Unicorn Shark: Real or Not? (The Answer)

Posted Jul 29th 2006 8:35AM by Willy Volk
Filed under: Flora & Fauna, Real or Not?

This week's Real or Not? was super-popular. With more than 3700 votes cast, 58% of respondents claim the photos of the so-called Unicorn Shark were not real.

Unicorn shark

If you said that there's no such thing as a Unicorn Shark, you're right! The creature is not real...but those pictures sure are cool, huh?

As it turns out, I was contacted by a man named Dethcheez ( the "Creator of things that should not be"), who handcrafts "gaffs" -- fake gimmicks meant to look real -- for a living. Claiming he'd had a juvenile shark for a while, he explained that he made a small incision inside its mouth and inserted a coyote's tooth through the hole, to make it look like a Unicorn Shark. I was so impressed with the quality of his work, I decided to run it as a Real or Not?

Anyway, thanks to Dethcheez and his handiwork, and thanks to all of you who voted. I wonder if I'll ever find a Real or Not? as disturbing as this one.

Reader Comments

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1. A small incision in it's mouth to insert a tooth for what reason? Seems kind of cruel to me.

Posted at 3:16PM on Jul 29th 2006 by Leah Mahdavi

2. An incision in the shark's mouth to insert a coyote tooth? For what reason that seems kind of cruel to me!!!

Posted at 3:19PM on Jul 29th 2006 by Leah Mahdavi

3. Well, it sounds to me like fishing. Take pointy thing, get fish to jab into the roof of it's mouth. Same result, irregardless of the intention of the person doing it. Do you consider it cruel to go fishing?

Posted at 11:19PM on Jul 29th 2006 by The Tick

4. What nature designs is often beautiful ergo the hint that this was not real. Dethcheez handywork is far from beautiful, it is repulsive.

Posted at 3:50PM on Jul 30th 2006 by Zoe Marvin

5. horrible. im really hoping this was photoshopped and not actually done to an animal.

Posted at 6:41PM on Oct 21st 2007 by jordann

6. It was dead before he put the tooth through the roof of its mouth you nitwits.

Posted at 1:08PM on Oct 30th 2007 by Kevlarmunkey112

7. how dare you???!!!!!

Posted at 7:45PM on Nov 3rd 2007 by kalire

8. Im pretty sure the shark was dead when he did this, and even if it wasnt...i dont care that thing is neat.

Posted at 9:20PM on Dec 28th 2007 by Adam

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