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- SteelChicken, on 10/12/2007, -12/+54pre-emptive strike:
yeah but does it have laser beams on its head? - Spehno, on 10/12/2007, -2/+40I doubt it, they aren't marine biologists or anything.
- SaumZ, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21It may not be recent news, but it is very interesting news for people like me who have not heard of these sharks and their situation.
- blueskydiver76, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19"They have lower teeth like an old-fashioned straight razor that take a five kilogram chunk out of a whale like an ice cream scoop."
I love that line....pleasant thoughts. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20@Homunculiheaded
Brilliant! Here are some more scientific 'various beasts and dinosaurs / scantily-clad young japanese girl' comparisons...
http://big_game.at.infoseek.co.jp/raptor/condor3.jpg
http://big_game.at.infoseek.co.jp/wing/albatross/albatross_02.jpg
http://big_game.at.infoseek.co.jp/constrictor/baby.jpg
http://big_game.at.infoseek.co.jp/fishery/sawfish1.jpg
http://big_game.at.infoseek.co.jp/main/2006fall.jpg
http://big_game.at.infoseek.co.jp/Therapsida/Kannemeyeria.jpg
http://big_game.at.infoseek.co.jp/shark/megalodon.jpg
http://big_game.at.infoseek.co.jp/constrictor/Top5/african_python.jpg
http://big_game.at.infoseek.co.jp/othermam/LeopardSeal1.jpg
http://big_game.at.infoseek.co.jp/catfish/beluga/sturgeon_01.jpg - brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20700 centimeters (7 meters) / .5 centimeters per year = 1,400 years
It's incredibly mind-blowing to think that there might be a shark alive today that was born during the fall of the Roman Empire. - Harabeck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16The article states that in fact these sharks do not suffer from this parasite.
- Homunculiheaded, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I found this picture of one on the web, it's a bit odd, but it shows the scale... compared to a japanese school girl
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http://big_game.at.infoseek.co.jp/shark/GreenlandShark.jpg - zhatka, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15"Uh...no ma'am. I'm just a dolphin."
- datastorageguy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Well considering they are in constantly near freezing water and probably have very slow metabolisms, a slow growth rate and loinger life makes sense doesn't it?
- swoopdog, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10here's a cool fact:
READ THE DAMN ARTICLE!
"Another major finding is that almost none of the sharks observed in this area have parasites on their eyes, a disease that affects 98.9 per cent of Arctic sharks and severely affects their vision, virtually blinding them." - badnewsblair, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Very cool. I want more crazy, odd, rare animals that were around during th fall of the Roman Empire on Digg. Get to it top 5!
- Homunculiheaded, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I'm sure they took that into account since if they were assuming that the shark was .5 centimeter at birth and grew .5 centimeters/year to become 6 meter that would 1200 years. Even if they grow to 5 meters within the first few years of there lives a 6 meter shark would still be over 200 years old
- DalekoProvidek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8If you read the article, it states that the sharks were harvested at rates up to 50,000 per year according to a 1948 estimate. 1948 is not recent, and therefore, their existence is not recent news, the knowledge about them being where they were found and other details are.
- brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -9/+16"The only age analysis to date, by Norwegian researchers, pegs them growing about half a centimetre a year, which would put a seven metre adult at several hundred years old, easily beating the giant tortoise by decades, even centuries."
I wonder if they've taken into account that most animals don't have a constant, linear growth rate. - fonetap, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9can't believe the stuff out there, just when you think you got a pretty good idea, a new critter blows your mind.
+1 digg mother nature :) - mlmurray, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10"Hey...You're that Landshark aren't you?"
Thank you for simultaneously making my day and making me feel old. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5You don't know half of it.
Icelanders catch these, and bury the meat in sacks in the ground for a year(!).
In the cold and nearly bacteria-free climate the meat doesn't rot, but ferments, and fermented shark is considered a delicacy.
