The Greenland shark lives in one of the most extreme environments ... energy when scavenging for food - perhaps a drowned Polar bear or dead whale. But don’t be fooled, this shark is also ...

A Greenland shark alive today could have been swimming ... feeding on animal carcasses such as those of polar bears or reindeer that fall through the ice. Their preference for scavenging means ...

Measuring the Greenland shark’s growth rate is challenging because individuals are rarely recaptured. However, one shark tagged in 1936 had only grown 2.3 inches when it reappeared 16 years later.