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| Prehistoric shark captured on film-2007 |
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Info-A species of shark rarely seen alive because
its natural habitat is about 2,000 feet under the
sea was captured on film by staff at a Japanese
marine park this week.
The Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, south of
Tokyo, was alerted by a fisherman at a nearby port
on Sunday that he had spotted an odd-looking
eel-like creature with a mouthful of needle-sharp
teeth.
Marine park staff caught the 5 foot (1.6 meter)
long creature, which they identified as a female
frilled shark, sometimes referred to as a "living
fossil" because it is a primitive species that has
changed little since prehistoric times.
The shark appeared to be in poor condition when
park staff moved it to a seawater pool where they
filmed it swimming and opening its jaws.
"We believe moving pictures of a live specimen are
extremely rare," said an official at the park.
"They live between 1,968 and 3,280 feet (600 and
1,000 meters) under the water, which is deeper
than humans can go."
"We think it may have come close to the surface
because it was sick, or else it was weakened
because it was in shallow waters," the official
said.
Copyright 2007 Reuters.
Video- ITV News Wednesday January 24-2007
More info about this shark at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frilled_shark
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Durée : 90 s |
| Prehistoric Warriors |
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A new music video when using parts from the
Walking with trilogy and Prehistoric Park ^^
Enjoy
Series:
Walking with Dinosaurs (c) BBC
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (c) BBC
Walking with Monsters: Life before dinosaurs (c)
BBC
Prehistoric Park (c) ITV
Songs:
Ore wa tokoton tomaranai (c) Hironobu Kageyama
Detekoi Tobikiri ZENKAI Pawā! (c) MANNA
Tags : Dinosaurs prehistoric life |
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Affichage : 68762
Durée : 258 s |
| PREHISTORIC BEAST fights advanced predator from the future |
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DINOSAUR, I MEAN, PREHISTORIC BEAST (SO EVERYONE
KEEPS SAYING!) FIGHTS ADVANCED PREDATOR FROM THE
DISTANT FUTURE...
This scene appeared in the ITV drama series,
Primeval, in the final episode broadcast on 17th
March 2007.
Series summary:
Primeval, a high-budget series, follows Professor
Nick Cutter and his team as they investigate
anomalies in time found in the Forest of Dean. An
unfortunate side-effect of the anomalies is that
dinosaurs are moving through them and into the
present time, making the team\'s investigations
that much more stressful. Cutter\'s wife also
disappears while investigating the anomalies and
he makes it his mission to find and save her.
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Tags : primeval dinosaurs predator sci-fi drama itv douglas henshall |
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Affichage : 411701
Durée : 124 s |
| Prehistoric shark found in Japan |
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shark found by Japanese scientists
film clip from Awashima Marine Park
The staff of a Japanese aquarium took pictures of
a rare frilled shark on Sunday, after it was
discovered by local residents at Awashima Port in
Shizuoka, southwest of Tokyo.
This prehistoric shark is rarely seen alive as its
natural habitat lies up to 1,280 metres (4,200
feet) deep under the sea.
Experts at the Awashima Marine Park were able to
examine the creature, which was a female, and film
it swimming around.
Unfortunately though it died a couple of hours
after it was moved to its new environment.
The eel-looking shark, with its mouth full of 300
trident-shaped teeth, measured 5.3 feet-long and
weighed 16.5 pounds.
Frilled sharks normally inhabit deep sea waters
between 400 and 4,200 feet and rarely come to the
surface.
However they have been seen near the coast of
Japan before, especially during the winter time
when the water temperature drops and they have to
get to warmer areas to feed.
Frilled sharks can grow to a length of nearly 6.5
feet and eat deep-sea squids and other soft-bodied
preys.
Most specimen are found in the Japanese waters.
Tags : prehistoric shark japanese marine |
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