CDO’s place in the sun is not limited to hams and pineapples. There’s more juicy trivia about your golden city that is worth gobbling up. You just have to know…and then pass the ‘CDOkay’ word around. It will make for interesting chat while taking a bite of, yes, CDO’s finest pineapple glazed hams.

You know…there is this 'one of the rarest specie-of-a-shark' that shows up in CDO waters

Rare Megamouth Shark Shows Up in Macajalar Bay

The megamouth shark was first discovered in 1976 off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. In the 30 years since its discovery, as of May 2006 only 36 megamouth specimens have been caught or sighted and six of these were in the Philippines - and four were spotted in Cagayan de Oro's Macajalar Bay.

Sightings of megamouth were recorded in Cagayan de Oro City in 1998 (11th), 2003 (18th) and 2005 (28th). The latest Macajalar Bay sighting - the 35th - was documented on March 12, 2006 in Barra, Macabalan. The 7 feet and 5 inches long megamouth weighing 60-80 kilograms got entangled in a fisherman's gill net and was already dead when it arrived to the area.

See photographs taken by Mr. Edward B. Yasay

The Megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios), was so named because it has a huge mouth that extends behind the eyes. It is primarily characterized by a distinctive white band on the anterior surface of the snout. There are approximately 50 rows of very small and numerous teeth on each jaw, but only three rows are functional.

You want to know - what happened to CDO sightings? Well, with the 1998 and 2003 captures, the poor sharks were reportedly "consumed." CDOkay assumes that the mega ended up on our fishermen's tiny tables. Quite a rare "fish-ta"… burp!

The next time a megamouth shows up, let us be 'golden' friendly just the same…CDOkay?