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shenmue

(38,605 posts) Sun Oct 26, 2014, 06:40 PM Oct 2014

Greenland sharks: they're big, they're slow, they're not going anywhere [View all]

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141028-the-mystery-shark-of-the-arctic

Greenland sharks are slow, have poor vision and eat whatever dead thing they can find. Yet they are a prominent part of the ecosystem of the Earth's far northern waters.

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Greenland sharks: they're big, they're slow, they're not going anywhere [View all] shenmue Oct 2014 OP

The poor Harbour seals, "also known as lunch". Mnemosyne Oct 2014 #1

Rush Limbaugh? douggg Oct 2014 #2

Hey, actual sharks shenmue Oct 2014 #5

The "unsavory organic contaminants" in their flesh include urea muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #3

finally something i can race against !!! unionthug777 Oct 2014 #4