Greenland shark
The Greenland shark is a huge, slow shark that lives in the cold, deep waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. It is famous for living longer than any known vertebrate (animal with a backbone). Its flesh is poisonous to eat unless it is specially prepared.1

Nola ezagutu
- A thickset, heavy body with a short, rounded snout1
- Small eyes and small dorsal and pectoral fins1
- Five very small gill openings for its size1
- Colour ranges from pale creamy-grey to blackish-brown, usually uniform, sometimes with whitish spots or faint dark streaks on the back1
- Often has small parasitic copepods (crustaceans) attached to its eyes1
Pozoi-indarra
Zerbaitek jaten badu bakarrik da kaltegarria.
Zer egiten du bere toxinak?
The shark is not venomous. Its meat is poisonous to mammals because it contains high levels of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a natural chemical that makes the flesh toxic.1
Zein arriskutsua da pertsonentzat?
Arriskua pertsonentzat: MingarriaBenetan min handia eman dezake, baina ia inoiz ez da larria.Greenland sharks are not considered a threat to people, because they live deep in remote, cold waters. Only one possible attack is recorded, in 1936, and it was never linked to this species. One unverified report from around 1859 describes a human leg found in a shark's stomach.1
Zer egiten du beldurtzen denean?
When hauled onto a boat, it thrashes its tail so violently that it is dangerous to stand near it, and its muscles can still twitch after death.1
Norbaitek ukitu edo jan badu
- Norbaitek jan badu edo jan ondoren sintomak baditu: deitu berehala zure larrialdi-zenbakira edo intoxikazio-zentrora.
Deitu beti lehenik zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911). Lehen sorospenei buruzko orientabide orokorra da hau, ez mediku-aholkua. Lehen sorospenen oinarriak
Egon seguru
- Ez ukitu, ez harrapatu eta ez zirikatu inoiz animalia basati bat, txikia izan arren, eta lo edo hilda dagoela badirudi ere.
- Utzi tartea. Bat aurkitzen baduzu, egon lasai, egin atzera poliki eta utzi bere bidetik joaten.
- Ukitu edo jan baduzu: ez igurtzi begiak edo ahoa, garbitu eskuak eta lortu mediku-laguntza.
Ez dabil zure atzetik. Pozoia ezerk jan ez dezan baino ez du. Seguru egoteari buruz gehiago
Munduko zein tokitan?
Zein handia da?
Zein luzea da?
Zein astuna da?
6 txakur muturretik buztanera jarrita bezain luzea
36 banana bata bestearen atzetik jarrita bezain luzea
igerileku handi baten luzera (50 m) igerian egin lezake 69 segundotanZein handia da Greenland shark ZUREKIN alderatuta?
Matematika hutsa zure nabigatzailean. Ez da ezer gordetzen, ezta inora bidaltzen ere.
Zein azkarra da?
Datuak
It is thought to have the longest lifespan of any known vertebrate, estimated at between 272 and 510 years.1
It is one of the slowest-swimming fish for its size, with a fastest cruising speed of about 2.7 km/h.1
Parasitic copepods often attach to its eyes and can damage them, but this does not seem to shorten its life, because it relies mainly on smell and hearing.1
It is one of the largest shark species alive, with the largest confirmed specimen weighing around 1,023 kg.1
In Iceland, a specially treated form of its meat is eaten as a pungent delicacy called kæstur hákarl.1
Its slow metabolism is thought to be linked to its very long life, although this is still a hypothesis.1
Mito-hauslea
Mitoa: The Greenland shark is a dangerous threat to humans.
Egia: It is not considered a threat to people. It lives deep in cold, remote waters, and the only report of a possible attack was never confirmed as this species.1
Pozoi-adituentzat
- Izen zientifikoa
- Somniosus microcephalus
- Taldea
- Beste animalia toxiko batzuk
- Familia
- Somniosidae2
- Ordena
- Squaliformes
- Kontinenteak
- Ozeano Artikoa, Ozeano Atlantikoa, Ozeanoak
- Kumeak
- Pups are born alive, after an estimated gestation period of 8 to 18 years. Females reach sexual maturity at around 150 years of age.1
- Arriskua pertsonentzat
- 2 / 5: Mingarria3
Datuak nondik datozen
- Greenland shark (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Somniosus microcephalus (iNaturalist): izenak eta sailkapena.
- Venom Wiki: arrisku-maila, ohiko tamaina eta abiadura-kalkulua geureak dira. Ikusi nola kalkulatzen ditugun: Nola baloratzen dugun arriskua.
Orrialde honetako datu bakoitzak zenbaki bat du, bere iturrira eramaten zaituena. Zerbait gaizki badugu, barkatu, animalien zaleak gara, ez zientzia-aldizkari bat. Esaiguzu [email protected] helbidean eta konponduko dugu.
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