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  2. Greenland shark - Wikipedia

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    Greenland shark at Admiralty Inlet, Nunavut, with an Ommatokoita. The Greenland shark is a thickset species, with a short, rounded snout, small eyes, and small dorsal and pectoral fins. [9] The gill openings are very small for the species' great size. Female Greenland sharks are typically larger than males. [13]

  3. Somniosidae - Wikipedia

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    In modern times, many Greenlandic sharks used for hákarl production are purchased from fishing ships where the sharks were trapped in the fishing nets. The shark carcass is traditionally fermented in a shallow pit, with stones placed on top of the shark, allowing poisonous internal fluids, like urea and trimethylamine oxide, to be pressed and ...

  4. 40 Facts About Animals That Might Make You Look Like The ...

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    A Greenland shark alive today could have been swimming the oceans as far back as the 1600s — more than four centuries ago! Despite their ancient existence, the Greenland shark was only recently ...

  5. Hákarl - Wikipedia

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    Fermented shark hanging to dry in Iceland. Hákarl (an abbreviation of kæstur hákarl [ˈcʰaistʏr ˈhauːˌkʰa(r)tl̥]), referred to as fermented shark in English, is a national dish of Iceland consisting of Greenland shark or other sleeper shark that has been cured with a particular fermentation process and hung to dry for four to five months. [1]

  6. Shark week: Map shows where biggest species are found in UK ...

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    Greenland shark. Scientists recently discovered that this extraordinary fish was the longest-living vertebrate on earth. One female in the north Atlantic was found to be 400 years old.

  7. Arctic shark turns up off Central America. Why was it nearly ...

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    Greenland sharks — also known as sleeper sharks — grow to 23 feet and 1.5 tons, and can reach 400 years of age, making them the “world’s longest living vertebrate,” according to National ...

  8. Ommatokoita - Wikipedia

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    Ommatokoita elongata is a 30 mm (1.2 in) long pinkish-white parasitic copepod, frequently found permanently attached to the corneas of the Greenland shark and Pacific sleeper shark. [3] [4] [5] The parasites cause severe visual impairment, but it is thought that the sharks do not rely on keen eyesight for their survival. [4]

  9. Mysterious giant sharks may be everywhere - AOL

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    But, in reality one of the ocean's largest sharks lives here. Nicknamed the sleeper shark, Greenland sharks are very slow moving and mostly Mysterious giant sharks may be everywhere