When researchers sunk baited cameras into Timor-Leste’s deep ocean for the first time, they made a stunning discovery | Discover Wildlife The cameras recorded the first-ever live footage of one of the rarest deep-sea animals in the world.

#SharkSpotlight 🦈📽️ For the first time ever, scientists have filmed the elusive Painted #swellshark —one of the rarest deep-sea #sharks—alive in #TimorLeste’s deep waters!

Spotted at 570m & 536m in the ocean’s #twilightzone off Dili in Nov 2024. 🌊🔦