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    "title":"\u0022Prehistoric\u0022 Shark Seen Attacking Deep Bait",

    "transcript":"\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EScientists, using a deep sea camera ‘trap,’ captured some remarkable video of a shark biting down on what it thinks is prey.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThis six\u002Dgill shark in the waters of the Osprey Reef near Australia’s northeast coast, senses what it thinks is a meal.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EBut scientists from the Queensland Brain Institute have set out a fish head as bait, with a remote\u002Dcontrol camera.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe shark tries its best to dislodge the bait, and struggles, but is unable to break it away from its anchor, some 46\u002Dhundred feet below the surface of the Coral Sea.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThis video capture was part of the Deep Australia Project, an effort to discover the evolutionary origins of human sight.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe six gill is often referred to as “prehistoric” because of its resemblance to sharks that lived hundreds of millions of years ago.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E It’s interesting to researchers because of its night vision, and ability to overcome both crushing depths and freezing and deep, dark waters.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe sixgills reach up to 13 feet in length, and this is just one of several deep\u002Dsea species never before filmed at these depths.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThis false catshark, another deep sea dweller, passes by, but chooses not to attempt any biting of the bait.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThis eel, on the other hand, thinks it too, has found dinner, and is persistent in its attempts to bite off some food.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EResearchers also photographed the Nautilus, a relative of squid or octopus that still lives in a shell, as they have for millions of years.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EProject leader Justin Marshall says peering into their eyes, that have no iris, could help us understand more about the human brain.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EDeep sea creatures are a logical specimen to study for human brain understanding, as Marshall says most of our knowledge on how nerve cells function and communicate was first pioneered through work on giant squid nerve cells.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe project’s next trip in September takes them to the Peruvian Trench off South America where they hope to encounter those Giant Squids.\u003C/p\u003E",

    "description":"\u003Cp\u003EJuly 22, 2010—A sixgill shark—a species often referred to as prehistoric because of its resemblance to sharks living hundreds of millions of years ago—is seen biting on bait at a camera trap deep off Australia. It\u0027s part of a project to learn more about deep\u002Dsea creatures and possible correlations with human sight and brain development.\u003C/p\u003E",
    
    "credit":" 2010 National Geographic\u003B Video: Justin Marshall, Queensland Brain Institute",
    

    
    
    
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