frill shark caught

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The rarely sighted frilled shark - whose ancestry dates back 80 million years and is known as the living fossil - has turned up in waters off southeastern Victoria, Australia.
It was caught on a fishing trawler in waters near Lakes Entrance in the state's Gippsland region.
Simon Boag from the South East Trawl Fishing Association said it was the first time a frilled shark has been sighted in living local memory.
"We couldn't find a fisherman who had ever seen one before," he told local reporters.
"It does look 80 million years old. It looks prehistoric, it looks like it's from another time!"