Our planet's secrets are yet to be discovered.
There are species that appear to be new to us yet have been on our planet since the beginning.
Today, we'll discuss creatures that are said to be scarier than Megalodon from the Mariana
Trench.
Without further ado, let’s get this started!
A skeleton of the underwater creature was discovered in the province of Shandong in
March 2013.
It was initially thought to be the skeleton of a normal shark, only that its fins were
bitten off.
The creature had a three-and-a-half-meter-long skeleton, a gigantic cranium, and an unusual
jaw structure, and upon analysis by the scientists, they concluded that this characteristic resembles
a prehistoric Frilled Shark, which lived alongside Titanosaur and Pterodactyl for about eighty
million years ago.
However, it was only the Frilled Shark that managed to survive to the present day without
its appearance changing at all.
But the question is can we still see this creature in this modern age?
If yes, would it be possible for us to survive after seeing this creature?
Well, we’re also going to find it out here in this video.
Let's start the discussion with the Mesozoic era, which occurred 80 million years ago.
Frilled Shark, the owner of the gigantic skeleton found in Shandong, was floating freely in
the ocean at this time.
However, viewing this creature was extremely perilous for humans.
In some cases, seeing this creature would have meant definite death.
Why is that?
Well, this creature's deadly jaw contains 25 rows of teeth, each with three two-centimeter-long
teeth that can bite and scratch anything.
Frilled Shark's main weapon against anything is, without a doubt, its teeth.
The teeth have a five-pointed cone-shaped hook structure that looks like a crown, and
the sequences are unusual for sharks, being small in the front and large in the back.
The Frilled Shark has roughly 300 sharp blades in its jaw, allowing it to confidently capture
its victim and begin an unfair battle.
By the way, if the prey thought of running away from this creature, it wouldn't be possible.
There are six-gill slits in the Frilled Shark's arsenal that assist in creating negative pressure.
To put it another way, once this shark has captivated something by its mouth, it won’t
be able to escape no matter how hard it may try.
Do you know that there’s something special in Frilled Shark’s teeth?
Its teeth, unlike humans', grow directed towards the mouth's depths rather than perpendicular
to the jaw, which explains why their jaws are so deadly.
What could you do if the Frilled Shark grabbed your arm?
Given the creature's traits, what are your options for escaping?
Well, if this happens to you, remember to push your hand farther and wait for the shark
to open its jaws; this is the only time you may pull your arm back.
If you don't remember this and pull your arm back right away, all of your skin and muscle
will remain on its sharp, blade-like teeth pointing inward, completely cutting your arm.
But what if this creature swallowed you instead of merely biting you?
What would you do?
During the making of the Men in Black movie, Tommy Lee Jones had a similar experience.
Even if he was able to escape the creature's stomach, he wanted that memory erased for
it wasn’t a good experience for him.
So, if you managed to escape from the Frilled Shark after being devoured whole, the memory
would undoubtedly haunt you for the rest of your life.
Your only chance of avoiding this deadly fish is to rely on the other larger predators swimming
nearby.
Hoping they defend you is the only alternative that you have at this time.
Fortunately, the Mesozoic era had lots of huge marine predators.
This includes the Mosasaurus, which came from a family of huge sea lizards that can grow
for about ten to eighteen meters long, with a skull that is half of its length and powerful
fangs inside its mouth.
This largest lizard could readily swallow anything in the ocean during the prehistoric
period, even the Frilled Shark.
Unfortunately, it can also eat you, too.
So yes, this creature would definitely not be going to help you.
Enough with the time travel, let us return to our own time and see what happens if we
cross paths with a modern Frilled Shark.
Of course, it is unlikely to use wireless headphones or cellphones, and its primary
weapon remains its mouth's twenty rows of teeth facing inside.
However, its previously large torso and mouth have been shrunk by half.
In our time, its main source of food is the squid, so it’s unlikely to be interested
in eating you.
This is the reason why this species has been designated as the least concern by the International
Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).
People in Tokyo who managed to record a Frilled Shark on tape for the first time confirmed
that the shark does not eat humans.
One such creature happened to rise to the surface of the water in the year 2007, which
according to scientists, was quite old.
The creature didn’t do anything to hurt the people and simply swam between them as
if it didn't see them.
However, just because there haven't been any reports of a Frilled Shark attacking a person
doesn't mean they're harmless.
And besides, scientists managed to catch one young Frilled Shark, as shown in one episode
on a discovery channel about this species.
Scientists placed it in an aquarium.
When they tried to touch it, it aggressively jerked towards them, opening its enormous
mouth in an attempt to defend itself.
Even if it was only a little fish, the creature's drive to defend its territory and offspring
could be evident in how it reacted to the touch.
Now, are you willing to come across this creature?
There's still a chance it won't devour people, but you're still not sure you'd be able to
safely plunge into the water with such a toothy beast.
We all know that humanity knows very little about the Frilled Shark since it dwells at
deep depths, where we can’t see this creature very often.
To witness this, you'd have to dive one thousand and five hundred meters underwater, but the
issues that would arise are considerably bigger at that depth, making the frilled sharks appear
fairly innocent.
Aside from Mesasaurus and Frilled Shark, the Kraken is a far more dangerous monster.
For ages, humanity treated this monster as fiction, but scientists are now investigating
it.
In fact, many of them believe that there are several types of enormous squid, and that
these monsters may have sunk ships in the past, as depicted in the Pirates of the Caribbean
movie.
This creature possesses a terrifying 27-centimeter-long black eye.
Isn't it terrifying if it happened to appear right in front of your eyes while having an
adventure underwater?
A very crazy experience!
You may suddenly feel guilty for all the squid products you’d consume.
And if Kraken chose to seek vengeance for all the calamari consumed by humanity, your
life would be over in a matter of seconds.
The giant squid can grow to be seventeen meters long, the same height as a five-story building.
Moreover, the beak in the heart of this monster can bite through an 8-centimeter-thick steel
cable.
Really scary, isn’t it?
In the year 2013, one of this creature's appearances was captured on camera.
It was possible because the individual wasn't frightened to swim up close to the squid and
photograph it, reveling in his steely appearance.
Unlike the harmless Frilled Shark, which just swam alongside people and did not harm them,
this creature acted differently; it is exceedingly harmful to humans.
In line with this, a Kraken attacked the Norwegian ship Brunswick in 1946.
According to the captain's testimony, the squid was over twenty meters long and swam
at a pace of forty kilometers per hour before suddenly attacking the ship.
Even though the squid tried its hardest to strike the ship with powerful strikes, it
was unable to penetrate the ship's steel skins.
The squid swam away from the ship after observing that nothing happened after a while.
But that is for a ship; what if it was a human?
If you happen to come across Kraken while diving in a regular scuba suit, unlike the
ship, your suit isn't made of steel, therefore it's unlikely to protect you.
We all know that we weren't able to research the entire ocean of our planet yet, and that
we only investigated five percent of it.
Mosasaurus, the sea serpent, and the Kraken were once thought to be mythical monsters,
but we now know for certain that they are real.
They're just lurking in the murky depths of the ocean, waiting for their prey.
Despite this, I would not advise you to cancel your vacation after watching this video.
Make the most of the time you have.
However, don't swim beyond the buoys and keep an eye out if you're at depths to ensure you
don't come across any sea monsters while on a trip.
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