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back to article Forget lasers: how about sharks with frikkin' VOLCANOES?

A bunch of volcanologists working near the Solomon Islands has turned up a find that left them “freaking out”: a seldom-seen variety of Pacific sleeper shark just about living in a volcano. The group, working with National Geographic, were studying underwater volcanoes earlier this year when they caught the high-definition …

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  1. LaeMing
    Pirate

    Don't mind the pets

    They are just guarding my secret underwater volcano secret vilan hideout

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  2. Anonymous Custard
    Boffin

    Forget the lasers?

    I would have expected living in a volcano would make them more likely to be laser-wielding, not less...

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  3. frank ly

    White fibres stuck to its skin?

    Cat hairs?

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    1. Tom 7
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      Re: White fibres stuck to its skin?

      They're sea lice. The lice itself is a little bump on the skin and the two trailing fibres are strings of eggs and the end one hatches out a live baby louse.

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      1. Anonymous Coward
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        Joke

        Re: White fibres stuck to its skin?

        So all this exitement is about one lousy shark!

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  4. Winkypop Silver badge
    Trollface

    Wow, rare sharks

    I wonder what they taste like?

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    1. Rich 11
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      Re: Wow, rare sharks

      Tesco's Value Range Fishcakes.

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      1. Captain DaFt
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        Re: Wow, rare sharks

        @Rich 11:

        I'd say Mcdonald's fish sandwich would be a better candidate.

        The last time they had a promotion, the ads lovingly described in detail the contents of their Burger and chicken patties, but the fish? All they'd say was, "Covered in tangy tartar sauce!"

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  5. Martin Budden Silver badge

    not sleeping, awake and hungry

    It looks as though the shark has a nibble of the weight-bag which is holding the camera down.

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