“Obviously in the wild most of these are not viable, which I’m guessing would have been the case with this animal, so we never see them unless they are caught in utero.”
ALBINO SHARK CODE
“Just like any living thing, sharks can have malformations and mutations in their genetic code that are presented during development,” said Chapple. And while it’s entirely possible that the fetal shark in question had experienced a deformation, it cannot be verified with certainty.
ALBINO SHARK VERIFICATION
Taylor Chapple, assistant professor of the Oregon State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, told Snopes that the video did not show enough of the shark to allow for a species verification or to determine whether the photograph itself was legitimate. Not something all that rare though," said Rocha. "Scientists have been aware of these conditions for quite some time, what is different now is that photos that show it clearly are becoming viral because of the reach of social media. One such condition that Rocha said could be responsible for the condition is synophthalmia, or partial cyclopia, which he believes to be real and exhibited in the photograph. Snopes also spoke with Luiz Rocha, curator of fishes at the California Academy of Sciences, who cited two studies that confirmed it is possible for such a shark to exhibit deformities seen in the "human-faced" shark. In 2011, a fisherman in the Gulf of California caught a pregnant dusky shark and when he cut open the catch, found a one-eyed albino shark fetus measuring 22-inches-long, reported National Geographic at the time. Malformations of shark species are not entirely unheard of. The publication did not appear to have independently vetted the video for authenticity. Snopes contacted Viva for further details about the species of the mother shark, and reached out to Abdullah, but did not hear back by the time of publication.Ī video of the shark was published by Newsflare, an aggregator of viral content that pays its contributors for providing user-generated stories. Two like the mother, this one looks like a human face," Abdullah reportedly told the publication. “The next day I split the belly of the mother shark and found three cubs in its stomach.
23 by Indian publication Viva, which noted that a fisherman by the name of Abdullah Nuren captured the supposed mother of the deformed shark baby in his trawl net while fishing off the coast of Indonesia on Feb. Coverage of the photograph was first reported on Feb.
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