Maybe it’s not fair to use the word “ugly,” but a goblin shark, said to be one of the world’s ugliest, has been caught on camera for the first time. “Seeing the most iconic of all the deep-sea sharks alive and looking healthy in its natural habitat is a unique honour,” said Dr Aaron Judah, a doctoral candidate at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Department of Oceanography. Read more about the goblin shark, so named for its retractable jaw that quickly shoots forward to devour unsuspecting prey, from @sciencefocus:

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