'Ugliest Shark on the Planet': See the Elusive Goblin Shark, Filmed for the First Time in Its Deep-Sea Habitat

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Scientists have filmed the goblin shark alive in its deep-sea habitat for the first time, spotting the creatures in 2019 and again in 2024. These sightings of the bizarre-looking predator, with its protruding snout and flabby pink skin, drastically expand what researchers thought they knew about where the species lives. Previously, scientists had only studied dead specimens dredged up from the ocean floor, making these underwater observations a rare window into the behavior and habitat of one of the ocean's most enigmatic creatures. The new footage reveals the shark's actual depth range and geographic distribution were far wider than anyone expected.