For one group of scientists, a rare deep-sea shark washing up on the shores of Greece’s Anafi Island in 2020 is a big catch. For others, something fishy is going on.
, that pushes back aggressively on the idea they published a toy model in a peer-reviewed journal and passed it off as scientific evidence. —has elicited so much sniping in the last year between scientists, a community that’s often portrayed as level-headed, sometimes to the point of dullness.
Fewer than fifty goblin sharks have been scientifically documented, though they occasionally turn up as bycatch in commercial fishing nets. Their range includes the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, as well as the Gulf of Mexico. But scientists really have no idea where they breed or how long they live.
The new study reports that the goblin shark photo was taken on August 25, 2020, “found by a citizen on Klisidi beach of Anafi Island,” credited to Giannis Papadakis. The paper does not specify who Papadakis is, or whether he is the one who first found the specimen on the beach. Giannis Papadakis Nevertheless, finding a genuine juvenile goblin shark in the Mediterranean would signal a significant range extension for these benthic behemoths and could even provide tantalizing clues as to where they breed. That is, if the find is real.An independent shark researcher based in Germany, Pollerspöck has seen a plethora of deceased sharks over the course of his career.
Something about the discovery struck Pollerspöck as… fishy. “After reading the article in detail, I had doubts about the record,” he told The Daily Beast in an email.Pollerspöck, along with three other shark experts, decided to write into the journal detailing their concerns.
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