HONOLULU, June 15 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
The first published live observations of the rare goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) in its natural deep ocean habitat were reported by a University of Hawai'i at Manoa-led team of oceanographers. In the past, goblin sharks were only filmed and reported alive after being hooked on a fishing line and hauled to the surface, where divers could observe them and where they soon died. The study documents two live observations of one of the most elusive but iconic sharks on the planet-one at a seamount near Jarvis Island and another on the slope of the Tonga Trench.
Goblin sharks are sometimes referred to as "living fossils," as they are the only living representati...