Rare Shark Captured On Film

On the Afternoon of January 21, a fisherman spotted this eel-like shark in the shallow waters near the park, in south of Tokyo, The fisherman called the Awashima Marine Park officials and caught the shark. They transported the shark to the park's dolphin pen. The shark was 5 foot long, and it was identified as a female frilled shark. Frilled sharks are rarely seen because frilled sharks live 600 to 1000 meters deep in the ocean, which is deeper humans can go. Frilled Sharks are very similar to the characteristics of prehistoric sharks 350 million years ago. The frilled shark has six gills, one more than most other sharks. The shark died a few hours after being caught. The officials believe that the shark may have come to the surface because it was sick, or it was weakened in the shallow waters.
video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz_nZixWX6Q

This is an amazing discovery because it is extremely rare to see a frilled shark and even more rare to see a live one.