The Black Demon Shark (Spanish: El Demonio Negro) is an enormous black shark whose territory is said to be just off the coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. In recent years, numerous sightings have been reported, primarily from local fishermen.
The Origins of the Black Demon Shark
Reported sightings of the shark have been in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California. The description of the shark is that its extremely large (perhaps up to 60 feet long).
The shark, dubbed Apristurus ovicorrugatus, eluded discovery for years, though there was evidence it was lurking in the sea, according to a study published April 23 in the Journal of Fish Biology. It's the newest member of the genus Apristurus, a large subset of sharks often called cat sharks or demon sharks.
Identifying the Black Demon: Great White vs Whale Shark. The Black Demon is described as an exceptionally large, predatory shark at lengths of 40 to 60 feet; this highly exaggerated size would dwarf even the whale shark.
The Apristurus genus, the second-most diverse group of sharks that counts about 40 species, is commonly known as the ghost or demon catshark.
“'The Black Demon' is a metaphor for the actual environmental consequences that are waiting for us. It may not be a shark that leaps out of the water to destroy our boats as we try to escape. But climate change events cause massive destruction in our lives.”
1. Great White Shark. Great white sharks are the most aggressive sharks in the world has recorded 333 attacks on humans, with 52 of them being fatal. The inclusion of this particular species probably comes as no surprise since movies, particularly Jaws, and television shows are quick to show their aggression.
They find the town in ruins. Paul takes a boat to the rig, and his family decides to follow in another boat. They all arrive at the rig, dilapidated and hazardous, with a 60 ft (18 m) megalodon shark ("El Demonio Negro", or The Black Demon) prowling the waters.
The Submarine shark then was reportedly “sighted” for years to come and the legend grew longer as the years went on. Everyone who has worked on white sharks has seen their version of the Submarine, but it does not actually exist.
Zombie Shark (Enemy) is a seasonal enemy shark that appears in Hungry Shark Evolution and doesn't have any playable counterpart. It appears very often in all parts of the ocean. It can be killed by Great White Shark and higher outside a Gold Rush.
Great Hammerhead Shark
Their name says it all, their heads literally look like the head of a hammer! On either side of the hammer head is a menacing eye. Unlike the basking shark that prefers to stay near the surface of the ocean, great hammerheads scan the ocean floor for signs of stingray, their favorite dinner.
In Fijiian mythology, Dakuwaqa is the shark-god. He most famously tried to conquer Kadavu Island by battling a goddess who had taken the form of an octopus. The Octopus Goddess defeated Dakuwaqa, pulling his teeth out with her eight legs and rendering him useless against her.
Is the megalodon still alive? 'No. It's definitely not alive in the deep oceans, despite what the Discovery Channel has said in the past,' notes Emma. 'If an animal as big as megalodon still lived in the oceans we would know about it.'
The Hoffman's Dragon Shark (Dracopristis hoffmanorum) is an extinct species of shark that lived during the Carboniferous period about 307 million years ago. The fossil of this prehistoric shark was discovered in New Mexico in 2013, and the first full description was published in 2021.
The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is the largest fish in the world.
But according to the 1991 film Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, Godzilla is actually a mutated unique species of dinosaur called Godzillasaurus. Godzilla has appeared in 31 movies since 1954 — three America, the rest Japanese.
Godzilla is a prehistoric reptilian monster awakened and empowered by nuclear radiation.
Godzilla's Japanese name, Gojira (ゴジラ), comes from a combination of the Japanese approximation of "gorilla" (ゴリラ gorira), and kujira (クジラ), the Japanese word for "whale." The name is said to have been chosen to represent the size and strength of both animals.
Internet rumors persist that modern-day megalodons exist – that they still swim around in today's oceans. But that's not true. Megalodons are extinct. They died out about 3.5 million years ago.
Mature megalodons likely did not have any predators, but newly birthed and juvenile individuals may have been vulnerable to other large predatory sharks, such as great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran), whose ranges and nurseries are thought to have overlapped with those of megalodon from the end of the Miocene and ...
Megalodons succumbed to global cooling due to the shrinking of their habitat, the vanishing of their favorite prey, and competition from other predators 3.5 million years ago.
The great white shark, also known as the "white pointer," is the largest and deadliest predatory shark in the ocean.
Jellyfish kill more people than sharks do
While sharks grab the headlines if they attack someone, jellyfish kill eight times as many people every year. While they look harmless, they can be highly poisonous and are also often hard to see and avoid.