Greenland Shark facts: more like great grandpa sharks | Animal Fact Files

On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover possibly the oldest living vertebrates (at least that we know of!). You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible, but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license*, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Flickr: EOL Learning and Education Group - https://www.flickr.com/photos/44919417@N04/6432312087 Austin Matherne - https://www.flickr.com/photos/austinmatherne/27817389090 Elias Levy - https://www.flickr.com/photos/67374204@N00/14894376546** Credits via Wiki Users: Chris_huh - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Somniosus_microcephalus_distmap.png Hemming 1952 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenland_shark_profile.jpg Hans Hillewaert - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lernaeenicus_sprattae.jpg Photo: Hans-Petter Fjeld (CC-BY-SA) - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gadus_morhua_Cod-2b-Atlanterhavsparken-Norway.JPG Cephas - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hippoglossus_hippoglossus_PAQ.jpg Other attributions: Ecologia Azul - https://vimeo.com/120824384 al.barbosa - https://freesound.org/people/al.barbosa/sounds/150874/ rucisko - https://freesound.org/people/rucisko/sounds/342447/Thalamus_Lab - https://freesound.org/people/Thalamus_Lab/sounds/231525 Alexander Altenhof - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_1815_map_en.png Websites used for research collection: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Somniosus_microcephalus/ http://fishbase.org/summary/138 https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=160611#null https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224004009_Biology_of_the_Greenland_shark_Somniosus_microcephalus https://www.iusb.edu/news/?p=7383 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-19115-x https://books.google.com/books?id=UIcsZBzcxCoC&pg=PA124 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/353/6300/702 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-005-0061-y https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/004101019190193U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3402/polar.v30i0.7342 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-013-2174-z https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/somniosus-microcephalus/ http://www.thesuperfins.com/what-is-a-sharks-lateral-line/ *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original Transcript: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/AnimalFactFiles

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