Dive into the mysterious world of the Greenland shark, an ancient Arctic predator that defies nature. Discover how this sluggish giant lives for centuries in extreme cold, hunts with poor vision, and ...

The Greenland shark lives in ... shark being blind. The parasitic copepod ommatokoita elongata attaches itself to the cornea of these sharks and actually feeds off the eye!

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.