New Hawaiian Shark Discovered
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 8th, 2007
Click here for news of a new species of shark found over 3000 feet deep off Hawaii, as per this KHON broadcast. It survived for five days alive, and was recorded quite closely by scientists and journalists.
Funny, its shape and head sort of reminded me of this:
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Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
I think you might be onto something there. This is the first suggestion that I didn’t say, “nah, not even close.” There are certain similarities that are undeniable. By the way, that LASIKplus ad at the top is causing my browser to hang up and behave funny.
You are on to something Loren! It has to be a bottom dweller. The question How many new shark species await discovery?
I think you may be right Loren, is there a way you can send that photo out to someone studying the new species? Very exciting stuff!
Very few similarities. The head is all wrong, and the eyes on the sponge-head are much larger in comparison to its head.
hey loren , very interesting great article about a new hawaiian discovered. good evening . bill green 🙂
I’m with Quacker1 here. I really don’t see the similarity at all, unfortunately.
Very interesting, I think we may have a candidate this time. Too bad they didn’t show a picture of the whole animal…
I don’t know. To me, the general shape of the mystery fish photo looks more indicative of a pelagic (open water) shark rather than a benthic (bottom dwelling) one. That is if the thing in the photo is even a shark at all. I can see what Loren means, but it isn’t a match for me.
At any rate, considering the rate at which shark species are being wiped out, it is good to see that there are still species out there to be discovered.