Showing posts with label shark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shark. Show all posts

Thursday, 30 May 2013

Angel shark (Squatina squatina)


Spotting a Mediterranean angel shark was, for me, a case of seeing something spectacular and not even realizing it. It was only later that I found out that the thing is actually quite rare, critically endangered in fact. And I thought it was just kind-of-a-shark! Well, the latin name of the species, squatina, does actually mean "a kind of shark", so I guess I was half right.