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Rare Frilled Shark caught on tape in Japan
Sep 13 2008, Kanchan

The frilled shark, also known as a living fossil, a primitive species that has changed little since prehistoric times was spotted by a fisherman who thought that it was an eel like species.
He alerted the officials at the Awashima Marine Park in...

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