🤯 Did You Know (click to read)
The International Union for Conservation of Nature currently lists the megamouth shark as Least Concern, despite its extreme rarity in records.
Since its discovery in 1976, scientists have documented fewer than 300 confirmed megamouth shark encounters globally. For a species reaching up to 5.5 meters in length, this level of rarity is extraordinary.
💥 Impact (click to read)
Most large marine animals leave frequent traces in fisheries or observation records, yet this multi-ton shark remains so elusive that entire decades pass with only a handful of sightings worldwide.
Its scarcity highlights how vast and under-sampled the deep ocean remains. A creature weighing more than a small car can live in Earth’s oceans with almost no direct human observation, reinforcing how much marine biodiversity may still remain hidden.
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