A megamouth shark, one of the world's most elusive species, was caught, carved up and eaten by fishermen from a town in the Philippines.
A megamouth shark, one of the world's most elusive species, was caught, carved up and eaten by fishermen from a town in the Philippines.
So rare are megamouth shark sightings that each find is given a number this one, caught by fishermen from the
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coastal town of Donsol, was only the 41st ever seen or captured in the world.
The four-metre, half-tonne megamouth was snared by fishermen trawling for mackerel off the Bicol peninsula on Luzon island.
The species, which is named after its metre-wide mouth, is a fairly recent scientific discovery. The first specimen was caught off Hawaii in 1976.
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