( MAKE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE!). Sharks are amazing creatures that have been around since the dinosaurs, meaning that there are over 500 diversified species in our oceans – some of which look nothing like the famous great white. Here's some of the strangest, lesser well-known sharks out there. Goblin shark. This shark definitely isn’t a looker, but then again it doesn’t need to be because it’s a bottom-dweller, lurking in the ocean depths. We know that it ranges between 10 and 13 ft (3 and 4 m) in length and has a pertruding mouth can extend in order to catch its prey, but because of where it lives it’s so hard to study that we know very little about it. 9.The Dwarf Lantern Shark. Another dweller from the deep, this shark is especially strange because it is the world’s smallest known shark and is smaller than your average human hand. Unsurprisingly, It gets its name from that fact that it has tiny glowing bioluminescent spots which help it attract smaller prey in the pitch black deep sea. Wobbegong Shark. Wobbegong is the common name given to the 12 species of carpet sharks in the family. They are known as carpet sharks because theu are pretty reminiscent of a carpet. These well-camouflaged sharksare bottom-dwelling sharks and spend much of their time resting on the sea floor, waiting to snatch up any prey that comes too close. Australian ghostshark. Also more appropriately known as the Elephant Shark, this shark is only about 4 feet long. It is slow growing and easy to recognize because of its trunk like snout. They use their oddly-shaped snouts to probe the ocean bottom for invertebrates and small fishes. Frilled shark. This shark kinda looks like it’s already dead, thanks to its primitive look, which is why it has long been considered a “living fossil”. With looks taken straights out of a horror movie, it is much more reminiscent of an eel or a snake thanks to a long, thin body. It is highly unlikely that you will find one of these guys as they are extremely rare and prefer to live in the deep ocean. Those that have been found have had a maximum length of 6.6 ft (2 m). Cookiecutter shark. Don’t let its silly name fool you, this shark is one of the most vicious out there. This is because it preys on just about every large and medium-sized creature it shares an ocean with, from whales to seals and even other sharks. It does this by sinking its bizarre jaws deep into their skin and twisting its little body to carve out a perfect skin-biscuit. Besides its parasitic feeding strategy, the cookiecutter shark has a bizarre cigar-shaped body and it is also extremely bioluminescent in order to convince its prey to come to it. 4.Sawshark. Like the Wobbegong, the sawshark is actually a group which is comprised out of several species of shark that share a very distinct appendage – an elongated snout with teeth on the sides that they use like a blade in order to capture and kill prey. The shark uses its saw-like snout to dig up sand to find food and can grow up to 5.5ft (1.7meters) in length. Greenland shark. Typically, we think of sharks of lightning-quick predators who attack in the blink of an eye. That is not the case with the Greenland shark. This guy swims around at a cruising speed of 1 mph (1.6 kmh) or slower and when he gets the need for speed he can get up to a blistering 1.6 mph (2 kmh). It comes as no surpise then to know that this shark is also refered to as a sleeper shark. They are found in the cold, deep waters surrounding Canada, Iceland and Greenland and we have very little information about them. Hammerhead shark. Yes, it’s quite well-known, but this doesn’t detract from the fact that it is definitely one of the weirdest groups of sharks. Again, its name is pretty suggestive and it refers to the incredibly bizarre shape of the shark’s head. It is generally agreed that they evolved that strange head shape as it allows them to see what is below and above them - giving them 360 degree vision. Megamouth shark. Needless to say, this species has a massive mouth. With thick rubbery lips it has an appearance unlike any other shark out there. In fact, it is so unique that it is classified in its own distinct family. It feeds mostly on plankton and is relatively small compared to other plankton feeding sharks such as the whale and basking shark. There isn’t much else to say about them because unfortunately, we know very little about them. They were only discovered around 40 years ago by chance and, since then, we’ve encountered less than 60 specimens..