Massive Pregnant Goblin Shark Caught in Taiwan Waters with 6 Pups.

A 1,760-pound goblin shark, pregnant with six pups, was caught off the northeast coast of Taiwan, making it the largest goblin shark ever caught in those waters. The Taiwan Ocean Artistic Museum bought the shark, which was originally intended to be sold to a restaurant, as a future marine education resource. Goblin sharks are bottom-dwellers with needle-like teeth that prey on bony fish, squid, and crustaceans. They are the only living members of the Mitsukurinidae family of sharks, which originated 125 million years ago. Bottom trawling, the fishing practice that accidentally caught the shark, is indiscriminate and damages the seabed.