elijah’s adventure

On January 23, 2007, staff at Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, south of Tokyo, were alerted by fishermen to a ’strange eel like fish with razor sharp teeth’. The fish was identified as a female 1.6m frilled shark and was captured by park staff who were concerned that the shark appeared to be unhealthy. The shark died a few hours after capture. This rare surface appearance of a frilled shark has been attributed to the animal being unwell and possibly disoriented. More information about this shark can be found at wikipedia. The video, of course, is on youtube.

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)’ Office of Protected Resources has an excellent breakdown of the threats to endangered species.