microrobert
07-01-2012, 02:39 PM
Sea's slowest sharks like to snack on sleeping seals
Greenland predators may not be fast, but they're pretty sneaky, researchers find
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The Greenland sleeper shark can reach a maximum length of about 21 feet (6.4 meters) and live in the chilly waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic. It is shown here in a screengrab of a video by GEERG, a research group that studies the Greenland shark and other northern sharks.
The Greenland sleeper shark has just been tagged the slowest fish in the sea relative to its size, according to a new study that also found the sharks have a sneaky way to still nab live prey — they attack sleeping seals.
The results may explain how these sluggish sharks (Somniosus microcephalus), also called sleeper sharks (http://www.livescience.com/18009-predators-killing-sea-lion-pups.html)for their slowness, manage a diet that includes seals. Reports have shown this slowpoke of the Arctic and North Atlantic consumes ringed seals (Pusa hispida), harbor seals (http://www.livescience.com/14120-seal-whiskers-sense-shapes.html)(Phoca vitulina), hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) and bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus).
Slow sharks snack on sleeping seals - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience - msnbc.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47952603/ns/technology_and_science-science/)
Greenland predators may not be fast, but they're pretty sneaky, researchers find
http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120625-SharkPhoto-hmed-1245p_files.grid-6x2.jpg
The Greenland sleeper shark can reach a maximum length of about 21 feet (6.4 meters) and live in the chilly waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic. It is shown here in a screengrab of a video by GEERG, a research group that studies the Greenland shark and other northern sharks.
The Greenland sleeper shark has just been tagged the slowest fish in the sea relative to its size, according to a new study that also found the sharks have a sneaky way to still nab live prey — they attack sleeping seals.
The results may explain how these sluggish sharks (Somniosus microcephalus), also called sleeper sharks (http://www.livescience.com/18009-predators-killing-sea-lion-pups.html)for their slowness, manage a diet that includes seals. Reports have shown this slowpoke of the Arctic and North Atlantic consumes ringed seals (Pusa hispida), harbor seals (http://www.livescience.com/14120-seal-whiskers-sense-shapes.html)(Phoca vitulina), hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) and bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus).
Slow sharks snack on sleeping seals - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience - msnbc.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47952603/ns/technology_and_science-science/)