#Greenland Shark

[morayforte]

Here's the comic I did for @jeypawlik "Swim On 9" charity shark series please check out this and the other zines at the link below. Fun fact: I reference that Greenland had a previous numeral system than the one used now. The oldest shark found is not quite older that when the modern numbers started to be introduced but there may be older ones and its nice thought. https://topazcomics.com/swimon/downloads/

[olive-ridley]

Pictured: pelagic thresher shark, orca, porbeagle shark, blue shark, snailfish, Greenland shark, rockfish, bigfin squid, mako shark, and basket star

[artofmisi]

i entirely forgot to upload my piece for @swimonzine ! have a greenland shark to end your year and please check out the zine ♥

[theveryworstthing]

over on patreon Tama shouted 'shark' at me a bunch of times for the mermaid prompts, which obviously gets results.

goblin shark goblin Mitsu is here again to secure stray forbidden tomes that wander into terrestrial libraries, and this time she's brought the rest of her team.

 Sagami is the frilled shark lady who's head of Protection, physical and mental. some cults do NOT want to give up their tomes and some tomes do NOT want to get got. she's basically here to punch assholes in cloaks so Mitsu can work and create wards against unnaturally occurring madness.

Rea, the greenland shark lady, is the team's advanced translator and sacrificial editor. she's still pretty young at only 152 but she should totally be dead by now, a fact which makes the branch of Sedna's Fingers that raised her pretty smug. she translates books with words as well as books where the concept of words (or books) becomes debatable, and whenever a Rough Draft shows up she makes sure it's like, physically tolerable before letting it come in contact with anyone else.

they’re 3 smart ladies just trying to do their jobs in this void eats sanity world.

[sharkest-sharks]

um pls I NEED shark pics

Greenland sharks and whale sharks

thankyouthankyouthankyou

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whale and green :)

and may i introduce you to the greenland's brother, the pacific sleeper!! (they're from the same genus and go :D)

[the-alpine-glow]

seriously, it’s a big commitment!

[cosmonautroger]

greenland shark

[jammerspyjammass]

You may not know this but im a huge fucking nerd

My favourite shark from each order:D ignore how goofy they are

[poisonder]

I love Greenland sharks so much so I made a super old triton for a campaign.

He’s so old. Gampa.

[feelingautistic]

The oldest vertebrate to ever live was a greenland shark that lived for at least 272 years (in comparison, the previous record holder was a bowhead whale that lived for 211 years).

[cuttledreams-bugs]

Sharktober!!!!

I won't be doing every prompt since I'm already also doing Invertober but I'm pretty happy with the prompt days I picked out!

Set One:

Day 1: Fairytale Shark (Frilled Shark)

Day 3: Cloud Shark (Basking Shark)

Day 7: Jelly Shark (Greenland Shark)

Day 9: Magma Shark (Epaulette Shark)

Sharktober prompt list is hosted by @requinoesis!

>Prompt List<

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Daily fish fact #823

Greenland shark!

Their longevity among vertebrates is unmatched: it is estimated that these sharks can live to be 250 to 500 years old! Their long lifespan does come with a prize however, as they become sexually mature at 150 years of age and may have a gestation period of 8 to 18 years.

[doubledaybooks]

Read an excerpt of VANISHING TREASURES in LitHub

In 1606 a devastating pestilence swept through London; the dying were boarded up in their homes with their families, and a decree went out that the theaters, the bear-baiting, and the brothels be closed. It was then that Shakespeare wrote one of his very few references to the plague, catching at our precarity:

The dead man’s knell Is there scarce asked for who, and good men’s lives Expire before the flowers in their caps Dying or ere they sicken.

As he wrote the words, a Greenland shark who is still alive today swam untroubled through the waters of the northern seas. It was, at the time, perhaps a hundred years old, still some way off its sexual maturity: its parents would have been old enough to have lived alongside Boccaccio: its great-great­ grandparents alongside Julius Caesar. For thousands of years Greenland sharks have swum in silence, as aboveground the world has burned, rebuilt, burned again.

I am glad not to be a Greenland shark; I don’t have enough thoughts to fill five hundred years. But I find the very idea of them hopeful.

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[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus)

(Photo from Britannica)

Conservation Status- Vulnerable

Habitat- Northern Atlantic; Arctic Ocean

Size (Weight/Length)- 4 m

Diet- Fish; Seals; Small whales

Cool Facts- The world’s oldest Greenland shark may have witnessed the first European boats making their way across the Atlantic to reach the Americas. It is estimated that Greenland sharks can live anywhere from 250 years old all the way to 500. They are extremely slow growing, most likely due to the freezing waters they live in. These sharks are not sexually mature until they turn 150 and a pregnancy can last up to 18 years. They are slow moving, apex predators, targeting sick or sleeping animals which can include moose or caribou swimming between islands. Unfortunately, Greenland sharks are killed for their flesh that is considered a delicacy in Iceland. Overhunting, bycatch, and an extremely slow generation time are the leading reasons for the decline of Greenland shark populations.

Rating- 12/10 (Most of what we know about them is conjecture.)

[respect-the-locals]

Did you know, that like snakes and lizards, most sharks are ectothermic? This means that, normally, they’re not capable of regulating their own body temperature. However, sharks that live in frigid Arctic waters have adapted an ability called counter-current heat exchange. This method of keeping warm, allows these sharks to survive in even the coldest of the world’s oceans.