The slowest in the world of sharks may be hunted only in the sleeping animals

Greenland Shark live in the coldest water of all kinds. They weigh about a ton and have a length of 6, 5 meters. In order to save energy and heat, these sharks are moving so slowly that it seems that this slow motion filming usual shark.

On the hunt Greenland shark can reach a maximum speed of about 1, 6 km per hour. They take about 7 seconds, only to have to make the movement of the tail to change direction of travel! With such a slow pace it is strange that they do have time to produce their own food, especially because they feed on seals. Of course, the seal is hardly particularly fast animals, but even they swim at a speed twice the speed of sharks.

Therefore, unhurried predators hunt at night: wait until the seals are asleep and grab meeedlenno defenseless victim. However, sometimes they are not lucky, waking seal breaks loose, and then have to settle for the Greenland shark carrion: that certainly will not run away.

via factroom.ru