Philippians Eat Snake Shark!

[Eclecticos]

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4234/frillsharkbig1.jpg

In just a short time, one of the rarest sharks in the world went from swimming in Philippine waters to simmering in coconut milk. The 13 foot long megamouth shark, caught on March 30 by mackerel fishers off the city of Donsol, was only the 41st megamouth shark ever found, according to WWF in the Philippines.

ACA immediately identified it as a megamouth shark and encouraged the fishers not to eat it.
The 1,102-pound (500-kilogram) shark was butchered for a shark-meat dish called kinuout.

Via: NationalGeographic (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090407-megamouth-shark-eaten-picture.html)

[xRyokenx]

That's unfortunate... it really is a cool shark, eerie as hell and I sure wouldn't want to be swimming near one but still cool.

[Zephik]

What is with humans wanting to freaking eat EVERYTHING? Damn its annoying. Oh look, a crazy rare looking animal, neat! LET'S EAT IT!

I do wonder what it tasted like though. lol

[BuzzKillington]

Would have been hilarious if it was poisonous.

EDIT: My gf just brought up a good point. "Knowing their culture, they probably thought it would make their ****s bigger."

Thought I'd share lol.

[Zephik]

Well, it DOES kind of look like a giant wang, doesn't it? lol

[killergamer]

eerie as hell and I sure wouldn't want to be swimming near one but still cool.


The megamouth shark species, discovered in 1976 off Oahu, Hawaii (http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/states/state_hawaii.html), was so bizarre that scientists had to create a new family and genus to classify it. With its giant mouth but tiny teeth, megamouth, like the whale shark (http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/whale-shark.html), is a filter feeder that preys on tiny animals and appears to be no danger to humans.

I would love to see one in real life...