Rare 1,760-pound goblin shark pregnant with 6 pups trawled up from Taiwan waters

The female goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) was heavily pregnant with six pups. (Image credit: Taiwan Ocean Artistic Museum)

A trawler has landed a 1,760-pound (800 kilograms) goblin shark pregnant with six pups off the northeast coast of Taiwan — the largest goblin shark ever caught in those waters.

The fishers who hauled the unusual-looking shark from the depths on Tuesday (June 13) originally planned to sell their catch to a restaurant, according to the Taiwan Ocean Artistic Museum, where the specimen is now housed.