truethat Posted January 5, 2007 #1 Share Posted January 5, 2007 http://myparanormallife.blogspot.com/2006/...ht-on-tape.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverCougar Posted January 5, 2007 #2 Share Posted January 5, 2007 That is soooo a basking or a whale shark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carini Posted January 5, 2007 #3 Share Posted January 5, 2007 (edited) It's probably this like the guy posted under the video. Definitely isnt a whale shark or basking shark. http://psrc.mlml.calstate.edu/elamon_may05.htm Edited January 5, 2007 by carini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverCougar Posted January 5, 2007 #4 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Sleeper shark? oo I did not know about them! *ques the more you know music* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clobhair-cean Posted January 5, 2007 #5 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Yep, its a sleeper... Watch BBC's Blue planet, it has is some rather good footage about one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Black Posted January 5, 2007 #6 Share Posted January 5, 2007 What ever it is it's big! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atheist God Posted January 5, 2007 #7 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Jesus Christ!!!!! that thing is the largest shark i have ever seen. Why is it everything in Japan is always bigger? except the people of course they're tiny.... As to what type of shark it is i'm not sure it is either a previously undiscovered species or possibly a megalodon. What tells me this is not the peaceful shrimp eating whale shark is the head. Judging by it's mouth it clearly has a massive bite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone_Collector Posted January 5, 2007 #8 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Looks big from a cloose up shot; can't really estimate its size accurately from that footage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clobhair-cean Posted January 5, 2007 #9 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Looks big from a cloose up shot; can't really estimate its size accurately from that footage. Sleepers are big, they can grow up to 7 meters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshark Posted January 5, 2007 #10 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Sleepers are big, they can grow up to 7 meters... Yep, they are the biggest of the dogfish sharks. It is not like megaladon at all, which would a like an oversized great white, it was in water too deep for basking, whale sharks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caboose :) Posted January 5, 2007 #11 Share Posted January 5, 2007 no way, megladon that thing that went extinct millions of years ago. it aint on no tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capeo Posted January 5, 2007 #12 Share Posted January 5, 2007 It's a Pacific Sleeper Shark. This video's been all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aztec Warrior Posted January 5, 2007 #13 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Sleepers are big, they can grow up to 7 meters... Yep, they are the biggest of the dogfish sharks. It is not like megaladon at all, which would a like an oversized great white, it was in water too deep for basking, whale sharks. Using the cage to judge the size of this beastie.....it must be 20-25 meters long. Isn't that too big for a whale shark? And don't they live in deeper water. Hard to believe its a meg though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clobhair-cean Posted January 5, 2007 #14 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Using the cage to judge the size of this beastie.....it must be 20-25 meters long. Isn't that too big for a whale shark? And don't they live in deeper water. Hard to believe its a meg though. How do you know the size of the cage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Silver Thong Posted January 5, 2007 #15 Share Posted January 5, 2007 There's no way that shark is 20-25 metre's long. It is big howerver and deffinitly has the jaws that would make me run on water. I would agree sleeper shark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aztec Warrior Posted January 5, 2007 #16 Share Posted January 5, 2007 How do you know the size of the cage? I looks like an ordinary crab cage. They tend to be about 2 or 3 meters across. And the other sharks are proportional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshark Posted January 5, 2007 #17 Share Posted January 5, 2007 (edited) How do you know the size of the cage? Exactly, that is no shark cage, it is smaller than that, Even a shark cage is just over 2m. Aztec, they are just sleeper sharks, I know what a sleeper shark looks like (Also known as greenland sharks). Edited January 5, 2007 by Mattshark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aztec Warrior Posted January 5, 2007 #18 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Exactly, that is no shark cage, it is smaller than that, Even a shark cage is just over 2m. Aztec, they are just sleeper sharks, I know what a sleeper shark looks like (Also known as greenland sharks). Yeah, your probably right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truethat Posted January 5, 2007 Author #19 Share Posted January 5, 2007 No no no You are ruining my thread. Its a monster..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshark Posted January 5, 2007 #20 Share Posted January 5, 2007 No no no You are ruining my thread. Its a monster..... Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aztec Warrior Posted January 5, 2007 #21 Share Posted January 5, 2007 (edited) It has five large pairs of gills. Two small eyes are located towards the front of the shark's wide, flat head. The body is mostly grey with a white belly; three prominent ridges run along each side of the animal and the skin is marked with a 'checkerboard' of pale yellow spots and stripes. I don't believe the specimen in the video had these colors. The largest specimen regarded as accurately recorded was caught on November 11, 1947, near the island of Baba, not far from Karachi, Pakistan. It was 12.65 m (41.5 ft) long, weighed more than 21.5 tons (47,300 lb), and had a girth of 7 m (23 ft).[4] Stories exist of vastly larger specimens - Quoted lengths of 18 m (59 ft) are not uncommon in the popular shark literature - but no scientific records exist to support their existence. There have even been claims of whale sharks of up to 23 m (75 ft). In 1934 a ship named the "Maurguani" came across a whale shark in the Southern Pacific ocean, rammed it, and the shark consequently became stuck on the prow of the ship, supposedly with 4.6 m (15 ft) on one side and 12.2 m (40 ft) on the other.[5] No reliable documentation exists of those claims and they remain little more than "fish-stories". source Edited January 5, 2007 by Aztec Warrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshark Posted January 5, 2007 #22 Share Posted January 5, 2007 It has five large pairs of gills. Two small eyes are located towards the front of the shark's wide, flat head. The body is mostly grey with a white belly; three prominent ridges run along each side of the animal and the skin is marked with a 'checkerboard' of pale yellow spots and stripes. I don't believe the specimen in the video had these colors. The largest specimen regarded as accurately recorded was caught on November 11, 1947, near the island of Baba, not far from Karachi, Pakistan. It was 12.65 m (41.5 ft) long, weighed more than 21.5 tons (47,300 lb), and had a girth of 7 m (23 ft).[4] Stories exist of vastly larger specimens - Quoted lengths of 18 m (59 ft) are not uncommon in the popular shark literature - but no scientific records exist to support their existence. There have even been claims of whale sharks of up to 23 m (75 ft). In 1934 a ship named the "Maurguani" came across a whale shark in the Southern Pacific ocean, rammed it, and the shark consequently became stuck on the prow of the ship, supposedly with 4.6 m (15 ft) on one side and 12.2 m (40 ft) on the other.[5] No reliable documentation exists of those claims and they remain little more than "fish-stories". source I know for sure that it is a sleeper, trust me, I know me sharkies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aztec Warrior Posted January 5, 2007 #23 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Could be a greenland shark, like Matt said. The colors are similiar, but it seems to small. Greenland sharks are deep-water sharks, living at depths up to 2,000 m (1.24 mi). A 7.3 m (24 ft) specimen is frequently mentioned in the literature, and has come to be accepted as a general maximum length, despite the fact that the measurement is in dispute. As compared to the long-running discussion of the measurements of the great white shark, reported measurements of the Greenland shark face little scrutiny, as it is hardly as famous nor as ferocious as the other predatory sharks. Somewhat more credible is the reports of a 6.4 m (21.3 ft) specimen, caught off the Isle of May, Scotland, in January 1895. The weight was reported at 1,021 kg (2,250 lbs). References exist to a specimen with a weight of 1.4 tons (3,000 lbs), but in this case there is no note of the specimen's length. shark link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truethat Posted January 5, 2007 Author #24 Share Posted January 5, 2007 You know I watched it again and I think the cage is small because its open on either side so it is probably a small cage. But even if its just the size of a man that shark is still friggin huge in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aztec Warrior Posted January 5, 2007 #25 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I found it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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