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Posted: 2017-11-14T20:40:01Z | Updated: 2017-11-14T20:40:01Z

The phrase they dont make em like they used to definitely applies to a rare shark found off the southern coast of Portugal.

The shark in question is a frilled shark, a species that is considered a living fossil because remains of the animal date back 80 million years , according to the BBC.

The nearly 5-foot-long shark has a head like a snake and a body closer to that of an eel, but gets its name because of the frilly way its 300 teeth are arranged.

The teeths frilliness, for lack of a better term, allows the shark to trap squid, fish and other sharks in its mouth when it lunges at them, Professor Margarida Castro of the University of the Algarve told the Portuguese language website Sic Noticias TV, according to the BBC.