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> The only familiarity I have with "MEGA MOUTH" relates to your

Ah...at last something I am qualified to comment about.  "Megamouth" is 
the common name frequently applied to the shark species _Megachasma 
pelagios_.  It was first collected in 1976 here in Hawaii (it was 
entangled in in a parachute that a navy vessel was using as a 
sea-anchor). The reason I know all this is that the Holotype of the 
species (the aforementioned first collected specimen, which serves as the 
exemplary individual of the entire species, genus, and family 
[Megachasmidae]), is right here where I work.  All 14 and a half feet of 
it lay in a giant "coffin" filled with 55% isopropanol.  It's tail is 
detached from the body, because it broke off when they hoisted the beast 
off the ship and onto the dock.

The species has since been found off California, Australia, Japan, and 
most recently in the Atlantic (two juveniles were collected by fishing 
vessels).

O.K., now you know a little more about "Megamouth".  That's all, you can 
go back to senselessly bashing the snot out of each other again.

Aloha,
Rich

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