YouTuber Films Indonesian Houndshark at 700 Feet, Capturing Giant Stingaree
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Updated · Dexerto · May 17
YouTuber Films Indonesian Houndshark at 700 Feet, Capturing Giant Stingaree
3 articles · Updated · Dexerto · May 17
Barny Dillarstone said a night-vision camera he dropped 700 feet off Bali recorded what experts identified as an Indonesian houndshark—the first known live footage of the species in the wild.
The deep-sea setup near Black Magic Island also captured a giant stingaree, plus a bluntnose sixgill shark, a western spotted gummy shark and other fish during the same dive.
Dillarstone said he could not identify the unusual shark himself and turned to leading shark experts, who told him the animal was the rarely seen Indonesian houndshark.
The footage adds rare visual evidence from deep Indian Ocean waters off Indonesia, where elusive shark and ray species are seldom filmed alive.
A new shark was found near Indonesia's mining sites. Can this discovery save the deep sea from industrial destruction?
If one YouTuber can find unknown species with a camera, what else is hiding in the unmapped 80% of our oceans?