Greenland shark
somniosus microcephalus latin

The Greenland shark is an apex predator mostly eating fish.

Some evidence has been found that Greenland sharks search out seals and ambush them while they sleep.

It is in the sleeper shark family with the Greenland shark.

The flesh of a Greenland shark is poisonous.

There's the Greenland shark, but they never come down this far, and even if they did, they don't usually bother people.

Greenland sharks are thought to be the longest-lived vertebrates on the planet, with a potential life span of over 200 years.

Unusual 'corkscrew' bite wounds on dead seals suggest that the Greenland shark is probably responsible for most attacks here.

There are no reliable data on their life span, but fully grown Greenland sharks have been recaptured 16 years after being tagged.

Greenland sharks and walruses may take a few small young or weak and wounded adults, though this is likely quite rare.

Atlantic halibut are eaten by seals, and are a staple food of the Greenland shark.

Killer whales, Greenland sharks and occasionally Atlantic walruses prey upon them in the water.

During this time, they face predation from humans, seals, Greenland sharks, skate, cod, and halibut.

The Greenland shark has repeatedly been documented (captured or washed ashore) in the Saguenay since at least 1888.

The living species that are closest genetically include the dogfish, the Greenland shark, as well as other six- and sevengilled sharks.

Somniosus microcephalus (Greenland shark)

The Greenland shark is used for the oil in its liver, as well as fermented and eaten as hákarl, a local delicacy.

There is now an argument suggesting that the Greenland shark is responsible for 'Seal Ripping' attacks on grey seals.

"On the appendices genitales in the Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus (Bl.

The largest known member of this order is the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), a giant predator of sub-Arctic waters.

The Greenland shark itself is poisonous when fresh due to a high content of urea and trimethylamine oxide, but may be consumed after being processed (see below).

Fishing is the mainstay of the economy, with stocks of Atlantic cod, Greenland halibut and Greenland shark.

The Greenland Shark is a thickset species with a short, rounded snout, small eyes, and very small dorsal and pectoral fins.

The Greenland shark occupies a minor role within Inuit cosmologies in the Canadian Eastern Arctic and Greenland.

Fishes of the area include Arctic char, Greenland halibut, polar cod, cuttlefish, wolf fish, sea scorpion and Greenland shark.

Along with the great white shark, Pacific sleeper shark, Greenland shark and sixgill shark, the tiger shark is among the largest extant sharks.

"On the appendices genitales in the Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus (Bl.

The largest known member of this order is the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), a giant predator of sub-Arctic waters.

This fish was formerly sometimes viewed as conspecific with either the Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus, or the Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacifius.

The Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) is rarely eaten because it is poisonous but can be edible after a complicated preparation of either boiling the meat repeatedly or fermenting the meat.

The Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), also known as the sleeper shark, gurry shark, ground shark, grey shark, or by the Inuit name Eqalussuaq, is a large shark native to the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean around Greenland and Iceland.

Some other macropredatory sharks such as the Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus, and the Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus, are also reported to rival these sharks in length (but probably weigh a bit less since they more slender in build than a great white) in exceptional cases.