Friday 14 October 2022 05:34 PM Elusive black shark that EJECTS its jaws out of its mouth looks like Marvel's ... trends now
An image of a slender, midnight black shark with blue beady eyes and an extendable jaw that was caught off the coast in Taiwan in 2018 has resurfaced online, sparking fear among tens of thousands of users who liken the viper dogfish to Marvel comic book character Venmo.
The Twitter post, shared by Fascinating, shows the viper dogfish in three stages of releasing its jaw to attack with its needle-like teeth: The shark widely opens its mouth, extends the jaw upward and then pushes it out.
The first viperfish was not discovered until 1986 and only a handful have been seen by human eyes, but researchers pulled in five from the depths four years ago - but four out of five were dead and the last surviving shark died 24 hours later.
Users are captivated by the deep-sea creature, with one user stating it further justifies their fear of the ocean.
An image of viper dogfish has captivated the internet. The images show the black shark as it moves to eject its jaw out of its mouth that is lined with needle-like teeth
Twitter users are going crazy over the shark, with one user likening it to Marvel's Venom comic book character that also has an extendable jaw and fangs for teeth
The viper dogfish, which derives its name from its unusually large and fang-like teeth, is only found off the coast of Japan, Taiwan and Hawaii.
It seizes its prey with its rapidly extending jaws and can use its huge gape to swallow comparatively large fish whole.
The creature has also only been seen a handful of times because it lives up to 1,800 feet below the surface
Taiwan's Fisheries Research Institute said in 2018 that it had picked up five of the creatures near Donghe Township during a routine survey.
Describing them, it said: 'The most obvious feature are the needle-shaped teeth, like snake-like fangs; this is also the origin of viper shark name.'
Four of the five were dead when they were
