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There are all sorts of things going on in the ocean’s depths that we don’t see. It’s a foreign place for us, and only through our technological breakthroughs are we able to even catch the smallest glimpses. Recently, one of those glimpses captured a Pacific sleeper shark at nearly 4,600 feet deep, and it was taking a little taste of a camera.
The camera was set up in the southwestern Pacific Ocean near the Tonga Trench. Researchers were filming a baited trap to learn more about what lived down there when the sleeper shark, a deep sea creature that is thought to be able to grow up to 23 feet long, showed up.
“Perfectly adapted to survive the pressure and temperature of the cold dark depths, Pacific sleeper sharks feed on a variety of marine life — fish, squid, octopus, crabs, and prawns,” the research team wrote. “Their average mature size is around 3.6 meters, which is what we estimate this beauty to be.”
Although the one in the video is nearly 12 feet long, they’re not a worry for those scared of being eaten by sharks. It’s amazing, though, to see an animal like this in its natural environment.
