Its prehistoric contemporaries, like Tyrannosaurus rex and triceratops, died out long ago, but the frilled shark is still swimming around deep below the surface of the world’s oceans, scientists say. The shark is named after its gills, which have frilly, fluffy edges, but the cuddly factor ends abruptly there. Inside its short-snouted head are 300 more reasons to never go farther than the beach: hundreds of needle-sharp teeth, neatly lined in 25 rows. Humans know very little about the frilled shark because it lives deep in the ocean, off the coasts of Japan, New Zealand and Australia. So, yes, maybe the beach is the safest place until we know more about what’s swimming around in the great beyond.

Source: National Post November 13, 2017 00:22 UTC