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Smile! New Bucktoothed Ghost Shark Species Discovered
« on: February 03, 2017, 02:17:52 pm »
Smile! New Bucktoothed Ghost Shark Species Discovered
By Laura Geggel, Senior Writer | February 2, 2017 05:00pm ET

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Smile! New Bucktoothed Ghost Shark Species Discovered
Hydrolagus erithacus has rabbit-like teeth.
Credit: Kristin Walovich

A previously unknown ghost shark with rabbit-like teeth and a bulky head is making waves in record books; it's the 50th ghost shark species known to science, a new study reported.

At nearly 3 feet (1 meter) in length — about half as long as the height of a refrigerator — the newfound creature is the second largest species of ghost shark ever discovered, the researchers said.

"[Ghost fish] in general have a pretty big head and their body tapers to a thinner tail. This one was really chunky in the front, and just a big bulky specimen," said Kristin Walovich, a graduate student at the Pacific Shark Research Center at the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories in California, and the lead researcher of a new study. [See Photos of the Freakiest-Looking Fish]

http://www.livescience.com/57744-new-species-of-ghost-shark-found.html
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Re: Smile! New Bucktoothed Ghost Shark Species Discovered
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2017, 02:31:58 pm »
At nearly 3 feet (1 meter) in length — about half as long as the height of a refrigerator

What an absurd description. What type of refrigerator? A dorm fridge or a built in french door Sub Zero?

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Re: Smile! New Bucktoothed Ghost Shark Species Discovered
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2017, 02:33:54 pm »
The dorkfish shark.  Wonderful

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Re: Smile! New Bucktoothed Ghost Shark Species Discovered
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2017, 02:45:01 pm »
Looks like my fourth grade portrait.

Can't airbrush those babies.

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Re: Smile! New Bucktoothed Ghost Shark Species Discovered
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2017, 02:45:24 pm »
Does it have an anus?