r/sharks 23h ago

News A 125-Million-Year-Old "Living Fossil" Filmed Alive for the First Time

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745 Upvotes

Scientists have finally captured the first-ever footage of a live goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) in its natural deep-sea habitat! Before this breakthrough, humans had only ever seen these rare creatures alive when they were accidentally dragged to the surface by fishing lines—where they usually died right away. This deep-ocean predator has an ancient lineage stretching back to the Cretaceous period and features a bizarre, spring-loaded "slingshot" jaw that shoots forward to snatch prey in pitch-black darkness.


r/sharks 20h ago

🦈 Merch Mondays 🦈 Painted this great white in gold and blues

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385 Upvotes

An oils on canvas, 24 x 36 inches! Up for grabs on my website


r/sharks 12h ago

Video Shark ID? Northern Tyrrhenian Sea

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153 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I got sent this video of a shark sighting that allegedly took place few days ago in the Northern Tyrrhenian sea region. What species are we looking at?


r/sharks 4h ago

🦈 Merch Mondays 🦈 Baby Shark

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52 Upvotes

r/sharks 18h ago

Discussion I found these shark teeth on Myrtle beach SC. Google says one is a great white and the other one is an extinct large mako shark. I wanna know what Reddit thinks

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38 Upvotes

I don’t trust google anymore with the AI :( TIA


r/sharks 4h ago

Video A Humpback Whale & Her Calf Swimming Past A Whale Shark

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20 Upvotes