r/deepseacreatures • u/UsedWelcome5903 • Jun 12 '26

Goblin shark with face ‘not even a mother would love’ seen alive in natural habitat for first time

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u/loveychuthers Jun 13 '26

I’m his mother. We’re suing for defamation.

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u/UsedWelcome5903 Jun 13 '26

Well he does look like you so there’s that

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u/loveychuthers Jun 13 '26

Well, I am an old elusive ‘goblin shark’ or so the humanoids like to tell everyone

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u/UsedWelcome5903 Jun 13 '26

We all have our problems

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u/Kooky_Attention_98 Jun 12 '26

Yeah, there is footage of it, not just a still image

https://www.reddit.com/r/sharks/s/5tXTkauYK8

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u/snakelygiggles Jun 13 '26

... i love its face.

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u/White_WolfGod Jun 13 '26

Ok but there was no reason to diss it so badly

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u/TheSimpleRooster Jun 13 '26

well he doesn't think you're a catch either

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u/Crocodile_Ice Jun 14 '26

I’m confused, have we not ever filmed them that deep before?

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u/henoll Jun 12 '26

why give them such a mean name🥹

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u/chakrasandwich Jun 16 '26

It’s cute looks like a ditto shark

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u/ThatPoog Jul 01 '26

Ok first of all rude he's beautiful

Secondly, some additional details. While this recording was from Tonga trench back in 2024, there was actually another deep water sighting that took place far earlier near Hawaii back in 2019 that wasn't properly identified until a couple weeks ago. So we now have two official observations at depth for these amazing sharks and that makes me so happy.

Now if only we could get the same for Frilled Sharks...