I have tasted it, and can report that it smells like urine, and tastes like a chewy mixture of the way ammonia and urine smells.
So, yeah, highly acquired taste. - brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9Well.....okay then...i'll open the door.
- dcer, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8this is so cool! ;)
after reading the article it seems they may soon be gone. - grahamcase, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7they are, since they are only estimating several hundred years. at that growth rate, and that length, the estimate would be 1400 years!
- moofer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This explains how these sharks came into being...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GwxxUmfQ78& - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Picture of greenland shark:
http://www.fredshark.net/requins/requins4/requindugroenland2.jpg
Picture of the parasite which sits on their eyes:
http://www.fredshark.net/Dangers/vie/parasite_groenland.jpg - weir, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I remember seeing something about these sharks showing up around Sable Island (off the coast of Nova Scotia in the Atlantic) attacking seals in the winter, they bit them then go into a death roll like an alligator and basically take a corkscrew spiral of flesh and stuff off them as they drag them out to see. Kinda gross/cool.
- PacoDG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1" http://big_game.at.infoseek.co.jp/constrictor/Top5/african_python.jpg " ...hahhaah.. oh man. good stuff.
(On another note: I do like the idea of more pictures comparisons done with people photoshopped in so they can truly imagine the size of things) - yahoofrom, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3The age of the shark is sheer impossiblility. As we all know, the Earth is only 132 years old. The oldest man alive is 132 years old. Therefore the age of the shark is fake.
- daedal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3True. I remember seeing a documentary about them on the Discovery Channel a few months ago. They are pretty amazing creatures though, but also very reclusive. I remember them saying how they had been diving for years and had only seen them once or twice.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2There's no recorded attack, but like you say the main reason for that is likely that humans very rarely come in to contact with these sharks. Normally they, after all, live at depths of several hundred meters in freezing cold water.
- dhughes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1 1,400 years old? Imagine having one as a pet, think of the commitment!
- markgl, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6@ckidney
Thank you Captain Information. - ByteGuerilla, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Sharctics, surely?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Mmmm... icecream.
- moofer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Begin walking due east and don't stop until you fall off the planet.
- mcdavis941, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Candygram!
- 0crabby0, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2In some areas (like Greenland) they're more plentiful.
There's also some fishing pressure.
http://www.atlantik.dk/articles/default.asp?Lang=en&id=374
http://www.greenland-guide.gl/sharkchallenge/ - zonk3r, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Interesting but damn, I swear I saw this on a SciFi channel original movie.
- therealrico, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2First off yahoofrom, not funny or clever,
Second does anyknow of these sharks ever attacking humans? I imagine that it would be pretty rare seeing as how most people don't swim in the artic, but that one pic did show a shark with a diver in the background, and they do attack seals, so anyone know? - domusvita, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Bigger boat? Do we need one? Huh???
- CircusNinja, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5Judging by your comment to the article, I'd say you have an over developed talent for stating the obvious
:) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Judging by the tagline under the picture, the editor of this site needs a refresher course in basic spelling.
"Marine Biologist Chris Harvey-Clark took the first videow of Greenland sharks in shallow water ..." - bickdigg, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0what makes you think she goes to school?
- BillehBob, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1They are an acquired taste though ;-)
- Kappa3, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1dugg down; sharks scary dangerous
- grahamcase, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2That is AWESOME
- BendingClouds, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2Interesting... also most animals grow faster when they're younger
- Gemini25RB, on 10/12/2007, -12/+5...I, for one, welcome our new Arctic Shark overlords...
- DiggDug07, on 10/12/2007, -7/+0whoa, trippy animals. amazing
- tehJR, on 10/12/2007, -12/+4Guys, he's super serial.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+0Looks like the work of The Hanso Foundation - http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Hanso_Foundation
- Schroder3000, on 10/12/2007, -9/+0Judging by the picture with the article, that shark is HUGE :D
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