A fisherman was shocked to discover an extremely rare shark egg floating in the Atlantic Ocean.
The moment was captured by Erivaldo Silva, 43, in the waters of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago around 220 miles off the Brazilian coast.
The unusual specimen was found by Erivaldo Alves Silva, 43, while he was diving to find octopus in waters.
Erivaldo, who is also a surfer, said: “At first I thought it was weird, but I didn’t think it was that weird.
“Only after I posted in my Stories did people say it was a rare find. I was then really happy when I realized what other people had said to me.
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Erivaldo said that after finding the egg on Tuesday, September 14, he left it in the sea.
He added: “I have never seen such a thing in my life. A shark egg, according to biologists, is a very rare find.”
Despite being a rare discovery, it was actually the second such shark egg found in the waters off Fernando de Noronha in less than a month in a sign that the local shark population could be growing.
Renato Magnahaes was the first to record the sighting, on August 26.
Leo Veras a fisheries engineer said the egg belonged a nurse shark, which is a vulnerable animal.
Nurse sharks are approximately 30cm long when they are born and can reach lengths of 3.08m.
Veras states that the species reproduces every 2 years with more births in odd-numbered years like 2021.
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