Strap in kids, we’re going full goblin mode with one of the world’s weirdest sharks: the goblin shark. Known to science as Mitsukurina owstoni , it was first discovered in 1898, deep in the waters off Japan. Today, they still lurk in the darkest pockets of the ocean at depths of 250 to over 900 meters (820 to over 2,950 feet). A spooky place known as the benthopelagic zone. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Down here, you’ll find deep-sea organisms like fish, cephalopods, and crustaceans doing their best to stay alive, but it can all change in the blink of an eye when the goblin shark is about. You see, these butt-ugly sharks have something of a superpower.

The wonders of the goblin shark mouth

The goblin shark ha

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