Angler lands “prehistoric” deep-sea wreckfish rarely seen by humans

Angler lands “prehistoric” deep-sea wreckfish rarely seen by humans.

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00:00We've got to run!

00:08Right, we're on.

00:09You're on?

00:10Yeah.

00:12This either doesn't know it's hooked, or it's not very big.

00:30No, it's either not very big or it doesn't know it's hooked yet.

00:36Yeah, it's here at the boat already.

00:38It's got to be the tiniest shark in the world.

00:41I think it's the one we just saw.

00:43Is it?

00:44Yeah.

00:45Can you grab that leader, Neil?

00:51It's not sharp.

00:52Isn't it?

00:55Is that it?

00:58What is it?

01:01What in the...

01:04I've no idea.

01:17I don't know, fish him out of the bag.

01:26Come on, I'll just get it like that.

01:28Yeah?

01:29I'll try.

01:30Just see if you can get me a picture of it.

01:33Right, we've got a fish here.

01:34We've got no idea what it is.

01:35None of us have ever seen one before.

01:37It's a hell of a lump.

01:39I'll just go here.

01:43Look at that thing!

01:44What the hell is that?

01:45Hopefully I can see that in my thing or whatever it is.

01:51That's a first.

01:53A PB of whatever the hell it is.

01:55Go!

01:56Whee!