Greenland Shark. Greenland sharks are among the largest sharks in the world, comparable in size to great whites. However, they are capable of quick bursts of speed when attacking prey.
Greenland sharks are one of the slowest swimming sharks on the planet, slow even for a sleeper shark. Long, these sharks are some of the largest carnivorous species. The greenland shark ( somniosus microcephalus ), also known as the gurry shark, grey shark, or by the kalaallisut name eqalussuaq, is a large shark of the family somniosidae (sleeper sharks), closely related to the pacific and southern sleeper sharks.
The Strange and Gruesome Story of the Greenland Shark, the LongestLiving Vertebrate on Earth
These sharks can grow up to 23 ft. Researchers caught a greenland shark off the coast of belize in april, the first reported sighting of the species in the western caribbean. These sharks can grow up to 23 ft. The shark is typically found in the arctic and at depths.
