Greenland shark in the St. Lawrence Estuary

[FLASHoverlord]

good video! but what's the point of the lasers of your camera? is it for special autofocus??

[cedarrunfarm]

I love the geenland sleeper

[ViLLaPiNoZ]

Isn't this the same shark from monster quest? Lol in my perspective the passive shark was going to shallow waters to lead the divers back to land

What if it was that smart that it knew about humans and decided to help

[hoibsh]

Are they scavengers or predators? Do they actively hunt seals, walrus and deer or do they wait until their prey is drowned? They seem sluggish to me.

[paatonratsumies]

2.04 omg its a zealot

[priscilly98]

nooo wayy im never swimming in that river again !!!

[Albacorewing]

@thatlazyslacker It would be interesting to know the lineage of this shark. At the end of the Great Dying about 65,000,000 years ago , there were no animals like sea reptiles/seals/polar bears/whales/penguins in the world, except for turtles; no others with an air-breating but seagoing way of life. But there were always, it seems, large cephalopods in deep waters. It would not be surprising if sleeper sharks existed long before the dinosaurs passed away.

[Suppressingfire]

cool footage, what are those lasers? to measure it or something??

[MoveOverCasanova]

such an awesome animal, the shark of the cold norhern seas

[thatlazyslacker]

@TheOceanlover17 Ok, thanks!

[thatlazyslacker]

Is it a filter-feeder like the whale-shark, or does it eat larger animals like other sharks? Just asking because he doesn't seem to mind people around him. He looks intimidating...

[Albacorewing]

@thatlazyslacker A Greenland Shark was once caught with an entire, antlerless reindeer in its stomach. A related form, the Southern Sleeper Shark, will prey on the Giant Squid.

[thatlazyslacker]

@Albacorewing Seriously?! I wonder how it caught a land animal... where did you get that from?

[Albacorewing]

@thatlazyslacker I forgot; the article is on Wikipedia under the title Pacific Sleeper Shark. Very cold water and deep water sharks are fascinating. It is a whole world apart from the one we know. Plug in this on You Tube Search line:

Unbelievable giant shark encounter- The Abyss- BBC Wildlife

also:

Encounter with the Greenland shark

[thatlazyslacker]

@Albacorewing Thanks for the tip! By the way, are you a shark expert?

[Albacorewing]

@thatlazyslacker Of course not.

[Albacorewing]

@thatlazyslacker Go to this on the YouTube search line:

Eating Rotten Shark

And see how the otherwise poisonous-to-humans Greenland Shark meat gets prepared for consumption. But most people cannot handle eating it. If I am ever in Iceland, I might someday try it, but only the tiniest bite to see if I will toss my cookies or not first.

[thatlazyslacker]

@Albacorewing So they ferment the greenland shark for months... I can see why it would smell bad! I'd try it too, but maybe it's like sushi; it's not for everyone! I think whale sharks develop some kind of poison on their bodies too, yet this shark seems to take the cake!

[Albacorewing]

@thatlazyslacker Go that GEERG  site. Its is interesting. It is open to question if it is a scavenger or not. But a horse was once found in one, or at least part of a horse.

[polychromia]

@thatlazyslacker Well, at least sushi doesn't taste like piss...

[thatlazyslacker]

@polychromia Ha! Have you tasted greendland shark before?

[flourecentmonkies]

@thatlazyslacker actually what that person told you was wrong, they are blind becuase of the parasites that live in there eyes.

[GreenDayGalzie]

These sharks interest me like crazy

And yet I fear it wants to slowly pull me down into the depths with it and devour my soul

[therealCanablisS]

love these sharks

[thatlazyslacker]

is it blind?

[therealCanablisS]

@thatlazyslacker no there eye is like a greenish color their vision is very similar to nite vision because they usually stay very deep

[thatlazyslacker]

@therealCanablisS oh, ok, thanks for the answer, neat!

[scottgilesmusic]

Facinating!