Scientists Discover Extremely Rare 'Pocket Shark' Specimen

Geo Beats 2015-04-24

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Scientists recently announced that they have identified the second possible specimen of the species commonly known as 'pocket shark.'

Thanks to Hollywood, we usually associate sharks with large and intimidating creatures.

A new report sheds light on an extremely rare species which is only a few inches long.

Scientists recently announced that they have identified the second possible specimen of the species commonly known as 'pocket shark.'

Mark Grace from NOAA Fisheries said of the finding, “The pocket shark we found was only 5 and a half inches long, and was a recently born male."

The shark is named so not due to its small size but because it has a dist

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