Scientists say it's the first time that a sleeper shark has been spotted in the western Caribbean waters off Belize.
water setting, they swim slowly and expend little energy in hunting or scavenging for food, often catching their prey while they’re asleep. Perhaps the most well-known sleeper shark, the Greenland shark ,up to 400 years. Though these sharks could in theory snack on, their natural environment is far from human activity and no attacks have ever been reported. Their bodies are also normally toxic to us, thanks to the adaptations they’ve made to survive in the depths, but Icelandic people.
have been when they stumbled upon their tropical sleeper. But because the reef has waters that reach as far down as 9,500 feet, there is a plausibleabout these sharks, they could be much more widely distributed around theThe team plans to continue studying the deep sea fish of Belize. And though they’re not necessarily expecting to
spot a sleeper shark again, they will be carrying specialized tags from now on to monitor any potential specimens they do encounter, just in case.
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