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10-18-2011, 10:23 PM
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| Cyclops shark is real
In this world of Photoshop and online scams, it pays to have a hearty dose of skepticism at reports of something strange — including an albino fetal shark with one eye smack in the middle of its nose like a Cyclops.
But the Cyclops shark, sliced from the belly of a pregnant mama dusky shark caught by a commercial fisherman in the Gulf of California earlier this summer, is by all reports the real thing. Shark researchers have examined the preserved creature and found that its single eye is made of functional optical tissue, they said last week. It's unlikely, however, that the malformed creature would have survived outside the womb.
"This is extremely rare," shark expert Felipe Galvan Magana of Mexico's Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias del Mar told the Pisces Fleet Sportfishing blog in July. "As far as I know, less than 50 examples of an abnormality like this have been recorded." [See photos of the one-eyed "Cyclops" shark]
Pisces Fleet, a sportfishing company, rocketed the Cyclops shark to viral status online this summer with their photos of the creepy-cute creature. But this isn't the first time that reports of a mythical-seeming creature have spurred media sensations — last week alone, Russian officials announced "proof" of a Yeti, and paleontologists spun a theory about an ancient Kraken-like squid. Few reports of mythical beasts, however, come with proof.
Cyclops shark
The Cyclops shark is an exception. While rare, "cyclopia" is a real developmental anomaly in which only one eye develops. Human fetuses are sometimes affected, as in a 1982 case in Israel reported in 1985 in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. In that case, a baby girl was born seven weeks early with no nose and only one eye in the center of her face. The infant, who lived only 30 minutes after birth, also had severe brain abnormalities.
In 2006, a kitten born with one eye and no nose (a rare condition called holoprosencephaly), created a stir online as news organizations and bloggers tried to determine if the bizarre photos of the animal were real. A veterinarian confirmed the kitten's condition; "Cy," as the cat was known, lived only a day. The remains were sold to the creationist Lost World Museum.
The fisherman who discovered the Cyclops shark is reportedly hanging on to the preserved remains, news outlets reported. But scientists have recently examined and X-rayed the fish, authenticating the catch. According to Seth Romans, a spokesman for Pisces Fleet, Galvan Magana and his colleagues will publish a scientific paper about the find within the next several weeks.
Romans told LiveScience that the fisherman who caught the strange shark is "amazed and fascinated" by the attention his catch has drawn.
It's not the first strange shark fetus Galvan Magana has found; he and his colleagues discovered two-headed shark embryos in two different female blue sharks. It's possible that one embryo started to split into twins, but failed to completely separate because of crowding in the womb, the researchers reported in January 2011 in the journal Marine Biodiversity Records.   
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10-18-2011, 10:31 PM
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10-18-2011, 10:33 PM
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It looks so cute! lol
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10-18-2011, 10:39 PM
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10-18-2011, 10:42 PM
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being open minded here, i say it's fake until proven from a RECOGNIZABLE source.
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10-18-2011, 10:59 PM
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10-18-2011, 11:11 PM
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all sorts of weird looking sea life have been washing up since the major earthquakes we've been having
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10-19-2011, 01:34 AM
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still seems fake
in the first two photos the eyes seem so human-like...i dont think sharks have sclera...or at least white sclera. I also didn't think they would gut the sharks out at sea...won't they usually take them back to port first for processing?
it does look freakishly like Mike Wazowski though haha
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10-19-2011, 01:56 AM
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that's pretty fucking scary.
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10-19-2011, 07:24 AM
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I could be very wrong here, but I thought only mammals like dolphins and whales had horizontal tail fins.
Don't sharks all have vertically aligned tails?
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10-19-2011, 08:14 AM
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lets get the myth busters on this!
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10-19-2011, 08:39 AM
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It's on National Geographic's web site.
Scientists have identified nearly 2 million organisms and estimate that close to 10 million organisms have yet to be identified. This is probably a freak of nature. Being albino, it could be an undiscovered species of fish that swim in very deep water. Anyway............
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10-19-2011, 09:16 AM
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i see shark pussy
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10-19-2011, 09:24 AM
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Now we just need sharks with lazers....
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10-19-2011, 10:09 AM
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I believe.... there's tons of shit we've yet to see...
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero  still seems fake
in the first two photos the eyes seem so human-like...i dont think sharks have sclera...or at least white sclera. I also didn't think they would gut the sharks out at sea...won't they usually take them back to port first for processing?
it does look freakishly like Mike Wazowski though haha | Looks more like it's being gutted on the beach? I thought it was on the water at first too.
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10-19-2011, 11:12 AM
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imagine if that cyclop shark is just a baby, cyclop shark the size of a great white would be | 
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10-19-2011, 11:22 AM
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Haha first thought that came to mind was Mike Wazowski as well. Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbo E i see shark pussy | Only you would notice such a thing, Turbo E... 
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10-19-2011, 11:35 AM
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the mouth makes it look like a human baby...
kind of cute, but I still wouldn't touch it.
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10-19-2011, 11:54 AM
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i say fake unless i see it sliced opened
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10-19-2011, 12:35 PM
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interesting..  | |
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10-19-2011, 01:48 PM
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10-19-2011, 05:28 PM
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10-19-2011, 06:21 PM
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10-19-2011, 06:43 PM
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How cute!
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