Down in the depths of the sea live all sort of rare and unusual beasties – fromsquids with tentaclesthat stretch for days and seals picking upgood vibrations , the ocean bed is home to all sorts of rare life .
In the southwesterly Pacific Ocean near the Tonga Trench , research worker used a television camera snare baited with Pisces the Fishes to recover out more about the species that call that area home . At a profoundness of 1,400 meters ( 4,593 feet ) , a Pacific sleeper shark come out out of the saturnine ocean in the capture footage , and gives the researchers a pretty clear view of the interior of its mouth .
Pacific tie sharks(Somniosus pacificus ) are thought to be clean widespread and live at depths of around 2,000 m ( 1.2 miles ) . Adult female person can reachlengthsof around 3.7 - 4.3 meter ( 12.1 -14.1 feet ) but there is some suggestion that the maximum length for this specie could be 7 measure ( 23 feet ) long .
The squad estimated this shark to be 3.6 meters ( 11.8 metrical foot ) long in the caption on theirInstagram post . These sharks feed on a form of nautical life , include Pisces , squid crabs – and , obviously , the team ’s camera ! Fortunately , the shark soon liberate the camera and move on to the bait fish instead .
Dr Jessica Kolbusz explains in a voice - over on the Instagram video that the water is around 2.5 ° C ( 36.5 ° F ) , as these shark prefer to inhabit in cool Ethel Waters . There is little data about their ecology and conduct . As OceanX excuse on theirInstagrampost of the picture , the metal money is related to theGreenland sharkwhich has one of the longest life of any craniate and can interbreed with sleeper sharks . “ They are both commonly impress by the same parasite on their eyeballs that can make them blind , ” explained the squad .
Sleeper shark are often get as bycatch and could bedecliningin numbers because of this . While there are few reports on the impact of fishing directly on sleeper sharks , it is think their meat may give those who consume it an essence similar todrunkenness .
