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Greenland shark meat is produced and eaten in Iceland where, today, it is known as a delicacy called hákarl. To make the shark safe for human consumption, it is first fermented and then dried in a process that can take multiple months.
Greenland sharks are the longest-living vertebrates in the world, according to NOAA. They can live “at least 250 years” but might reach “over 500 years” in age. Most of the shark’s long ...
The rarely seen Greenland shark is a sluggish creature, slowly swimming through the deep waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. The polar fish is the only species of shark that can ...
Scientists from the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland filmed the rare Greenland shark recently in the Canadian Arctic. Slow swimmers and effectively blind, the ...
Somniosus longus Tanaka, 1912 (frog shark) Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Greenland shark) Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 (Pacific sleeper shark) Somniosus rostratus A. Risso, 1827 (little sleeper shark) Somniosus sp. A Not yet described (longnose sleeper shark)
Somniosus antarcticus Whitley, 1939 (southern sleeper shark) Somniosus longus S. Tanaka (I), 1912 (frog shark) Somniosus microcephalus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Greenland shark) Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 (Pacific sleeper shark) Somniosus rostratus A. Risso, 1827 (little sleeper shark) Somniosus sp.
While the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) may not have the same fame as the great white shark, it holds an impressive distinction: it is the longest-living vertebrate species known to ...
Somniosus cheni Hsu, Lin, & Joung, 2020 (Taiwan sleeper shark) Somniosus longus Tanaka, 1912 (frog shark) Somniosus microcephalus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Greenland shark) Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 (Pacific sleeper shark) Somniosus rostratus Risso, 1827 (little sleeper shark) Somniosus sp. A Not yet described (longnose ...