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An Incredibly Rare Megamouth Shark Just Washed Up In The Philippines

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by . Now this is an interesting-looking — and incredibly rare — creature. With a bulbous head and 50 rows of tiny teeth, what appears to be the 66th megamouth shark ever seen in the world has washed ashore in in Pio Duran, Albay, the Philippines, according to (some say this is only the ). The megamouth shark is so uncommon that until recently, some it a cryptid, a creature so rare that it couldn't be confirmed by science. And while the megamouth was in 1976 after being accidentally dragged up by a US Navy vessel, it's still "one of the most rarely seen species of sharks," marine biologist David Shiffman in an email. (Shiffman confirmed to Business Insider that this latest specimen did indeed...

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