Comments on: “Living Fossil” Shark Captured

By: brittney m

brittney m — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:55:44 +0000

I saw this on youtube and I couldn’t believe my eyes.

By: skeptik

skeptik — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:14:39 +0000

I agree.
“Wohoo a species we thought extinct!… woops. it died.”

By: DavidFullam

DavidFullam — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:20:07 +0000

Poor thing, such a shame it died.

By: dharkheart

dharkheart — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:21:52 +0000

The first impression I got of the shark was how unusually snake-like it appears. I did a google image search for ‘frilled shark’, and many of the images show the head as snake-like. I wonder if this, or something similar, is what’s in Loch Ness?

By: Sunny

Sunny — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:46:23 +0000

This one (#40M2631-02) looks positively reptilian (and how many called the Postcard Creature a snake?) Still not positive, but "frilled shark" is the most convincing suggestion we've had yet for the Postcard Creature. (everything else comes with a "yeah, but...") The sources I found says that it lives in tropical and temperate waters worldwide -- thus it absolutely could have been found (washed up? caught?) in any of the palm-treed places we discussed.

By: alaskankev

alaskankev — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:36:34 +0000

I was just going to comment that this shark looked exactly like the fish in the old postcard photo that was on here before, but harpo beat me to it! It was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the photos of this amazing shark! The similarities are amazing.

By: joppa

joppa — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:20:17 +0000

Wow! Looks like some of the alien sea creatures George Lucas dreamed up for Star Wars.

By: Sunny

Sunny — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:05:44 +0000

What awesome pics.

Harpo, the more I look at those pictures and the old postcard, the more I think you just might be on to something.

By: youcantryreachingme

youcantryreachingme — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:45:35 +0000

Whilst propelling itself side to side, it could still conceivably surface, dive down, surface, etc.

When I saw the photo, my first reaction was WOW! What a cool looking shark!

Fish never cease to amaze me!

Very sad it died, but unsurprising.

By: Harpo

Harpo — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:33:26 +0000

A couple of those pictures remind me a little bit of the infamous “old postcard” fish – especially around the eye/nose/mouth area and the lack of a noticeable dorsal fin. Maybe a related/similiar species?