Goblin shark caught in the Gulf of Mexico by a fisherman on a shrimping expedition last month. WTVJ reported the news about the rare 18 feet long shark that has a razor sharp teeth, which astonished the fisherman, Carl Moore from Georgia who found and hauled it with his shrimping net.
The 63 year old fisherman, Carl Moore told NBC, that he was able to catch a few sharks during his 15 years experience as a shrimping captain, although this time around he was surprised of what he just hauled saying "I didn't know what it was, he had some mean looking teeth and I didn't want get caught up in those."
Carl Moore released the ugly shark, returning the fierce creature to the sea last week, and went to report his catch to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He eventually discovered that he just caught a goblin shark which is a rare creature that are scarce in the ocean.
Goblin sharks usually stays in the very deep part of the ocean, making it more difficult to get a lot of information about the species. Experts on the species say that these sharks are senn at the depth of about 5,000 feet below the see, in waters near South Africa and Japan. The goblin shark also has movable jaws that can expand weirdly from their bodies in order to catch its prey.
Carl Moore catching the goblin shark, is the second one ever to be recorded to be spotted in the Gulf of Mexico, while the first recorded catch was in 2000, based on the information provided by KeysNet. Moore also said on a statement that over the 50 years he had on the shrimp fishing job, catching the ugly and alien-looking goblin shark was the highlight of his career.
Photographs of the goblin shark was also taken by Carl Moore, and was given to NOAA in order to expand their knowledge about the species. A paper is now being written about the rare goblin shark by shark expert John Carlson together with a colleague to be submitted to a scientific journal. Photographic evidence and reports of the goblin shark are being published online via different news portals like CNN, CBC,WFTV, and the famous magazine, National Geographic.
