{"id":139215,"date":"2021-09-20T09:21:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T09:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=139215"},"modified":"2021-09-20T09:21:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T09:21:08","slug":"fisherman-find-incredibly-rare-shark-egg-floating-in-atlantic-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/fisherman-find-incredibly-rare-shark-egg-floating-in-atlantic-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Fisherman find incredibly rare shark egg floating in Atlantic Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fisherman was shocked to discover an extremely rare shark egg floating in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n

Erivaldo Alves Silva, 43, captured the moment in the waters off the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, around 220 miles from the Brazilian coast.<\/p>\n

He was diving to catch octopus in the waters when he came across the unusual specimen, which he did not recognise at first.<\/p>\n

Erivaldo, who is also a surfer, said: "At first I thought it was weird, but I didn't think it was that weird.<\/p>\n

"Only after I posted in my Stories did people say it was a rare find. Then, after I realised what people told me, I was really happy."<\/p>\n

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Erivaldo said that after finding the egg on Tuesday, September 14, he left it in the sea. <\/p>\n

He added: "I have never seen such a thing in my life. A shark egg, according to biologists, is a very rare find."<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n