Narrator: "When you think of a shark,

you probably think of this.

Or maybe even this.

The creatures fear factor doesn't depend

on its color, or its shape, or even its size.

Or does it?

If you thought this was scary,

try taking a look at this.

Yes it is real and it's not something out

of a horror movie.

Even though it could star in a Jaws meets

Jurassic Park sequel.

But it's no Hollywood camera that shot this video.

This species of prehistoric shark was filmed

this week by marine park staff in Japan

It's called a Frilled Shark.

And it's very rarely seen alive

because its natural habitat is some

600 meters or more under the sea.

But one lucky Japanese fisherman

alerted marine officials over the weekend

that he'd spotted what he said

was an odd looking eel like creature,

with a mouth full of needle sharp teeth.

Well this 1.6 meter long female

might have deadly dentures but she

never lived long enough to test her bite.

Truly a living fossil she was in poor condition

and park staff moved her to a sea water pool

for observation and died just hours later.

Captioned by Danyoul