Rare Primitive Shark Captured on Film

from the Daily Mail (UK)

A species of shark rarely seen alive because its natural habitat is 2,000 ft or more under the sea was captured on film by staff at a Japanese marine park this week. A marine park just south of Tokyo was alerted by a fisherman who spotted an odd-looking eel-like creature with a mouthful of needle-sharp teeth. Park staff caught the 5 ft long creature, which they identified as a female frilled shark, sometimes referred to as a "living fossil" because it is a primitive species that has changed little since prehistoric times.

Stingray Revenge

from USAToday

At least 10 stingrays have been killed since "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin was fatally injured by one of the fish, an official said Tuesday, prompting a spokesman for the late TV star's animal charity to urge people not take revenge on the animals. Stingray bodies since have been discovered on two beaches in Queensland state on Australia's eastern coast. Two were discovered Tuesday with their tails lopped off.

'Crocodile Hunter' Stever Irwin Killed

from the Sunday Morning Herald (Australia)

Television personality and environmentalist Steve Irwin has died from a stingray wound while filming off north Queensland. Friends believe he may have died instantly when struck by a stingray as he filmed a sequence for his eight-year-old daughter Bindi's new TV series.

During the filming Irwin came over the top of a stingray and the stingray's barb went into his chest and put a hole into his heart.

Irwin's death was one of only a handful of known stingray deaths in Australian waters. The Discovery and Animal Planet TV networks - which produced Irwin's programs - suspended broadcasts of the Crocodile Hunter series across its networks this afternoon. Footage of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin being fatally attacked by a stingray on the Great Barrier Reef has been handed to Queensland police.