{"id":83673,"date":"2026-06-16T08:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83673"},"modified":"2026-06-16T08:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:27:12","slug":"i-never-thought-wed-see-one-alive-elusive-goblin-shark-captured-on-camera-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/i-never-thought-wed-see-one-alive-elusive-goblin-shark-captured-on-camera-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Never Thought We&#8217;d See One Alive&#8217;: Elusive Goblin Shark Captured On Camera For The First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>LiveScience:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jsadEteYVVpiUEEbsH3hkD.jpg\" alt=\"Still image from footage of a goblin shark with characteristic elongated snout in the Tonga Trench.\" width=\"745\" height=\"419\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-c18871f6-636d-4142-ac40-fc79377649fc\">For the first time ever, scientists have captured deep-sea footage of the elusive goblin shark, extending its known range far into the Central Pacific and down to nearly 6,560 feet (2,000 meters) below the water&#8217;s surface.<\/p>\n<p>The goblin shark (<em>Mitsukurina owstoni<\/em>) is a deepwater shark with an elongated snout and protrusible jaws that shoot out to snatch prey. The species, which has been around for about 125 million years, is described as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/animals\/living-fossils-creatures-that-look-the-same-now-as-they-did-millions-of-years-ago\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/animals\/living-fossils-creatures-that-look-the-same-now-as-they-did-millions-of-years-ago\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/animals\/living-fossils-creatures-that-look-the-same-now-as-they-did-millions-of-years-ago\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/animals\/living-fossils-creatures-that-look-the-same-now-as-they-did-millions-of-years-ago\"><u>living fossil<\/u><\/a>.&#8221; Until now, it had been seen alive only briefly, when it got hooked on fishing lines and hauled to the surface, according to a new study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From LiveScience: For the first time ever, scientists have captured deep-sea footage of the elusive goblin shark, extending its known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}