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Greenland Sharks
Greenland Shark Photo: Credit to Doug Perrine
First thing to know about these sharks is that they have parasites that get in their eyes. The parasites cause the sharks to actually go blind (Parasite). Greenland sharks are cannibalistic, which I learned reading one of my many shark books (The Shark Handbook by Dr. Greg Skomal). The Shark Handbook Review from Goodreads. These sharks that are as big as Great Whites, mainly patrol the very cold water around Iceland, Greenland, and even the Arctic. They also can be found in Canada's waters as well and through some research even in South Africa and Antarctica.
Here is a map:
Greenland Shark Map Picture
Now what do these sharks eat? Since their blind they just swim on the bottom looking for corpses of dead animals even horses and reindeer. Then like mentioned before, they are cannibalistic as well. They even feed on seals.
When it comes to breeding, again the female is bigger than the male and they are ovoviviparous. This term means that the eggs hatch inside their body and then are born live without an attachment from their mother and this definition came from Dictionary.com.They also give birth to a bunch of pups!
Now Greenland Sharks populations are threatened by fishing like any other sharks. They are not as threatened as other sharks by looking at a list made by Shark Advocates International . The reason is because when they are fished for their meat, the meat is too toxic to eat right away because of the chemicals in it. So fisherman just grab a couple of sharks then hang them up to wait for the toxic chemicals so they don't need to hunt as many sharks. After the meat as fully decomposed as much as it can then is turned into Hakarl. That is why they are not as threatened as other sharks because they are not fished constantly for their meat.
There is still a lot to learn about these sharks, but they are amazing creatures.
Fun Fact I learned while doing research: they attack Polar Bears!
Helpful sources that helped me and can help you:
Greenland Shark Info
More Greenland Info that helped me write this post from R. Aidan Martin
Daily Mail article
Hakarl
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Greenland Sharks
Greenland Shark Photo: Credit to Doug Perrine
First thing to know about these sharks is that they have parasites that get in their eyes. The parasites cause the sharks to actually go blind (Parasite). Greenland sharks are cannibalistic, which I learned reading one of my many shark books (The Shark Handbook by Dr. Greg Skomal). The Shark Handbook Review from Goodreads. These sharks that are as big as Great Whites, mainly patrol the very cold water around Iceland, Greenland, and even the Arctic. They also can be found in Canada's waters as well and through some research even in South Africa and Antarctica.
Here is a map:
Now what do these sharks eat? Since their blind they just swim on the bottom looking for corpses of dead animals even horses and reindeer. Then like mentioned before, they are cannibalistic as well. They even feed on seals.
When it comes to breeding, again the female is bigger than the male and they are ovoviviparous. This term means that the eggs hatch inside their body and then are born live without an attachment from their mother and this definition came from Dictionary.com.They also give birth to a bunch of pups!
Now Greenland Sharks populations are threatened by fishing like any other sharks. They are not as threatened as other sharks by looking at a list made by Shark Advocates International . The reason is because when they are fished for their meat, the meat is too toxic to eat right away because of the chemicals in it. So fisherman just grab a couple of sharks then hang them up to wait for the toxic chemicals so they don't need to hunt as many sharks. After the meat as fully decomposed as much as it can then is turned into Hakarl. That is why they are not as threatened as other sharks because they are not fished constantly for their meat.
There is still a lot to learn about these sharks, but they are amazing creatures.
Fun Fact I learned while doing research: they attack Polar Bears!
Helpful sources that helped me and can help you:
Greenland Shark Info
More Greenland Info that helped me write this post from R. Aidan Martin
Daily Mail article
Hakarl
Next Time:
Why I'm doing this FOR PERSUASION!
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