80-Million-Year-Old Prehistoric Shark with A Snake Head and Terrifying Teeth Is Still Alive Today

5 Researchers are fascinated by the shark’s bizarre jaws

David A. Ebert, who runs the Pacific Shark Research Center, has seen the terrifying jaw of a frilled shark with his own eyes. – “I can tell you from snagging my fingers on the teeth, you can only back out one way and that’s in toward the mouth and then out. It didn’t feel good, I can tell you that.”

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6 Their teeth have various functions

Those teeth can not only catch prey but are also used as bait to lure in prey. The shark's dark brown or greyish skin are a stark contrast to its teeth as “the bright teeth might serve as almost a lure to bring in prey items that see this light color,” Ebert said. He continues explaining- “And by the time they realize, Oh, that’s the teeth of a shark, they’re too close and the shark is able to ambush them at that point. It’s almost like when you drive out of a parking lot exit and they have the spikes sticking out that says, ‘Do not back up’. That’s kind of what happens when these things catch prey items.”

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7 What does their diet consist of?

Frilled sharks mostly eat squids, bony fish, and sometimes even other sharks. Their unusually long jaws enable them to eat prey that are much larger than they are. Once their jaws close on their prey, their spiky teeth make it impossible to escape without being torn to shreds. Their mouths are like a big spiky death trap.

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