By Laura Geggel, Senior Writer | January
12, 2018 04:00pm ET
Imagine this fearsome sight: an ink-black
shark with gnarly, needle-like teeth; creepy, glass-like eyes; a glowing belly
and a potentially extendable jaw. That's what scientists saw when they pulled
up this rare creature, along with four of its pals, from the deep sea — so,
naturally, it gave them quite a jolt.
Indeed, they were not expecting to meet these
alien-like creatures during a routine fish survey off the Taiwanese coast,
according to news reports.
Four of the sharks — known as viper dogfish (Trigonognathus
kabeyai) — died immediately, but one survived its capture for 24 hours, until
it, too, perished, according
to Taiwan News.
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