The elusive and bizarre ghost shark revealed

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The enigmatic and ancient Ghost Shark is one of the most intangible sea creatures. Now scientists have managed to film a species of ghost shark for the first time. Its proper name is the pointy-nosed blue chimaera, and one of the scientists who's entranced by it is Dave Ebert from the Pacific Shark Research Center at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, USA. (Photo: The ghost shark or Pointy Nosed Blue Chimaera) (Credit: 2007 MBARI - the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)