Some fishermen in the port of Owase, Mie Prefecture, Japan were surprised when they caught a giant wide-mouth shark.
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This wide mouth shark weighs 1 ton and is about 5 meters long.
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The fish was sold to a local fishmonger.
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The above shark has the scientific name Megamouth.
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Since 1976, people have discovered a total of about 60 individuals of widemouth sharks.
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The majority of the widemouth sharks are found in the waters off Japan and the Philippines.
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The main food of the broadmouth shark is plankton.