‘World’s ugliest shark’ filmed alive in deep sea for first time

The goblin shark has been caught on camera. Credit: Cover Media/Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre and Inkfish

One of the world’s strangest sharks has been filmed alive in its natural habitat for the first time.

The bizarre-looking goblin shark – often dubbed the ‘ugliest shark on the planet’ because of its protruding snout and terrifying extendable jaws – has previously only been seen alive after being accidentally caught by fishermen and hauled to the surface.

But now scientists have recorded two live sightings of the rare deep-sea predator swimming freely thousands of feet below the ocean.

The breakthrough was rep...