The Goblin shark

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The goblin shark is a deep-sea shark, the sole living species in the family Mitsukurinidae. It has a long, trowel-shaped, beak-like rostrum or snout, much longer than other sharks' snouts. Some other distinguishing characteristics of the shark are the color of its body, which is mostly pink, and its long, protrusible jaws. 

Mitsukurina owstoni is found in the deep ocean, far below where the sun's light can reach at depths greater than 200 m. They can be found throughout the world, from Australia in the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico in the Atlantic Ocean. They are best known from the waters around Japan, where the species was first discovered.

Goblin sharks feed on a variety of organisms that live in deep waters. Among some of their known prey are deep-sea squid, crabs and deep-sea fish. Very little is known about the species' life history and reproductive habits, as encounters with them have been relatively rare. 

Preserved heads of two goblin sharks.

(Note: This species is not extinct!)

Megalodon Teeth

"Megalodon" actually means "Big tooth" and that's not surprising when seeing these pictures. A Tooth can measure up to about 7 inches. 

Titanoboa

Nice to meet you, mr Titanoboa.

Titanoboa is the largest snake known to man! It measures about 1 meter (3 ft) in diameter at the thickest part of the body. The boa lived approximately 10 years after the dinosaur extinction event and fed on crocodiles och giant turtels. Because snakes are ectothemic, the discovery implies that the tropics, the creature's habitat, must have been warmer than previously thought, averaging about 30°C (90°F). The warmer climate on the Earth allowed cold-blooded snakes to attain much larger sizes 
than modern snakes. 

• Length: 12-15 meters (40-50 feet)
• Weight: about 1,200 kg (2,500 lb)
• Lived: 58-60 million years ago in South America. 

This is a vertebra from a modern anaconda and a fossilised vertebra from a Titanoboa. Guess which one belongs to the titanoboa?

Shark attack 3: Megalodon

Hey guys!
We just watched a movie about Meg on youtube, called "Shark attack 3: Megalodon". It's not a great movie, but it's kind of funny and a little interesting. And since the entire film is on youtube, it's completely free of charge.

It's too bad that there isn't any high budget movies about Meg, guess we have to wait until she has the same status as the Tyrannosaurus Rex. By the way, that's a goal we decided on today, to make the Megalodon as famous as the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Who knows, maybe some day Steven Spielberg will make a movie about Meg too. Fingers crossed!

Here's the first clip and you will find the following parts linked next to it on the right.

Ps. Before you go out in a rage because of the incorrect size of the shark: spoilers, but it's a baby Megalodon ;)

Megalodon sightings

"In the year 1918 I recorded the sensation that had been caused among the "outside" crayfish men at Port Stephens, when, for several days, they refused to go to sea to their regular fishing grounds in the vicinity of Broughton Island. The men had been at work on the fishing grounds - which lie in deep water - when an immense shark of almost unbelievable proportions put in an appearance, lifting pot after pot containing many crayfishes, and taking, as the men said, "pots, mooring lines and all". These crayfish pots, it should be mentioned, were about 3 feet 6 inches (1.6 m) in diameter and frequently contained from two to three dozen good-sized crayfish each weighing several punds. The men were all unanimous that this shark was something the like of which they had never dreamed of. In company with the local Fisheries Inspector I questioned many of the men very closely and they all agreed as to the gigantic stature of the beast. But the lengths they gave were, on the whole, absurd. I mention them, however, as a indication of the state of mind which this unusual giant had thrown them into. And bear in mind that these were men who were used to the sea and all sorts of weather, and all sorts of sharks as well. One of the crew said theshark was "three hundred feet (90 m) long at least"! Others said it was as long as the wharf on which we stood - about 115 feet (35 m)! They affirmed that the water "boiled" over a large space when the fish swam past. They were all familiar with whales, which they had often seen passing at sea, but this was a vast shark. They had seen its terrible head which was "at least as long as the roof on the wharf shed at Nelson's Bay." Impossible, of course! But these were prosaic and rather stolid men, not given to 'fish stories' nor even to talking about their catches. Further, they knew that the person they were talking to (myself) had heard all the fish stories years before! One of the things that impressed me was that they all agreed as to the ghostly whitish color of the vast fish. The local Fisheries Inspector of the time, Mr Paton, agreed with me that it must have been something really gigantic to put these experienced men into such a state of fear and panic."


This is a text written by David Stead who investigated a case of a few fishermen sighting what they claimed to be 35-90 meter long white fish. This was 1918 and this was the story that made a lot of people start to really question if the Megalodon is extinct. There are a lot of stories about people seeing huge sharks, but what makes this story believeable is that these fishermen quit there jobs because of that sighting, even though it hurt their economical situation. Boy, do we wish that we had been on that fishing-boat... 

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Sweden, USA, Greece, Brazil, France, Russia, Germany!

Thank you for taking your time on this blog and we're glad there is still people out there that care about the megalodon and its "friends"!
Greetings to you all!

The Great White

Check out this picture @xbuc showed us on twitter! Amazing, right? The Megalodon hunters wants to go diving in the Mariana trench, however, just spotting a Great White would be thrilling too! Despite this seeing a shark this big isn't enough! We want to go deeper!
Well, it's a great picture and we do envy the photographer a lot...

Did you know that some scientist say that the megalodon often disarmed it's prey before eating it, by biting of it's fins. A lot like this great white is doing with the seal in this remarkable picture. The difference is that, the great white is just playing with it's food, but trust me, the megalodon wasn't playing around... 

The Great White Shark is known to grow up to about 6 meters and live as long as 30 years!