A Greenland shark
My father and my uncle accidentally caught a shark on their lines
yesterday. It had somehow managed to tangle itself on the line. I
forget what kind of shark this is, but this is the only kind that
lives in cold waters. Unfortunately I was in a real hurry, and only
shot these three snapshots.
These kids are from a nearby kindergarden who were lucky enough to get
to see the monstrosity.
Length: 4,8 meters
Weight: 800 kg.
Featured in an icelandic newspaper called "Fréttablaðið" :)
Comments and faves
Jeff Croft (62 months ago | reply)
I believe that would be a Greenland shark. A pretty rare sight, indeed!
fridgeirsson and Örlygur Hnefill added this photo to their favorites.
Sindri Svan (61 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the info jcroft! :)
noraborg added this photo to her favorites. (61 months ago)
joshua carlsen (60 months ago | reply)
Wow, that's a surreal shot there...
Clive Mathias (54 months ago | reply)
very cool
eckligt (54 months ago | reply)
Strange that's called Hákarl in Icelandic and Håkjerring (Hå-wife) in Norwegian.
Anyway, what a great catch! I think your fish is roughly the same size as the record for this species in this country, so it's a huge specimen.
Sindri Svan (53 months ago | reply)
Eckligt: really!? We had NO idea! To think, it was just tangled in our small boat fishing lines. They couldn't even get it aboard the boat!.
Sapphiren (51 months ago | reply)
Beautiful animal, a shame that it was killed but it was, as you say, by accident. Did you know that they grow by about a centimetre a year, so this individual you've photographed here was probably well over 100 years old.
sigfus.sigmundsson added this photo to his favorites. (48 months ago)
sigfus.sigmundsson (48 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Exploring Iceland, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
((Greg)) added this photo to his favorites. (47 months ago)
bladerunner2012 (34 months ago | reply)
massive shark, great shot.
grubbs62 (19 months ago | reply)
That is the Greenland Shark, and judging by the relative dimensions given in the photo, it is a fairly large specimen. The Great White Shark, which also inhabits cold waters as far north as the arctic and as far south as the antarctic. Great White Sharks, have a built in heating system, for lack of better words, the Great White Shark, actually heats its blood from 10-20 degrees F.
Harrison T | Photography. Design added this photo to his favorites. (14 months ago)
Stealth-Fox (11 months ago | reply)
Greenland shark, these sharks are so creepy, watch the seal ripper. Very strange sharks, some live to 200. Great shot though :D x