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A rare giant-mouthed shark was spotted in Japan, suspected of being injured before it approached the coast, and only about 200 cases have been recorded so far

Among marine life, there are many peculiar deep-sea animals, which are easily not close to the coast, and if they appear on the coast, they will inevitably attract attention. Recently, in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, many people have repeatedly found a number of sharks close to the port docks, active in the nearby waters, after confirmation, this is a very rare shark species - megamouth shark.

A rare giant-mouthed shark was spotted in Japan, suspected of being injured before it approached the coast, and only about 200 cases have been recorded so far

The megaloman is a deep-sea animal that generally inhabits oceans at depths of 300-1000 meters and does not easily approach the coast. The appearance of such a giant shark this time has attracted people's attention, and there are expert analysis: from the pictures and videos taken to the giant mouth shark, the surface of the body of these giant mouth sharks is white in many places, indicating that they may be life, or injured, in a relatively weak state, and will appear at the port terminal.

A rare giant-mouthed shark was spotted in Japan, suspected of being injured before it approached the coast, and only about 200 cases have been recorded so far
A rare giant-mouthed shark was spotted in Japan, suspected of being injured before it approached the coast, and only about 200 cases have been recorded so far

Giant sharks appeared on the coast, sick and injured is one thing, but this time there are several giant sharks, or caused a lot of heated discussion, as for the number of how many giant sharks appeared this time, and the exact reason for the appearance, still need to wait for the Japanese official release.

A rare giant-mouthed shark was spotted in Japan, suspected of being injured before it approached the coast, and only about 200 cases have been recorded so far
A rare giant-mouthed shark was spotted in Japan, suspected of being injured before it approached the coast, and only about 200 cases have been recorded so far

In the shark, the megalomand shark is also a very unique shark, the megalomand shark belongs to the porbego shark family of giant mouth sharks, generally 4-5.5 meters in length, weighing about 1 ton, the most obvious feature is to have a "large mouth", also known as "large mouth monster fish", this fish open mouth width of about 1.5 meters, so the huge and strange mouth, is also the origin of the name of the giant mouth shark.

A rare giant-mouthed shark was spotted in Japan, suspected of being injured before it approached the coast, and only about 200 cases have been recorded so far
A rare giant-mouthed shark was spotted in Japan, suspected of being injured before it approached the coast, and only about 200 cases have been recorded so far

In the food chain, the large mouth of the megalomand shark looks scary, but the megalomannia shark, like the whale shark, basking shark and other large creatures, has a more docile personality, does not attack large animals, and feeds on filtered plankton, such as krill, copepods and jellyfish, small fish, etc.

A rare giant-mouthed shark was spotted in Japan, suspected of being injured before it approached the coast, and only about 200 cases have been recorded so far

In the mysterious deep-sea species, the megalomannia is also a very mysterious fish, in 1976 only the first discovery of the giant shark shark, but the megalomannia is very rare, generally only accidentally accidentally caught to find the megalomannia, according to statistics: the world is currently only about 200 times recorded, about 17 are recorded, or mistakenly caught or stranded, generally is the dead megalomanth shark, so this time found so many megalomania, only caused so much attention, but the exact reason for the appearance, still need to wait for the report.

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