Rare prehistoric shark found in Japan



This 1.6 metre long eel-like animal, identified as a deep sea frill shark, is usually 600 metres underwater according to Awashima Marine Park officials. The sharks, while they usually turn up in deep sea trawler fishing nets, are rarely seen alive.

Marine park officials believe a particular seasonal up current from the deep seas carried this one up to the surface. This one was a female weighing up to 7.5 kilogrammes and unlike most other sharks has six gills and bizarre forked teeth. Very little is known of this rare deep sea shark, but it is believed to eat squid, fish and other sharks. Females are believed to have a one or two year pregnancy -- making it possibly the longest gestation period of any vertebrae.

Fossil records can be found of this shark up to 80 million years ago, and like another famous deep sea denizen, the Coelancanth, is called a "living fossil", according to the marine park. Mitsuru Sato, Awashima Marine park official: "We've found fossils of these frill sharks buried in stratum (earth layers) 80 million years old so this is truly a living fossil," While the park official hoped to have kept this deep sea monster alive, but the shark was unable to survive outside its deep sea environment and died after soon after capture. Video source: YouTube.Com



Giant Skeleton Found After A Tsunami



This is a news report from India claiming they found a washed-up Tsunami Giant on the beach. Video source: YouTube.Com



Giant Human Skeletons found in India



The first report appeared in the internet, telling that the skeleton was found somewhere in the deserts of western India. The Indian government had the area cordoned off by the Indian army and nobody was allowed to visit the site except a special National Geographic excavation team. For some unknown reason, all information about the discovery was kept secret. The report also mentioned about a stone tablet found along with the skeleton with ancient carvings in Sanskrit language on it.

The inscription was deciphered and it revealed the secret of the skeleton. "In ancient times there lived giants who were called Rakshasas. They challenged divine orders and were eliminated for that." The Indian mythology speaks about giants namely Rakshasas, who reigned over the forests. They ruled a country with the name Lanka and challenged the authority of the gods. In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Vishnu, the chief of the trio of supreme Hindu gods, incarnated in a royal family and killed the king of the Rakshasas.

The report of the excavation of a skeleton of a Rakshasa was taken by some people as welcome proof for the reality of the Hindu mythological story. Without verifying the facts, the internet posting was further forwarded, spread widely and was taken very seriously by a large section of people.

A new version of the story appeared on 22 April 2004 in the Bangladesh newspaper The Nation. While reproducing the picture, a report by one Saalim Alvi from Riyadh told about a discovery in the south east of Saudi Arabia. In search of natural gas, a Saudi Aramco exploration team found a giant human skeleton in the desert. In the new version of the story, there is also a stone tablet, but the inscriptions are in Arabic language. They reveal that the skeleton is of a man of the ancient tribe Aad. The Aads were the descendants of the Quranic prophet Nooh (Noah in biblical mythology).

They have been mighty giants, who were able to pull out big trees with one hand. The Aads were in charge of controlling the people of ancient times. But they challenged Allah's orders and were wiped out by him. The place where they lived is known as Rab-ul-Khaale, the empty place. The area where the skeleton had been discovered was overtaken by Saudi military, claimed the report in The Nation, and the picture was taken by a military helicopter. Video source: YouTube.Com



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