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The flesh of a Greenland shark is poisonous. This is due to the presence of the toxin trimethylamine oxide, which, upon digestion, breaks down into trimethylamine, producing effects similar to extreme drunkenness. Occasionally, sled dogs that end up eating the flesh are unable to stand up due to the neurotoxins. Similar toxic effects occur with the related Pacific sleeper shark, but not in most other shark species, whose meat is often consumed fresh.[15]
However, it can be eaten if it is boiled in several changes of water or dried or fermented for some months to produce Kæstur Hákarl, often Hákarl for short. Traditionally this was done by burying the shark in boreal ground, exposing it to several cycles of freezing and thawing. It is considered a delicacy in Iceland and Greenland.
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Is a Greenland shark coldblooded?
Yes a Greenland shark is coldblooded
Were do the Greenland shark live?
greenland ice
Is there a sleeping shark?
The Greenland shark is nicknamed the sleeper, or the sleeping shark.
What is the National sport of Greenland?
Greenland shark fishing
What kind of shark can survive in freezing waters and is the northern most shark?
Greenland Shark
Is Greenland shark a reptile?
The Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) is a shark that must live in the sea, and breathes through gills. A reptile is able to breath air using lungs and can live in or out of water.
Is the Greenland shark dangerous?
While the greenland shark may be dangerous in the fact that it is a shark that could easily eat a person whole, it isn't too common to run in to any. Another fun fact about the greenland shark is that it's skin is poisonous! That makes them even more dangerous!
Which is bigger a whale shark or Greenland Shark?
No the biggest a Greenland shark grows 5 meters where as a great white can grow 6 meters in length
What is the same about the Greenland shark and the harp seal?
nothing.
How long is the Greenland shark's life span?
55
What a hammerhead shark's structural adaptation?
Its strucural adaptation is its hammer on its head to attack its predator
Is a shark teeth defensive adaptation?
No. They are not used for defense.
