Every day, scientists around the world strive to learn more about Earth, including its vast oceans and everything in between.
It turns out that some of the deepest and most remote parts of our oceans are home to the most fascinating creatures.
Many of these marine animals are rarely seen by humans due to the challenging depths at which they reside.
There, they encountered what could only be described as a creature resembling a monster.
While it might be easy to mistake this creature for a megalodon shark, the OceanX team actually encountered a bluntnose sixgill shark, sometimes known as a cow shark.
This whole encounter seemed like something straight out of a Hollywood movie, but it was a very real and historic moment for the OceanX team with the bluntnose sixgill shark.
“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.”
Since its posting, the video of the OceanX team’s encounter with the shark has been viewed over 25 million times, prompting them to host a Reddit Q&A session to address any questions the public might have.
One participant asked: “How often does the tag check in with satellites? Do the sharks have to rise to a certain depth for the tag to communicate?”
Pretty cool, huh?
