Yikes!
A rare megamouth shark washed ashore dead in the Philippines this week, wildlife officials said. The 15-foot shark, a Megachasma pelagios (or "giant mouth of the deep"), was discovered on the beach in Marigondon, Pio Duran, in Albay province. The totally terrifying-looking specimen is one of less than 70 ever seen in the world, according to Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines.
The shark, nicknamed "Toothless," was preserved in ice by local villagers.
It's the first megamouth shark to be documented since July, when an 18-foot Megachasma pelagios was caught by Filipino fishermen. The first confirmed megamouth shark sighting was in 1976, when a deep-sea anchor accidentally caught one near Hawaii. Most have been found in Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan.
Despite the recent sightings, the megamouth shark remains "one of the most rarely seen species of sharks," David Shiffman, a marine biologist, told Business Insider.
Little is known about the species. According to the Shark Devocean blog, the deepwater shark is just one of three species (along with whale and basking sharks) that feed on plankton. The slow-moving giant bottom-feeder swims with its big mouth wide open, filtering water for plankton and jellyfish. The largest, discovered in waters off Taiwan, measured 19 feet.
The sharks can live to about 100, according to Reuters.
Oh, and they taste best battered and fried:
After processing the 7th ever recorded megamouth shark specimen in 1995, researchers couldn’t resist the temptation of tasting a piece of this mystery creature they had just dissected and analysed. They were subsequently treated to 3 different preparations of some dorsal muscle. Battered & fried is apparently the best way to eat this shark!culled
I am even very selective when it comes to eating fish sef talkless of eating a shark,I just see it as one of those things one should not eat,my opinion.
..And that thing you people call 'bush meat' i cannot even put it in my mouth and will throw up if i attempt to swallow it.
Tell that man to go to India and show them his prototype because here in Nigeria. He's wasting both his time and brain energy.
ReplyDelete*not my concern sha*
Believe me stellz, you ought to try one of those things we call 'Bush meat' when next you go to your fatherland. Trust me, you won't regret it. In fact, you'll ask for more of it even.
DeleteLol.. My thought exactly... I Waka
DeleteAnywhere belle face na road.
DeleteStellaKork. Bushmeat is life. :D
But this Stella how can you love Kpomo and despise Bushmeat???
DeleteTell that man to go to India and show them his prototype because here in Nigeria. He's wasting both his time and brain energy.
ReplyDelete*not my concern sha*
Tell that man to go to India and show them his prototype because here in Nigeria. He's wasting both his time and brain energy.
ReplyDelete*not my concern sha*
Choi!
ReplyDeleteThis should have washed up the shore of Barbeach Lagos. So many persons meals and businesses would have improved this February
Lols
DeleteWonderful.
DeleteCan't eat yok
ReplyDeleteDont beat it till you try it.
DeleteBE TRANSFORMED
Stella you r missing something, bush meat is very sweet especially wen cooked in vegetable (efo riro). I ate it 1ce tho
ReplyDeleteYikes! I love bush meat tho.
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ReplyDelete*today I dont feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay on my bed.
I need someone that will wash, clean,go to the market,cook n go to the salon on my behalf...I love saturdays
No be una fault.
ReplyDeleteIf it was a Great white shark, you would all be torn into pieces.
It looks more like a whale to me. As hungry as philippinos are they still have the decorum to preserve the carcass of rare species. If that creature were to be discovered in Africa ,it would have instantly become food for the masses.
ReplyDeleteStella am just like you, very selective when it comes to what i put in my mouth especially meat and fish.
Stella be forming ajebota anyhow lol
ReplyDeleteMe I dey chop anything except dog and snake
Whoa! Happy saturday peeps. Its bin a while. Bin busy with granny's burial et all
ReplyDeleteIf na for Naija, they would have started dissecting the fish from where it was sighted. Who has time to carry it out first.
ReplyDeleteThat's a fiery creature, can't eat it
ReplyDeletesmall mami-wata turned fish!lol...it is well
ReplyDeleteSo Stella never eat antelope?
ReplyDeleteYou dey miss!
That's life for you!
ReplyDeleteOne man's food is another man's poison!!!
Same here stella sugar,wen its comes to fish/meat am very selective ohhh,every part of meat self I still dey selective
ReplyDelete*********LONG LIVE SDK & SDKERS*********
Lol @stella.I love bush meat,pork meat,snake meat,dog meat.I can try anythng new but will never eat bat.My uncle eats bats.Ewwwww!
ReplyDeleteIf u can eat dogs and snake, is it bat u're nw irritated to eat? E remain make you chop human flesh na.
DeleteThis isn't pleasant for the eyes at all. Can't eat this abeg
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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I no dey see the pic wella shah...
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
When you talk of animals one shouldn't eat, they are so numerous.
ReplyDelete-Horse, because of its trimendous service to man kind.
-Dogs, because it's man best friend.. How can one eat his friend??
-Snakes, because there are better things to eat......
-Lions and all the big cat family, rhinosarous, and all endangered species of different kinds of animals both aquatic and terrestrian...., because they all need to be protected from extinction.
GOD BLESS NIGERIA.
Me too I don't eat fish, if I must it should be dried or a fish I know and properly fried,bush meat feels/looks like monkey to me, I can't eat it never...
ReplyDeleteStella, in d light of truth plz can please consider adding stella's kitchen to ur blog profile. Let us talk abt delicacies n hw best it can be prepared! This blog discuss family a lot and some ugly experiences. Am nt married buh I really know that a way to a man's heart is his stomach. Just don't kw hw well tO present it buh I tink it wil help ladies in da hs to bring their men home. I am a real gud cook n I see what it does in my relatnship buh honestly majority of ladies can't cook 2 save a life,,,,,,,,
ReplyDeleteLucky shark,if it was at the shores of any Nigerian beach/water it wud ve been resting in various abdomen, no one ll even know whether na mega or mono specie.
ReplyDeleteAny meat wey pass beef/mutton, chicken/turkey n normal fish like titus, kote, croaker, kpanla abeg count me out.
looks tasty
ReplyDeleteSuch should have happen in lag beach,fish pepper soup!
ReplyDeleteappreciation of nature. bush meat dey make sense o
ReplyDeleteAm just asking myself does poverty have any connection to preserving and conserving nature? Because these phillipimos still thought of preserving this shark instead of eating it ,# Africa# Nigeria why are the way we are???
ReplyDeleteThe day I heard that snakes were also roasted as bush meat was the day I stopped eating bush meat. Can't even imagine eating a snake. Watching them on Nat Geo Wild gives me enough creeps abeg.
ReplyDeleteevery animal tastes differently
DeleteChai, stella u don missed na. Bush meat sweet die but I prefer dog meat. Unto say calabar babe wey I be. ...lolz.
ReplyDeleteStella u too dey form abeg...Shey u Nobi ajepako b4 God bless u@throw up at bush meat...story for the gods
ReplyDeleteWish d shark was still alive. Such a beautiful one. I'm glad it wud b well preserved&studied.
ReplyDeleteI love sm specific bushmeat,not all.