Hey, it's something. What? I'm not sure.

Good question, maybe radio active waste is starting to leak from the barrells off our coast.  

i think its a swell shark. i saw some in carmel in someones abandoned crab pot once. maybe the pot was not abandoned but i think it fell off the back of a boat, the bouy was still looped around the cage. i was freediving and set the sharks free and left the cage open. there were 2 cormorants stuck in it drowned already.

anyhow, i think its a swell shark.

john

Your right a swell shark it is.

From this url-->http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/sharks/shore-to-sea/swell.html
We have this quote.

The swell shark is nocturnal and eats mainly small fish and any prey it can easily swallow. It will sometimes invade lobster traps for an easy meal. However, it's not dangerous to people, except for Bluekayak who doesn't have a tank well.

Yep, swell shark. My dad used to call them "doomsday" sharks because they have a habit of opening their relatively huge mouths as you reel them up, so that they look like something from an old star trek episode. I used to catch them while night fishing on piers in socal. Apparently their flesh is toxic and can cause flu-like symptoms if consumed. They can swallow either water or air as a defensive reaction, like a chuckwalla lizard. If they inflate while in a crevice or hole on a reef then they can't easily get yanked out by a predator. I always thought they were pretty cool looking.
Sean

Hi Guys,

I have never seen a Swell Shark.  Looks pretty ugly.  But, on the same subject of being Toxic.  The Cabazone (spelling?) eggs (type of Rockcod) are deadly and I think the skin will make you sick.

Ken kickfish