Looks fake...but if its on natgeo's website, it must be real. Funny looking shark, cyclops is a good name for it 
Cyclops Shark Found in Mexico?
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i assume you're joking, but i thought i should point this out anyways...
"A mother's poor dietespecially a lack of vitamin Acan cause cyclopia in mammals, including people, but it's difficult to determine the cause of the condition in sharks, he said.
Even so, Galván-Magaña suspects the defects in this case aren't related to pollution. "The fishing area close to Baja California Sur is clear of pollution, is a pristine zone, and we cannot consider it as a cause for abnormalities in dusky sharks," according to the study."
I made a couple of calls about this now that it's out in Nat Geo. Turns out these types of deformaties have never been recorded alive at full term, and often fall victim to other pups in the womb. The assumption is this fetus had died prior to the shark being caught.
Personally, I still think the eye looks mammal. But I trust the word of those I talked to.
Personally, I still think the eye looks mammal. But I trust the word of those I talked to.
Wow. That eye is realllly weird - how does a shark end up with an eye like that? Even if its a mutation, its nothing close to a shark eye.
Interesting thread. It might sound like an unusual story born of the high seas, but fisherman Enrique Lucero León looked mystery right in the eye - its single, solitary eye. From the tummy of a dusky shark he caught off Cerralvo Island in the Gulf of California, León found something incredibly uncommon: a Cyclops shark, in embryo. Article resource:Extremely rare Cyclops shark discovered off Mexico
Very interesting, and may I ask what that word was of those you talked to? I'm curious now
