Things that make you go WTF???

[Averageman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy_26C-2gSs

Our objective was the deep-sea #shark, the bluntnose sixgill. This ancient species predates most dinosaurs, and is a dominant predator of the deep sea ecosystem. The lead scientist on the mission, FSU Marine Lab's Dr. Dean Grubbs, has been the first to put a satellite tag on one of these elusive sharks, but until now had only been able to do so by bringing them up to the surface.

I think we are going to need a bigger Submarine.

[StainlessSteelRat]

My tighty whiteys would have to be buried at sea after that....... no telling what is in the deep ocean. I saw something awhile back about all the sonar hits from unknown biologics coming from deep ocean trenches. I'll leave that deep ocean to Jaques Cousteau and the like.

[utahjeepr]

If I recall correctly that species was "discovered" by a US Navy ship back sometime in the 70s or 80s. As I remember a ship hauled up it's deep sea anchor, which is kind of like a parachute, and one of those things had swallowed it.

[SteyrAUG]

Giant squids were the ones that always impressed me, for hundreds of years we accepted them as myths.

Never even heard of this shark species, of course we probably don't know about most of them, they don't leave much of a fossil record beyond teeth and jaws. I imagine there is all kinds of things we don't know about down there currently.

[titsonritz]

If I recall correctly that species was "discovered" by a US Navy ship back sometime in the 70s or 80s. As I remember a ship hauled up it's deep sea anchor, which is kind of like a parachute, and one of those things had swallowed it.

The first scientific description of the bluntnose sixgill shark was authored in 1788 by Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluntnose_sixgill_shark


According to this the bluntnose sixgill is the 9th largest species of sharks. The largest are minimal or no threat to humans. Great white and tigers sharks are responsible for the highest number of attacks on humans.
The 10 Largest Sharks (https://www.sharkwater.com/shark-database/10-largest-sharks-in-the-world/)

[SteyrAUG]

The first scientific description of the bluntnose sixgill shark was authored in 1788 by Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluntnose_sixgill_shark


According to this the bluntnose sixgill is the 9th largest species of sharks. The largest are minimal or no threat to humans. Great white and tigers sharks are responsible for the highest number of attacks on humans.
The 10 Largest Sharks (https://www.sharkwater.com/shark-database/10-largest-sharks-in-the-world/)

Tigers are one of those "it's time to leave" sharks. Black and white tips also get me moving. But the hands down most aggressive shark I've ever encountered are hammerheads, even at 4 feet they will come screw with you. If you have a goodie bag, they will definitely want to fight for it. I used to free dive a close reef in Ft. Lauderdale so I didn't see too many big sharks, but even at 5-6 feet the wrong kind can be big problems.

[1_click_off]

My Dad worked for a large oil company on a TLP and the ROV would capture video all kinds of cool stuff.