Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io
Jun 15, 2026, 4:47 PM#GoblinShark seen alive in natural habitat for the first time: "The most iconic of all the deep-sea sharks"
#MarineBiologist Alan Jamieson had given up on seeing a goblin #shark. After all, they live thousands of feet underwater in total darkness and since being discovered 100ya, had only been observed when caught by fishermen
But that changed two years ago when exploring the #Pacific #Ocean's #TongaTrench — the second-deepest point on Earth — with a remote, baited camera
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/goblin-shark-seen-alive-natural-habitat-first-time/