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| | Mitsukurina owstoni, Goblin Shark at MarineBio.org |
 | | The Goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni (Jordan, 1898), is a bizarre, scary-looking creature. |
 | | Growing to a length of over 3.8 m, it has a soft, flabby body, is pinkish-gray colored, and has a peculiar, blade-like snout overhanging long, highly protrusible jaws bristling with slender, fang-like teeth (jaws are highly specialized for rapid projection from the head to snap up small animals). |
 | | Apparently sluggish, feeding in mid-water and possibly on or near the bottom (teeth have been found embedded in submarine cables), probably using the electrosensitive rostrum to detect prey and capturing it from close range using a combination of protrusible jaws and pharyngeal suction. |
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