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Fisherman: 'Out of a Horror Movie' Freaky Shark - C C - Jan 27, 2015
http://www.livescience.com/49526-rare-frilled-shark-caught.html
EXCERPT: A bizarre, freaky-looking shark with rows of needle-sharp teeth and an eel-like body was caught by a fisherman in Australia. The odd creature is a rare type of shark known as a frilled shark, and is sometimes called a fish "fossil" because its roots can be traced back 80 million years, CNN reported. It was found by fisherman David Guillot, who said he had never seen anything like it. "The head on it was like something out of a horror movie," Guillot told Fairfax Radio on Wednesday, according to The Age. "It was quite horrific-looking ... It was quite scary, actually."...