Greenland shark
size:
up to 8 meters
weight:
775 kilograms
color:
dark gray-brown with lighter belly
age:
unknown, but maybe up to 200 years
food:
live and dead marine animals
enemies:
humans
reproduction:
ovivipary (egg development in mother)
- Dut: Groenlandse haai (ijshaai)
- Lat: Somniosus microcephalus
- Eng: Greenland shark
- Ger: Grönlandhai (Eishai)
- Dan: Grønlandshaj
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Greenland shark
The Greenland shark is an inhabitant of the deep North Pole seas. However every once in a while, it is seen in Dutch waters. Greenland shark meat is toxic and can only be consumed when prepared in a special way. The skin of this shark is used to bind books. Greenland sharks are omnivores. Scientists have found the strangest food items it their stomachs, such as reindeer, dogs, cats and even a polar beer. These animals were probably already dead when the shark consumed them.
