PLACE :The Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, south of Tokyo,was alerted by a fisherman at a nearby port on Sunday that he had spottedan odd-looking eel-like creature with a mouthful of needle-sharp teeth.
Size:1.6 metre (5 ft) long creature
identified : as a female frilled shark =referred to as a "living fossil"
because it is a primitive speciesthat has changed littlesince prehistoric times.
live between 600 and 1,000 metres under the water, which is deeper than humans can go
PLACE :The Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, south of Tokyo, was alerted by a fisherman at a nearby port on Sunday that he had spotted an odd-looking eel-like creature with a mouthful of needle-sharp teeth.
