{"id":352801,"date":"2026-06-18T14:48:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=352801"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:18:52","slug":"worlds-ugliest-shark-filmed-alive-in-deep-sea-for-first-time-news-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/worlds-ugliest-shark-filmed-alive-in-deep-sea-for-first-time-news-weird\/","title":{"rendered":"‘World’s ugliest shark\u2019 filmed alive in deep sea for first time | News Weird"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The goblin shark has been caught on camera. Credit: Cover Media\/Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre and Inkfish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One in all the world\u2019s strangest sharks has been filmed alive in its natural habitat for the primary time.<\/p>\n

The bizarre-looking goblin shark \u2013 often dubbed the \u2018ugliest shark on the planet\u2019 due to its protruding snout and terrifying extendable jaws \u2013 has previously only been seen alive after being unintentionally caught by fishermen and hauled to the surface.<\/p>\n

But now scientists have recorded two live sightings of the rare deep-sea predator swimming freely 1000’s of feet below the ocean.<\/p>\n

The breakthrough was reported by researchers from the University of Hawaii at M\u0101noa within the Journal of Fish Biology.<\/p>\n

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The species was not previously known to be within the Central Pacific Ocean. (Credit: Cover Media\/Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre and Inkfish)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lead creator Aaron Judah discovered the primary sighting after hearing colleagues mention a possible goblin shark encounter during a 2019 expedition.<\/p>\n

The mission had been exploring deep-sea ecosystems near Jarvis Island, a protected wildlife refuge around 1,305 nautical miles south of Honolulu.<\/p>\n

Aaron Judah said: \u2018I used to be shocked to listen to this because this species was not known to be within the Central Pacific.\u2019<\/p>\n

After reviewing footage from the expedition, he confirmed the team had indeed captured video of a goblin shark during a livestreamed dive northwest of the island.<\/p>\n

A second encounter got here in 2024 when researchers exploring the Tonga Trench recorded one other goblin shark using a baited deep-sea camera.<\/p>\n

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Goblin sharks are sometimes described because the \u2018ugliest\u2019 shark. (Credits: REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Professor Alan Jamieson, founding director of the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, said: \u2018The goblin shark is considered one of these deep-sea charismatic animals that I never thought we\u2019d see alive.<\/p>\n

\u2018To accomplish that was amazing, but then to learn that colleagues in Hawaii had also seen one was just incredible.\u2019<\/p>\n

The discoveries have revealed that the species lives each deeper and farther across the Pacific than scientists previously believed.<\/p>\n

Aaron Judah said seeing \u2018Essentially the most iconic of all deep-sea sharks\u2019 alive and searching healthy in its natural habitat \u2018was a singular honour.\u2019<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018I used to be also very surprised about how deep this species was found.<\/p>\n

\u2018The commentary from the slope of the Tonga Trench is almost 700 metres deeper than this species was known to live.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Researchers say the findings significantly expand the known geographic range of the species and will help improve conservation efforts.<\/p>\n

Judah said: \u2018Latest discoveries like this show that there remains to be a lot to explore in our deep-ocean home.<\/p>\n

\u2018Given the newly expanded geographic range of the goblin shark, this species might be included in regional management and a nation\u2019s biodiversity list, whereas beforehand we didn\u2019t comprehend it was even there.\u2019<\/p>\n

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The goblin shark has been caught on camera. Credit: Cover Media\/Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre and Inkfish One in all the world\u2019s strangest sharks has been filmed alive in its natural habitat for the primary time. The bizarre-looking goblin shark \u2013 often dubbed the \u2018ugliest shark on the planet\u2019 due to its protruding snout and terrifying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":352802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20691],"tags":[2889,992,11126,395,2965,5304,446,28417,2055,5471],"class_list":["post-352801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-alive","tag-deep","tag-filmed","tag-news","tag-sea","tag-shark","tag-time","tag-ugliest","tag-weird","tag-worlds"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352801"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352804,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352801\/revisions\/352804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}