First-of-its-kind video shows the elusive Goblin shark in its natural habitat

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For the first time, scientists have filmed a live goblin shark swimming in its deep-ocean habitat.

Goblin sharks are often described as mythical creatures because they’re rarely seen. This is because they live in the deep ocean, and when they are spotted, it’s usually after they’ve been accidentally caught by fishermen and are no longer alive.

Alan Jamieson, a researcher at the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, explained that giant squids are legendary creatures despite rarely being observed alive. He stated, “People are fascinated by them, but we really don’t know much about them at all.”

The Goblin shark has finally been caught on video

Two recent sightings of the same fish were published in the Journal of Fish Biology. One was observed near Jarvis Island by researchers from the University of Hawaii, and the other was spotted in the Tonga Trench by a team of Australian scientists.

I was absolutely blown away when I saw the footage! They filmed for 50 days, and this clip is just 20 seconds long, but it shows a great white shark way down deep – almost 2,000 meters! It’s one of the deepest anyone has ever confirmed a sighting of one of these amazing creatures.

For a long time, goblin sharks were thought to live only off the western US coast, in parts of Australia and Japan, and in limited areas of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. But recent discoveries show they actually live across a much wider area of the Pacific Ocean.

According to The Guardian, Culum Brown of Macquarie University described goblin sharks as “possibly the ugliest shark in the world,” and noted that this ancient species hasn’t evolved much over the past 125 million years.

Brown described the creatures as having unusual features – notably very long noses and strange jaws that can quickly extend to catch prey they find using their snouts.

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2026-06-14 18:49