This photo provided by Michael H. Doosey at Tulane University, shows a photo of a rare pocket shark in October 2013 in Belle Chasse, La., taken out of the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, and discovered in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration… View Full Caption
Jaws Meets Kangaroo? Rare, Cute Pocket Shark Found in Deep – ABC News.
“This pocket shark was a male, maybe a few weeks old, about 5.5 inches long. Strangely, this type of shark has two pockets next to its front fins; their purpose is not known. It’s not quite like a kangaroo, which uses its pouch to carry young, but few species have pockets this large — about 4 percent of the shark’s body.”