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Prehistoric shark captured on film-2007

Length: 1:30
Rating: 4.78 (564 ratings)
Views: 642156
Author: robert7dan

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

Prehistoric Daireaux

Length: 3:53
Rating: 4.50 (12 ratings)
Views: 12435
Author: paleodaireaux

Tags: Daireaux deroweb fossils glyptodon iturri mammals megatheriun paleontologia prehistorics saber tooth toxodon

Video that show the giant prehistoric mammals fauna that lived thousands years ago (extinguished in present time) where today is located Daireaux, Argentina and whose fossils remains recently were found: Glyptodons (Doedicurus), Toxodons, Macrauchenias, Saber Tooth Cats (Smilodon), Megatherium, Bears and Elephants. More information in http://www.deroweb.com.ar/paleontologia

Prehistoric shark found in Japan

Length: 0:42
Rating: 4.66 (155 ratings)
Views: 213789
Author: hotmilkgt

Tags: japanese marine prehistoric shark

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.

prehistoric fish

Length: 0:54
Rating: 4.43 (106 ratings)
Views: 186112
Author: cjnr

Tags: coelacanths fish fossil indonesia japan

Japanese and Indonesians researchers have rare footage of live 'fossil fish' called coelacanths. They made the discovery off the coast of Indonesia

PREHISTORIC BEAST fights advanced predator from the future

Length: 2:4
Rating: 4.88 (179 ratings)
Views: 164182
Author: kmcweb2007

Tags: dinosaurs douglas drama henshall itv predator primeval sci-fi

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. Sponsored by car.buyersfoundhere.com