

I'll have some.

[Sacajaweau]

I laughed at that, too.

Took 4 years to reel'm in.

[xp38]

There are things on land that want to do the same thing.

[smokingfrog]

[Doogle]

[Daffynition]

This is so ghey!

[Daffynition]

[Bigg Red]

Shh! You are not supposed to be logical about the subject.

[Bigg Red]

Reminds me of Nancy Pelosi.

[Bigg Red]

Reminds me of Nancy Pelosi.