Greenland shark  

Greenland sharks can live for up to 500 years, making them the longest-living vertebrates.

The Greenland shark is found in the cold waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

Greenland sharks grow extremely slowly, at about 1 cm per year.

Most Greenland sharks are blind due to parasitic copepods attached to their eyes.

Despite their size, Greenland sharks are among the slowest swimmers, moving at about 1.2 km/h.

Their meat is toxic unless properly fermented or processed.

Greenland shark  

bullet The Biggest Animals: #6

bullet The Heaviest Animals: #11

bullet The Fastest Animals: #44

bullet The Longest Living Animals: #1


Greenland shark  
Greenland shark  

7.3 meters

1.4 tons

500 years

3 kmph

greenland-shark