Rare image of shark species that lived for 5 centuries

The two scientists recorded the life of the Greenland shark on the seabed in one encounter.

Researcher Brynn Devine and Laura Wheeland unexpectedly saw the baby emerge from the deep mud and stared at the decoy camera lens on the seabed off Nunavut, Canada, in a research project on behalf of the Fish Institute and Ocean of Newfoundland Memorial University, Today's Story Trender reported. The encounter with prehistoric sharks can help scientists discover some of their secrets.

Greenland sharks - the world's longest living shark.

Although Greenland sharks can reach a length of more than 7 meters and are able to live for nearly 500 years, researchers know very little about them because the animal is instinctive or elusive. Residing in the deep waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, the secret of longevity of ancient creatures remains a mystery to many generations of scholars.

"We are investigating the ecosystem to better understand the species distributed in the Arctic, especially in areas with little data. Camera bait is a sampling method used in the survey, giving Let us search for species we may not meet when using fishing rods, ' Brynn said.

Growing at a rate of just one centimeter per year, Greenland sharks, one of the very few polar sharks, are thought to be impossible to reach. Although slow swimming and eye parasites hinder vision, Greenland sharks are the leading predators in the Arctic ecosystem and are the longest living vertebrate in the world.

"Greenland sharks are the largest fish in the Arctic, although they grow slowly. They have been recorded before, but they are difficult to find because they prefer to live in the cold deep waters of the Arctic and the South Atlantic. It's good to see them swimming along the seabed in natural habitats, eating and interacting with camera lenses , " Brynn said.