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Bookmark or Share- 9 Remarkable Greenland Shark Facts - Fact AnimalThese rare sharks don’t often make contact with humans, but what we’ve been able to learn about them is fascinating. They are sometimes known as the gurry shark, grey shark or sleeper shark. They habitat deep ocean waters in the North Atlantic and Arctic. They have the longest known lifespan of all vertebrate animals.
- Greenland shark - WikipediaThe Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), also known as the gurry shark or grey shark, is a large shark of the family Somniosidae ("sleeper sharks"), closely related to the Pacific and southern sleeper sharks.
- Greenland shark - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bioThe Greenland shark ( Somniosus microcephalus ), also known as the gurry shark or grey shark, is a large shark of the family Somniosidae ("sleeper sharks"), closely related to the Pacific and southern sleeper sharks. The Greenland shark is a potentially important yet poorly studied cold-water species inhabiting the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.
- Greenland shark | Size, Age, & Facts | BritannicaGreenland shark, (Somniosus microcephalus), member of the sleeper shark family Somniosidae (order Squaliformes, which also includes the dogfish family, Squalidae) that is the longest-living vertebrate known.
- Greenland Shark | OceanaReaching lengths of 24 feet (7.3 m) and weights of 2200 pounds (1000 kg), the Greenland shark is one of the largest sharks in the ocean. Though both large and predatory, this species is not known to be particularly aggressive and is thought to be fairly sluggish in the cold waters of the north Atlantic Ocean.
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