Photo credit: Michael H. Doosey/Tulane University via AP
Take a look at this photo! This rare pocket shark was found in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. It was identified as a rare species in 2013.
The rare pocket shark has two pocket by the front fins. It’s only the second to be discovered. The first was found in Peru in 1979, and now resides in a museum in Russia.
This shark was dead when it was fished out of the Gulf of Mexico during a government research trip and kept in a freezer until it was identified.