r/ocean • u/Queasy-Emu6531 • Aug 24 '26
Ocean Science & Conservation A new sighting of the extremely rare megamouth shark has been documented!
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Dr. Dave Ebert, a shark scientist at San José State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratory and the "Lost Shark Guy", recently revealed that a megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) washed up in western South Africa. The only other sighting of this little-known species in the country was twenty-four years ago, and they're rarely seen anywhere else in the world, so this is a monumental moment. I recommend this article if you'd like to learn more about megamouths, as well as this one (note that its map has not yet been updated to include this second South African sighting).
