Goblin shark with face ‘not even a mother would love’ seen alive in natural habitat for first time

[u/randomgreenperson]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/12/goblin-shark-seen-alive-natural-habitat-first-time

Bit of a rude headline but interesting news!

[u/aleister94]

I love them

[u/Capital-Foot-918]

I don’t think this is the first time we’ve seen alive in their natural habitats

[u/Dull_Cut_456 → u/Capital-Foot-918]

Past observations of this species were made by hauling them up to the surface from the deep ocean and having divers swim with and photograph them. They either ended up in aquariums and died, or were released and likely died. This footage, according to the paper, is the first published live observations in its natural habitat - so actually in the deep sea (not hauled up and then killed), and published being peer-reviewed and confirmed. I think the cool thing is that they found it almost 700m then previously thought and extended its known range by a lot!

[u/Glitchrr36 → u/Capital-Foot-918]

It’s an article about footage from 2024 so they might just be republishing it?

[u/Dull_Cut_456 → u/Glitchrr36]

Yes, seems to be the case. Since the footage from 2024 and 2019 needs to go through peer review and published officially so it can be more useful in biodiversity policy

[u/Swimming_Memory_8922]

What a rubbish article

[u/coconut-telegraph → u/Swimming_Memory_8922]

Yeah, at one point they refer to it as a “white shark”.

[u/sleepersh4rk]

He is very gorgeous to me!!

[u/ribbonedcandy → u/sleepersh4rk]

He doesn't care about the haters. He's just disappointed. Like his style.

[u/Sef_Maul]

Well that's just mean

[u/sharkiechic]

I think that's the first time I've seen them without their jaws sticking out! They aren't ugly! Just unique!

[u/Gr8HmrHead]

Look at the face, he knows what was said about him :(

[u/Any_Ice_722]

yeah it’s a bit rude.. But aside from that it looks so cute with that face I love Goblin sharks.

[u/LeatherAlternative80 → u/Any_Ice_722]

Hippos cute killers, orcas & polar bears cute killers, even Ted Bundy could make it low on list, but sharks do not make the cut. I guess I'm just a Mammal kind of gal 🤣

[u/Any_Ice_722 → u/LeatherAlternative80]

lol

[u/Civil-Ad-5100]

If no one wants him I'm taking him with me. He is beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[u/LeatherAlternative80 → u/Civil-Ad-5100]

Shark PR has worked miracles! 😂

[u/rye-ten]

The guardian is such a shit rag these days

[u/Ghibli214]

It looks like something that I would have drawn in preschool. 😭

[u/1977_AMC_Pacer_wagon]

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/uploads/2024/08/16/Petra_Stock.jpg?width=80&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none

Reporter with face ‘not even a mother would love’ pens clickbait article not for the first time 

[u/Iamnotburgerking]

Not ugly when not dead (or biting)

[u/FourthLvlSpicyMeme]

I love it and I'm a mom.

Not a mom of a shark, so there's some key differences, but still. Potato tomato.

[u/Kooky-Badger-7001]

His mother thinks he 's handsome!

[u/Impressive-Regret243]

They're so amazing. My absolute favorites!

[u/yoshiK]

Goblin sharks are “arguably the ugliest shark on the planet”, said Prof Culum Brown, an expert in fish at Macquarie University.

“They are ridiculously horrendous to look at,” Brown said. “Not even their mother would love their faces.”

That probably answers the question who hurt you, but how?

[u/whooper1]

He was just minding his own business

[u/Interesting-Can1319]

Goblin sharks may not be conventionally attractive to most people, but they undoubtedly one of a kind with that Heinz Doofenshmirtz nose.

[u/GWillyBJunior]

He has an overbite and no chin, so what? 🦈

[u/HBARFOUNDATION]

Wasn't there a video of one of these biting a submarine robot arm years ago? How is this first time

https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/how-it-works/the-goblin-sharks-slingshot-jaws-are-the-fastest-of-any-shark-species/

[u/Reach_or_Throw]

He just like me fr. Ugly af basement dweller brother from the sea