article_snippet: It looks like something from outer space, but the 'alien of the deep' is found much closer to home.
article_snippet: The latest was picked up by a fisherman in January.
article_snippet: its was found near Eden, off Australia's southeast coast, at a depth of about 200 metres and delivered in excellent condition to the Australian Museum.
article_snippet: The species, whose scientific name is 'Mitsukurina owstoni', is thought to be a living fossil dating back some 125 million years.
article_snippet: It will be sweeping over the bottom and when It detects a small fish, or a crab or a squid It will shoot those jaws out 'wham' and capture whatever It is. '
article_snippet: It will spear It with those sharp pointed teeth and then just wolf It down whole.'