When I tell you to imagine a goblin, what comes to mind?

I imagine a face so uneven, it looks as if it's been beaten with a bat.

I imagine a being with skin that looks like it's rotting.

I imagine a grotesque face with a huge bulbous nose and beady black eyes. I imagine an enormous mouth,

full of crooked, sharp teeth stretched into a horrifying grin. That's what I see in my mind when I think of a goblin.

Today's animal fulfills and exceeds all of those descriptions.

Today's animal is the goblin shark.

Mitsukurina Ostoni.

I'm Mackin. This is species.

Welcome to the show. I hope all of you are staying well, staying healthy.

I have been in my apartment for quite some time now. Um, my pandemic tip of the week

is to make use of FaceTime. Try to call a few people a day if you can. We are social mammals,

so socializing is not optional. We can survive without it, but we can't live without it.

So bring some life to those who love, give them a call.

Hey, and maybe even tell them to check out this show.

If they want animals to keep them company in quarantine, send them the link.

Thank you to the donors who support this show. Now more than ever,

I appreciate it. Thank you, Eric and the Animals for playing me in. And now, without further ado,

I present to you the Gombland Shark. You might think, given how fitting the name is, that the name comes directly from the European mythical creature, the goblin.

And in what is an extremely strange coincidence, this is actually just a messed up translation of the Japanese

Tangu Zame, with Tangu being a mythical Japanese creature that is sometimes good as a protector,

sometimes bad and somewhat demonic. They're basically, they're this part bird animal,

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