@allcreatureslearning: Mitsukurina owstoni, the Goblin Shark, is the sole extant member of Mitsukurinidae, a lineage dating back approximately 125 million years. 🦈🌊 Its elongated rostrum is densely packed with ampullae of Lorenzini, enabling electroreception of prey in lightless deep-sea environments. Its most distinctive feature is slingshot jaw protrusion, a rapid forward extension of the jaw assembly that dramatically increases strike range without requiring full body movement. Recorded at depths between 270 and 1,300 meters across multiple ocean basins, it remains one of the least observed sharks in the world. #goblinshark #deepsea #sharks #marinebiology #mitsukurina

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