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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ragboy" data-source="post: 3023244" data-attributes="member: 4151">This one almost writes itself: Very Rare Antarctic Sleeper Shark Caught The rare Antarctic Sleeper Shark. Photo by Andrew Bayne A rare Antarctic Sleeper Shark was caught as bycatch by the toothfish vessel “San Aspiring” this month. The odd doughy looking shark was a small example at 116cm long. They are thought to reach well over 600cms when fully grown, and may even be the biggest predatory shark in the world.Antarctic Sleeper Sharks are known to eat toothfish, rock cod, penguins, seals, squid and octopus. They hit the headlines in January 2004 when it was discovered that they are one of only two known predators of Colossal Squid (the other being Sperm Whales).The shark has been frozen and will be delivered to a museum in New Zealand by the ship that caught it, which is New Zealand registered. From here: <a href="http://www.sgisland.org/pages/main/news.htm" target="_blank">http://www.sgisland.org/pages/main/news.htm</a></blockquote>