Megamouth Shark threat defeated in the Philippines!

[Lancer]

People ask me "aren't you worried about being eaten by sharks while you're swimming around in that lighthearted fashion?"

My answer now is..."In the Philippines its the sharks that gotta worry"

Look at the pic of this dread "rare" beast...a mouth so mega it could eat a whole American in one bite is best found on the fiesta menu of a cute and fashionable filipina lady.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090407/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_rare_shark;_ylt=AnSGPCVvEBAkrHO01AuURrMBxg8F

[SlowwHand]

A total of 40 in the world, and they ate it?

[Lancer]

No, sadly there are likely many more than 40 in the world. There have been 40 sightings, and at least one eating.

[Nugog]

The link did not work for me - but here is a pic of a Megamouth shark.

[notyoueither]

No, sadly there are likely many more than 40 in the world. There have been 40 sightings, and at least one eating.

Why sadly?

[Aeson]

Fishermen in the Philippines accidentally caught and later ate a megamouth shark...

I hate it when I accidentally eat megamouth sharks...

[Dinner]

[Heresson]

The link did not work for me - but here is a pic of a Megamouth shark.

the unconventionally cute animals thread

[Lancer]

Why sadly?

I swim in these waters a few times a week and I like to be the biggest mouth out there thank you. Have you ever been eaten? You know what the environmentalist said as she was being eaten by a polar bear? "I wish these ****ing things were extinct."

FACT!*

*By "FACT!" I actually mean not true at all I made it up.

I have a dream! I dream of one day jumping into the inviting tropical ocean and not jumping off the top of the food chain.

[Asher]

These fishermen were scum.

[Dinner]

The Philippines where rare and endangered species are caught and then eaten.

[The Mad Monk]

They also procure specimens for the marine aquarium trade by cyanide bombing reefs.

[The Mad Monk]

Others megamouths have been encountered in California, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Brazil, Ecuador, Senegal, South Africa, Mexico and Australia.

Clearly, with a range like that they are not rare, just hard to find.

[chequita guevara]

I swim in these waters a few times a week and I like to be the biggest mouth out there thank you.

megamouth's don't eat people, they eat krill, which are tiny shrimp. It doesn't even have teeth. It's more like a blue whale than Jaws.

[Lancer]

Yeah I know.