Fisherman Caught a 300-Toothed "Living Fossil" Off the Coast of Australia
- Publish date
- Friday, 23 Jan 2015, 4:03PM
300-toothed frilled shark with "a face fitting of a sea monster" was caught off the waters of Australia by a fishing trawler in December, USA Today reports.
The rarely seen shark, one of two remaining species of an ancient family of sharks that date back 80 million years, is known as a "living fossil," according to the South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association.
The creature, captured in the waters off the coast of Victoria by a fishing trawler, is about 6 feet in length, with a body that looks like an eel and has a shark-like tail, according to the group, which posted an image of the catch on its website.
