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The Greenland shark's poisonous flesh has a high urea content, which gave rise to the Inuit legend of Skalugsuak, the first Greenland shark. [62] The legend says that an old woman washed her hair in urine (a common practice to kill head lice) and dried it with a cloth. The cloth blew into the ocean to become Skalugsuak. [63]
English: Map of North America and its second-level political divisions. Canadian provinces and territories, US and Mexican states. Canada, Mexico, United States. Non-contiguous parts of a states/provinces are "grouped" together with the main area of the state/provinces, so any state/provinces can be coloured in completion with one click anywhere on the state/provinces's area.
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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 ...
Below is a list of countries and dependencies in North America by area. [1] The region includes Canada, the Caribbean, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Central America, Greenland, Mexico, and the United States. Canada is the largest country in North America and the Western Hemisphere.
In 2015, shark activities hit an all-time high in the United States with 59 unprovoked attacks. Scientists speculate the increase in activity could be attributed to the warm waters brought on by ...
The 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement provides a legal and historical basis for the United States to assert greater control over Greenland, which is increasingly critical for national security ...
Greenland is the world's largest non-continental island [95] and the third largest area in North America after Canada and the United States. [96] It is between latitudes 59° and 83°N, and longitudes 11° and 74°W. Over 80% of Greenland lies north of the Arctic Circle.