Ghost Shark Caught on Camera for the First Time | National Geographic

The pointy-nosed blue chimaera, a species of "ghost shark," was captured on camera for the first time in 2009. Video courtesy Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the edge of what's possible. Get More National Geographic: Official Site: http://bit.ly/NatGeoOfficialSite Facebook: http://bit.ly/FBNatGeo Twitter: http://bit.ly/NatGeoTwitter Instagram: http://bit.ly/NatGeoInsta Previously discovered in the deep sea near Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, researchers observed the pointy-nosed blue chimaera in the North Pacific for the first time in 2009. This footage was captured by a remotely operated vehicle as far as 6,700 feet below the ocean surface. Only recently were experts able to confirm that these fish were the same species as the ones that were previously discovered in the Southern Hemisphere. DNA sampling still needs to be conducted to be certain. Read more about this odd-looking fish, which also sports a retractable sex organ on its head. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/pointy-nosed-blue-chimaeras-ghost-sharks/ Video courtesy Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Ghost Shark Caught on Camera for the First Time | National Geographic https://youtu.be/s4uwDrdLfS4 National Geographic https://www.youtube.com/natgeo

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1. With all those "stitches" around it's head, it should be called the Frankenstein Shark.
2. Ehhhh.. looks like a Frankenstein shark to me.
3. all these comments and not one of this being a computer animation
4. Looks like pure CGI
5. much more a ray than a shark to me, just look the way it swims!
6. lol leatherface
7. the small dots in her head are the screws holding it together
8. So it's not a gosht shark🤔
9. earth is unbelievably amazing...still trying to figure out why we dont focus our resources on exploring our planet instead of space.
10. Makes you wonder what else is down there. Nothing scarier than the sea...
11. if you look closely, you can tell that is actually not a ghost
12. that music sounds like a super mario water level
13. Beautiful creature, but part of me still wonders what this would taste like in a burger?
14. This is definitely something I'd see in my nightmares.
15. what's next? a Kraken maybe?
16. Its ghostfreak From Ben10.
17. The skin looks like it's a robotic shark or something that's pretty cool
18. I wonder if those are scars from jellyfish tentacles. Yet those pivots and details are symmetrical... which means it is genetic... fascinating...
19. So thats where my homemade stitched Stuffed Toy Shark went
20. My new goldfish