'Nightmarish' shark with bulging eyes and a human-like smile is caught off the coast of Australia
Daily MailA ‘sea monster’ was pulled from the depths off the coast of Australia by fisherman who was surprised when he dragged in a shark with beady eyes and a human-like smile. Dean Grubbs, associate director of research at the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory told Newsweek, that it looks like a gulper shark. The creepy creature is said to be a gulper shark that is critically endangered around Australia due to overfishing The shark was caught by fisherman Trapnman Bermagui on September 12. While many Facebook users thought the creature was a cookiecutter shark, an expert determined it is a gulper shark Others were amazed by the look of the sea monster, some saying it gave them ‘the major creeps.’ And a few people suggested it was a prehistoric creature. But Fisher told Newsweek it is ‘totally not a cookiecutter,’ but is a rough skin shark that is also known as gulper shark.
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