Presenting the World’s Slowest Shark He can still catch seals, but he has to sneak up on them when while they’re asleep. Maybe he’s just not in a hurry? “We think that the slow speed of Greenland sharks might be due to low water temperature in the Arctic Ocean,” lead author Yuuki Watanabe of the National Institute of Polar Research told Discovery News. The shark in the photo has a data logger on his back so they can learn more about these slowpokes. read more…

Presenting the World’s Slowest Shark

He can still catch seals, but he has to sneak up on them when while they’re asleep. Maybe he’s just not in a hurry?

“We think that the slow speed of Greenland sharks might be due to low water temperature in the Arctic Ocean,” lead author Yuuki Watanabe of the National Institute of Polar Research told Discovery News.

The shark in the photo has a data logger on his back so they can learn more about these slowpokes.

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    And I thought we were having a slow week … jk. ~ United By Blue
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    Greenland sharks are really fascinating to me.
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    Fun fact: they’re estimated to live to be around 200 years old.
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