Sharks in the St.Lawrence

[dracodraconis]

Source: http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/jaws-under-ice-mysterious-arctic-sharks-found-in-quebec-12146.html

Apparently, Geenland sharks are now living in the St.Lawrence river. The Greenland shark typically inhabits the deep, dark waters between Greenland and the polar ice cap. At over six metres long and weighing up to 2,000 kilograms, it is the largest shark in the North Atlantic and the only shark in the world that lives under Arctic ice. Not only are they big, but may live for hundreds of years. Various historic accounts and anecdotes portray the Greenland shark as a scavenger that dwells in extremely deep water -- one was spotted at a depth of more than 2,100 metres. They favour seal carcasses but will eat almost anything -- one was found with an entire caribou in its stomach. 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. They apparently began to summer in the St.Lawrence recently, around the Baie-Comeau region.

Comments

[wonderleafy.livejournal.com]

“My take on the Greenland sharks is that they’re probably like hyenas, capable of both predating and scavenging. 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. But they can also suck up a large flounder like a vacuum cleaner...”

Well you can just rock me to sleep tonight, thanks.

[ancalagon-tb.livejournal.com]

let's dump depth charges the entire lenght of the river, it`s the only way to be safe! ;)

Remember the exploding whale....

[dracodraconis.livejournal.com]

Re: Remember the exploding whale....

[joyeuse60.livejournal.com]

I had never seen this one.... glad I wasn't an observer.... except via video.....chuckling

Re: Remember the exploding whale....

[dracodraconis.livejournal.com]

It's been around for a while, but with the wonders of the Internet it is much easier to find.