A ghost shark caught on camera for the first time by Jason Bittel. Little is known about the Ghost Shark, also known as a Chimaera, which lives around a-mile-and-a-half beneath the ocean’s surface. But it has been established that its reproductive organs are situated on its head, although scientists say it is unclear why. 
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Unlike well-known shark species, such as Great Whites and Hammerheads, chimaeras don’t have hundreds of sharp teeth. Instead, they target much smaller, bottom feeding prey, and crush them using the mineral plates they have instead of teeth.
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​Un tiburón fantasma capturado en cámara por primera vez por Jason Bittel. Poco se sabe sobre el tiburón fantasma, también conocido como quimera, vive alrededor de una milla y media bajo la superficie del océano. Pero se ha establecido que sus órganos reproductivos están situados en su cabeza, aunque los científicos dicen que no está claro por qué.
A diferencia de las especies de tiburones bien conocidas, como los grandes tiburones blancos y los tiburón martillo, las quimeras no tienen cientos de dientes afilados. En su lugar, se dirigen a presas mucho más pequeñas, se alimentan en el fondo y aplastan a las presas utilizando las placas minerales que tienen en lugar de los dientes.
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 A new spider species was discovered by researchers in Karnataka, India and named after a popular wizard in the Harry Potter world, because the spider resembles the magical hat worn by the wizard.

​Members of the genus Eriovixia Archer, 1951 are characterized by possessing a pilose carapace, sub-triangular abdomen, tapering posteriorly with or without a caudal appendage, legs spiny; epigynum bearing a short, stout scape, with a recurved tip, to which a pair of curved sclerites bearing anterior copulatory openings are completely incorporated, and fused with. Globally represented by 20 species, four are known to occur in India. (Archer, 1951; Han & Zhu, 2010; World Spider Catalog, 2016). 

​This spider is barely 7mm in length, has been scientifically named Eriovixia gryffindori, this uniquely shaped spider derives its name from the sorting hat, owned by the medieval wizard Godric Gryffindor, one of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. 

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