Scientists just identified the mysterious creature from 2009 footage as a ghost shark
- Experts at the Monterey Bay
Aquarium Research Institute have identified the mysterious creature they caught on camera in 2009 as a ghost shark,
otherwise known as a chimaera.- Pacific Shark Research Center program
director Dave Ebert called the discovery “dumb luck.“- The institute’s geologists spotted the animal off the Pacific coast of
the U.S. via a remotely operated vehicle they plunged as far as 6,700
feet beneath the ocean’s surface.- But at first, the researchers weren’t
entirely sure of what they were seeing. Read morefollow @the-future-now
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