QuickCheck: Was a new shark species discovered after it tried to swallow a ship's anchor?

Ever since the mid-1970s, it has been claimed that a rare species of shark called the megamouth was discovered when it died trying to swallow an anchor of a US Navy research ship. Read full story

Source : https://www.thestar.com.my/news/true-or-not/2023/12/18/quickcheck-was-a-new-shark-species-discovered-after-it-tried-to-swallow-a-ship039s-anchor