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Goblin shark filmed alive in its natural habitat for the first time

animalsJun 12, 202631240

Scientists captured high-quality in situ footage of a live goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, on a seamount near Jarvis Island. The footage, the first from the species' natural deep-sea environment, shows its long pointy snout and jaws retracted inside the head, features previously inferred only from specimens hauled up on fishing lines. The record gives unprecedented insight into goblin shark behavior and depth ranges and will help scientists better understand deep-sea predator ecology.

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