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tracyvanity: Sounds fun

* Golblin Shark just wants… to cuddle.

(Reblogged from frumpytaco)

preserved heads of Goblin Shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)

(from Hussakof L. A new goblin shark, Scapanorhynchus jordani, from Japan. Bulletin of the AMNH 26, 257-262, 1909)

Goblin Shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) from Illustrated Catalogue of the Fishes of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia : G. Hassell & Son, 1921.

Science Channel:  Goblin Shark

The once thought to be extinct Goblin Shark, footage shot in Tokyo Bay for a documentary for the Science Channel.

poecilotheria: Goblin shark
* and also Mitsukurina owstoni has to be one of the most awesome scientific name’s ever. just say it out loud to yourself a few times and you’ll see what i mean.

poecilotheriaGoblin shark

* and also Mitsukurina owstoni has to be one of the most awesome scientific name’s ever. just say it out loud to yourself a few times and you’ll see what i mean.

(Reblogged from poecilotheria)

(動物) リアルエイリアン!

顎ごと飛び出して噛みつくモンスター ゴブリン・シャーク(東京海底谷)

footage of encounter with Goblin Shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)

“The diet of Goblin Sharks consists of crabs, deep sea fishes, shrimps and other organisms within its habitat, which covers regions offJapan, Australia, Portugal and South Africa, as well as portions of the Atlantic Ocean. Its teeth are shaped like long needles that the shark can manipulate like a grasping claw…” (via: Discovery.com)

“The Goblin Shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, is a deep-sea shark, the sole living species in the family Mitsukurinidae…” (read more)

Goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni )

Goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni )