The Insane Biology of: The Greenland Shark

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  • @unicornhunter2012
    @unicornhunter2012 10 днів тому +1634

    "It's not a toy, it's not a Christmas present, it's a 400 year commitment. Please think hard before you give someone a Greenland shark this Christmas"

    • @tirramasu7948
      @tirramasu7948 9 днів тому +71

      Don't worry, its a gift for the whole family and the next 12 generations

    • @alexbosse8528
      @alexbosse8528 9 днів тому +83

      "This is Piss Boy, our 200 year old Greenland shark."

    • @taylortaylor4985
      @taylortaylor4985 9 днів тому +3

      😂

    • @haroldthaf
      @haroldthaf 9 днів тому +7

      A pet that may just outlive you...

    • @taylortaylor4985
      @taylortaylor4985 8 днів тому +4

      @@unicornhunter2012 people like you are the greatest best joke award 🥇

  • @richardjones38
    @richardjones38 9 днів тому +723

    UA-cam should put extra effort into looking after the creators of such high quality content, instead of pissing them off by demonetising for no apparent reason.

    • @realscience
      @realscience  9 днів тому +241

      Agreed lol. Like at least tell me why. And better yet, let me reupload a video with the necessary changes without having to delete it if it's that big of a deal. They CAN do that, they just won't.

    • @Devin_Stromgren
      @Devin_Stromgren 9 днів тому +57

      @@realscience Telling you why would require that they have clear rules, which would mean they couldn't be arbitrary in how they're enforced.

    • @HIK_48
      @HIK_48 9 днів тому +7

      @@realscience Maybe, technically, they can't. The demonetisation is automatic (and AI-powered) while appeal / remonetisation requires human-time. If Gemini is anything to go by, Google has a lo of work to do on their AI, but that doesn't explain the opacity of the process.
      This is why smaller platforms like Nebula will flourish..

    • @jesipohl6717
      @jesipohl6717 9 днів тому

      instead they put energy into altering the algo to spread more rightwing fashy media.

    • @TragoudistrosMPH
      @TragoudistrosMPH 8 днів тому +5

      ​@@HIK_48AI is a computer program. All they need to do is request the reason.
      They could even make a data set of all the things that were remonetized. They choose not to.

  • @kyt-nh1ef
    @kyt-nh1ef 8 днів тому +422

    "Why is this shark so slow and smell like pee?" Greenland Shark: "Uh...because I'm old?"

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 6 днів тому +12

      Dunno about the pee part, but it's actually old BECAUSE it's slow.
      Super active metabolism for speed means short lifespan.

    • @GothCookie
      @GothCookie 6 днів тому +11

      Basically they smell like old men

    • @Rossano777
      @Rossano777 День тому

      Hilarious 😂
      And I'm old! 😎

  • @Dystopikachu
    @Dystopikachu 10 днів тому +1033

    ✅Drifting in eternal darkness
    ✅Stink-filled piss body
    ✅Ancient
    ❌Eye crabs
    I've already covered 3/4, I'm practically a greenland shark already.

    • @GaryV-p3h
      @GaryV-p3h 9 днів тому +79

      Is that you president Trump.

    • @regulatorjohnson.
      @regulatorjohnson. 9 днів тому

      I have it on good authority you have crabs elsewhere

    • @Harry_Howler
      @Harry_Howler 9 днів тому +24

      Let me guess: you do have the last one, but just not the eye variety.

    • @billclinton984
      @billclinton984 9 днів тому

      pikachu?

    • @xchi8040
      @xchi8040 9 днів тому +5

      @GaryV-p3h LMAOOOO

  • @ejakez
    @ejakez 9 днів тому +434

    Imagine living for 500 years and not seeing 1 dang thing. Thats a looooong time to just be sniffin

    • @CloudtheDragonSage
      @CloudtheDragonSage 9 днів тому +3

      😂

    • @LittleWaffle
      @LittleWaffle 8 днів тому +24

      Sniffin and stinkin. The eye parasit, tho 😮

    • @Thrill98
      @Thrill98 7 днів тому +10

      perception of time is different maybe for shark it feels like 50

    • @lucassamsmusic
      @lucassamsmusic 7 днів тому +6

      I think about that with sea turtles. Imagine hundreds of years with your face an inch from the ground, no opposable thumbs, just existing. 😂

    • @MsSonali1980
      @MsSonali1980 6 днів тому +5

      @@lucassamsmusic When a work day feels like 100 years, who is too judge the elderly animals.

  • @daviddavis4885
    @daviddavis4885 9 днів тому +218

    I think it’s both fascinating and terrifying that in almost every picture and video shown of the Greenland Shark, the background was just pitch black nothing, or maybe a completely barren sea floor. It’s wild how they manage to grow to such a size in such a desolate environment.

    • @thenoisyninja
      @thenoisyninja 8 днів тому +12

      Organisms tend to get larger in colder environments as stated in Bergmann’s rule. Still, imagine drifting in total darkness with countless horrors lurking just beyond your ability to perceive them.

    • @hellomoto2084
      @hellomoto2084 8 днів тому +2

      ​@@thenoisyninja it's a shark for god's sake !
      Not a harmless tuna .

    • @thenoisyninja
      @thenoisyninja 8 днів тому +1

      @@hellomoto2084 i meant swimming with them. The arctic is where monsters dwell

    • @afrog2666
      @afrog2666 8 днів тому +3

      @@hellomoto2084
      Whale Sharks are MUCH bigger and harmless, besides, tuna hunt in PACKS! :o
      Yes I know it`s called a shoal, but it doesn`t sound as cool, and no they don`t eat people, but that also doesn`t sound as cool..
      SUMMER! 2025! TUNANADO!

    • @afrog2666
      @afrog2666 8 днів тому +1

      @@thenoisyninja
      They`re just mountain trolls on scuba vacation, highly misunderstood creatures they are!
      🦈👾🐻🐖

  • @baashi3578
    @baashi3578 10 днів тому +496

    "Drifting in the eternal darkness in your stink-filled body" poor guy got roasted 😅😅
    Brilliant content as always.

    • @louie2
      @louie2 9 днів тому

      even worse actually "stink-filled piss body" hahaha

    • @canin1730
      @canin1730 9 днів тому +28

      come on, put the piss back in, you know you want to hahaha

    • @Spookysaladbri
      @Spookysaladbri 7 днів тому

      That comment made me so happy

    • @jac6548
      @jac6548 7 днів тому +3

      "sluggish demeanor and pale, almost lifeless eyes"
      bruh I just woke up tf

    • @SerialBitBanger
      @SerialBitBanger 5 днів тому

      That was a bit much! 😂

  • @AlthorDhoom
    @AlthorDhoom 10 днів тому +215

    For more than 50 years I've read and watched truly countless studies (even scientific papers) concerning zoology and our astoundingly wonderful world but I am utterly nonplussed how I knew nothing of this astonishing creature. Thank you for once more providing a sensible, fascinating and entertaining documentary. From an old fan swimming in my endless piss-stink abyss.

  • @richardmann6724
    @richardmann6724 9 днів тому +130

    Remember in Norway , seals were washing up with corkscrew wounds & after a biological mystery involving alot of professionals , a documentry . It was found to be Greenland sharks actively predating the local seal population & came as a shock . We've alot to learn about these prehistoric fish

    • @lizzy66125
      @lizzy66125 9 днів тому +5

      sounds more like a cookie cutter shark.

    • @spencesky4979
      @spencesky4979 9 днів тому +13

      ​@@lizzy66125yeah but those sharks are tiny compared to these ones, I'm sure the flesh chunk are at least 3x bigger

    • @stephaniealicia-y3i
      @stephaniealicia-y3i 4 дні тому

      Yes I watched that documentary as well, very interesting 👍

    • @stevenhe3462
      @stevenhe3462 2 дні тому

      How has no human been had yet?

    • @stephaniealicia-y3i
      @stephaniealicia-y3i 2 дні тому

      @stevenhe3462 they swim at a deep level & slowly as well. They don't come into contact with people.

  • @kennyqwer
    @kennyqwer 10 днів тому +38

    Thank you for another amacing video. I also follow you on Nebula

    • @thokim84
      @thokim84 5 днів тому

      All money you give on UA-cam pays UA-cam 30%.

  • @danirey425
    @danirey425 10 днів тому +260

    Living with a worm in your eye all those years has to be annoying

    • @AnonymousAlcoholic772
      @AnonymousAlcoholic772 9 днів тому +21

      And why beholdest though the mote that is in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beam that is in thyne own eye?

    • @AnonymousAlcoholic772
      @AnonymousAlcoholic772 9 днів тому +10

      Ive always wanted to say that…

    • @YujiUedaFan
      @YujiUedaFan 9 днів тому +14

      How does that worm live that long too? Someone should do a video on that!

    • @YarPirates-vy7iv
      @YarPirates-vy7iv 9 днів тому +3

      ​@@YujiUedaFanI feel like worms are made for eternal life. Just vibes...but still

    • @perfectallycromulent
      @perfectallycromulent 9 днів тому +24

      It's very lonely in the deep dark sea. That worm might be that shark's best friend.

  • @caroletwi9851
    @caroletwi9851 9 днів тому +104

    Man, that C-14 in the crystallin is so awesome... I'm going to tell this to my students

    • @khaibutton
      @khaibutton 9 днів тому +7

      Same! I was looking for an example of proteins that are consistent throughout the lifetime of the creature that produced them as a counterexample to denaturation, and this fits that bill perfectly.

  • @leviathan3630
    @leviathan3630 9 днів тому +149

    13:56 Unbothered, moisturized, and in their lane 💅💅

  • @luizagabie
    @luizagabie 10 днів тому +58

    This shark killed me so many times when I was playing dave the diver lol, it's so majestically beautiful

  • @joshua2756
    @joshua2756 10 днів тому +966

    Why would lions hunting need to be censored on a science channel? That is absolutely ridiculous.

    • @devongee1776
      @devongee1776 9 днів тому +290

      The platform is policed by A.I. algorithm far moreso than actual people. And UA-cam tasks their algorithm to weed out the least advertiser / viewer friendly content possible. And because their tools are likely patented/proprietary, they don't need to, nor care to explain to you how they deemed your content ineligible. By having an appeal option, they cover their ass on both ends of the scale. How much of YOUR money gets affected by their algorithm while you work out the problems, is pocket change to UA-cam. It might as well be a penny on the sidewalk. You don't even bother bending over to pick it up. And that's probably why most of the appealed content, stays with the original verdict. It costs UA-cam virtually nothing, to bar one measly video from monetization on a platform that uploads hundreds of millions of hours in content every year. This practice means that the content creators are the disproportionately harmed party when this happens. And the incentive for UA-cam to fix it is next to nothing, leaving the content creator, usually, to have to find their way through the algorithm on their own, which is what she did. Blood and gore is dis-favorable; often requires viewer discretion warnings.

    • @spaz_matic
      @spaz_matic 9 днів тому +159

      Be mad at UA-cam

    • @junetan1733
      @junetan1733 9 днів тому +13

      @@devongee1776 what if we colour blood scenes another colour?

    • @uberdice
      @uberdice 9 днів тому +37

      @@junetan1733 I just want an increasingly absurd escalation of self-censorship to occur to the point where the algorithm flags every single video as not advertiser friendly.

    • @ACEfromVisa559
      @ACEfromVisa559 9 днів тому +9

      Literally any red liquid these day. Its absurd

  • @Strawhat_3646
    @Strawhat_3646 10 днів тому +39

    You did my suggestion!!
    I love this channel ❤

    • @adriani9432
      @adriani9432 9 днів тому +2

      Thanks for the suggestion! Love greenland sharks!

  • @CortexNewsService
    @CortexNewsService 9 днів тому +87

    "Worm crab" is a term I did not need nor want to know.

    • @MsSonali1980
      @MsSonali1980 6 днів тому +6

      *Eye-worm crab

    • @CortexNewsService
      @CortexNewsService 6 днів тому +3

      @@MsSonali1980 You're right. But that somehow manages to make it worse.

    • @MsSonali1980
      @MsSonali1980 6 днів тому +2

      @@CortexNewsService I know.

    • @entheogenocide
      @entheogenocide 6 днів тому

      Worms and crabs are like polar opposites in the animal kingdom😂 it's almost an oxymoron

    • @GothCookie
      @GothCookie 6 днів тому

      Isnt our world a marvel?😂

  • @dj-kq4fz
    @dj-kq4fz 6 днів тому +10

    This was great! Blind, slow, stinky, relentless, and a set of choppers out of my nightmares. Thanks!

  • @ruffmeow9893
    @ruffmeow9893 8 днів тому +10

    You are a gift. You have a gift. Keep your mind going. No channel or anything matters more than thought, passion and truth. Don't get caught up in the noise. Thank youl

  • @sjtdxitditsitdurzirxur5926
    @sjtdxitditsitdurzirxur5926 10 днів тому +77

    I love that this big ancient shark is slowly drifting around in the deep dark depths for centuries, unburdened by the world above

  • @Warp9pnt9
    @Warp9pnt9 10 днів тому +95

    “Stink-filled piss-body” is the official scientific term. Also a great Depth-Metal band name. [sic]

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer 9 днів тому +1

      No this would be more of a punk/ska garage band

    • @BrutalBa5sMixedBag
      @BrutalBa5sMixedBag 8 днів тому +6

      Depth metal 😂😂
      This comment deserves more likes.
      Well done my friend

    • @DLWELD
      @DLWELD 5 днів тому

      A great name! Right up there with "Fecal Plumes"

    • @whos-your-mate
      @whos-your-mate 3 дні тому

      we've never met but, i can tell that you're my kind of people 🤣

  • @MartijnterHaar
    @MartijnterHaar 9 днів тому +9

    "It's hard to comprehend the reality of a Greenland shark..." You went the full Werner Herzog there for a few paragraphs, I even heard those lines in that iconic voice in my head. And with good reason, the Greenland shark is a Herzogian creature if there ever was one.

  • @reconsoldier135
    @reconsoldier135 6 днів тому +50

    Imagine blindly swimming in the Arctic Ocean for 500 years. If reincarnation is real this would be a horrible punishment.

    • @Lowenaaa
      @Lowenaaa 6 днів тому +6

      I don't know, looks peaceful to me

    • @jarlwhiterun7478
      @jarlwhiterun7478 5 днів тому

      Arctic*
      Less of a mundane life than people typically have now

    • @reconsoldier135
      @reconsoldier135 5 днів тому

      @@jarlwhiterun7478 crap I didn't even notice the typo til now, thanks!

    • @realDose
      @realDose 2 дні тому +1

      Imagine meeting a dude you met in one of his earlier lifes like 200 jears later.
      "C'mon Bob, again? What have you done this time?" 😂😂

    • @nobertstanel9428
      @nobertstanel9428 17 годин тому

      Moral of the story : try to be live a good life

  • @bearhustler
    @bearhustler 8 днів тому +4

    This video contains some of the most surprising phrases ive ever heard in a nature documentary. Brilliant stuff.

  • @asimmoideen5960
    @asimmoideen5960 10 днів тому +65

    17:53
    u didnt have to do my boi like that T-T

  • @justinwilliam6534
    @justinwilliam6534 10 днів тому +67

    I know people in Iceland actually found a way to eat the meat of Greenland sharks by drying them but the taste is still strong ask Jeremy Wade he tried some himself.

    • @realscience
      @realscience  10 днів тому +52

      Yeah.. it has to be fermented. Anthony Bourdain said it's the grossest thing he ever ate lol

    • @Dzokhar
      @Dzokhar 10 днів тому +3

      ​@@realscience it's called Hakarl.

    • @winkiiiie
      @winkiiiie 10 днів тому +3

      Ok im going to ask Jeremy Wade.

    • @tomppeli.
      @tomppeli. 9 днів тому +1

      @@realscience Anthony Bourdain is obviously lying:
      The thing with some cheese and wine would be a perfect match!

    • @Eternal_Foreigner
      @Eternal_Foreigner 9 днів тому

      @@realscience I tried it, and thought it was pretty good

  • @cl16wdc26
    @cl16wdc26 9 днів тому +11

    so crazy to see my old university prof be talked about in a real science video... shoutout dr. hussey!

  • @ecithgil
    @ecithgil 9 днів тому +33

    18:05 this one felt personal

  • @GiberishInGreatScale
    @GiberishInGreatScale 9 днів тому +7

    Great to see more content on the Greenland Shark. It's an animal of such awesome extremes.
    On a side note, having the eye parasite in your animations made it look like it was always crying haha.

    • @CloudtheDragonSage
      @CloudtheDragonSage 9 днів тому +1

      I agree, it looks like it’s caught in an eternal anime reaction

  • @vasocreta
    @vasocreta 28 хвилин тому

    This is awesome content!
    I am also very happy that Deb and Napoleon's daughter is doing so well and is making her parents proud.

  • @Cheesy-g9u
    @Cheesy-g9u 4 дні тому +3

    "they're huge....up to six centimeters..."I've never been so flattered😊

  • @jonbradley4789
    @jonbradley4789 День тому

    Oh my gosh! What an excellent script. Just lovely writing. Bonkers production values. Inviting narration. This is really great content.
    Good job team.

  • @strawonwalls2534
    @strawonwalls2534 9 днів тому +20

    Loved the video but that ad at the end was pretty funny, "are you tired of subscriptions? Well we have a one time payment of $3-4 a month" lfmaoo

  • @stoneycas
    @stoneycas 6 днів тому +2

    I'm so happy to see another shark video!! sharks is what lead me to your channel so long ago (the one about the sharks that evolved to live inside volcanoes) and i love greenland sharks so much! thank you for your quality work! 💝🦈

  • @Mr.Blud_Stonemporer
    @Mr.Blud_Stonemporer 10 днів тому +5

    I really enjoy your videos, they are very informative, and you choose interesting animals to research. Thank you

  • @ThePrufessa
    @ThePrufessa 5 днів тому +2

    Insane biology is one of my favorite series on UA-cam.

  • @00HoODBoy
    @00HoODBoy 10 днів тому +19

    this is probably the one im interested in the most. all people ever see and hear about these sharks is the one picture where it says the shark in it is like 400 years old

  • @chriso3130
    @chriso3130 7 днів тому +1

    Woo, I really like this channel. Glad you've stuck with creating this content. It's really great and of wonderful quality.

  • @mafuds
    @mafuds 8 днів тому +3

    This was already a great video, then came the part talking about the high amount of TEs on their genome. That made me remember my graduation work in Computer Science on Bioinformatics: how to better identify TEs in a genome (we used a fungus) using iterative methods. Specially, it made me remember the phd professor that helped me, the best of our department. Awesome!

  • @Jayprakash-v9p
    @Jayprakash-v9p 10 днів тому +4

    thank for your details work in each and every video it is very much appreciated

  • @patrickstribling
    @patrickstribling 7 днів тому +1

    Just wanted to say that this is the first time you've showed up in my feed, i watch a lot of science, and documentaries, glad your chanel showed up, instantly subscribed, can't wait to see the rest of your videos, and on a side note i read through the comments and its all positive, and humor at the same time, with that many, im sure the rest of your content is awesome 👌

  • @NelsonZAPTM
    @NelsonZAPTM 8 днів тому +5

    Nice touch having the eye parasite in the animation.

  • @schnuuuu
    @schnuuuu День тому

    It's fascinating, but your voice and your fine articulation makes it really special!

  • @treeflamingo
    @treeflamingo 3 дні тому

    I have a nebula subscription, but I find I genuinely enjoy reading the comments on the interesting content I like to watch. So I often still come to YT.

  • @blaise3004
    @blaise3004 10 днів тому +16

    Hell yeah just as my plane was about to take off I get to download this and have quality shark based in flight entertainment

  • @donstclair4619
    @donstclair4619 День тому

    this was incredibly well done and captuvating - thank you!

  • @floretion
    @floretion 7 днів тому +4

    Man, imagine swimming around in the darkness at a snali's pace for 500 years with worm crabs attached to your eyeballs- nature can be really cruel sometimes.

  • @WeeToo-j4l
    @WeeToo-j4l День тому

    My daughter and myself love your narrations as they are always interesting and exciting.

  • @catylotl
    @catylotl 9 днів тому +3

    I've seen a few docs on these sharks, but this is the first one that mentioned their teeth!! And so cool that Inuit blade look like Aztec macuahuitl!

    • @eh1702
      @eh1702 8 днів тому

      All over the planet, people processing hides and sinew have used half-moon type blades, gripped at right angles, since the stone age.

    • @eh1702
      @eh1702 8 днів тому

      The many-toothed knife was also designed with microliths during the stone age, across vast tracts of the world. It meant that people could make new weapons far from appropriate sources of flint, without carrying much. It makes me wonder whether the design originated with teeth, in coastal areas, and was adapted with stone, or vice versa.

  • @MrKaftpaket
    @MrKaftpaket 8 днів тому +3

    18:05 I was not ready for that description LMAO

  • @AWEnomALi
    @AWEnomALi 9 днів тому

    Thanks!

  • @regulatorjohnson.
    @regulatorjohnson. 9 днів тому +20

    that elephant dong at 21:30 stole the show

  • @SOMEGUYANDREW
    @SOMEGUYANDREW 8 днів тому

    This is my favorite science content on youtube! Great, detailed, has a nice flow to it. My only "gripe" with this episode was the fact that I really wanted a closeup on the eye parasites! :)

  • @TheWhiteGyrfalcon
    @TheWhiteGyrfalcon 6 днів тому +3

    There is some new evidence starting to hint, that the parasite eye worm may have a symbiotic function as well for the shark. Exactly what and how is still under research. Fascinating animal, they also might be capable of short, bursts of speed, ambush style

    • @yuvi3000
      @yuvi3000 5 днів тому

      Imagine people start letting these parasites into their eyes and then they also start living much longer... Not sure I'd want to go for that.

  • @ninadsheth8422
    @ninadsheth8422 2 дні тому +1

    The ghost who doesn’t die ! What an amazing creature !

  • @horselandtoday
    @horselandtoday 9 днів тому +6

    Congrats on over 100 videos! This channel is amazing!

  • @moz7173
    @moz7173 6 годин тому +2

    Disheartened that you called these beautiful creatures gross :( They are absolutely fabulous !!!

  • @NootalieWalf
    @NootalieWalf 6 днів тому +4

    Are you kidding?!?!
    PLEASE REINCARNATE ME AS A GREENLAND SHARK (or Pompeii Worm)!!!!
    They don’t have to worry their tiny brains about a single thing, and honestly I could use about a 300 year break after this experience of being a human…

  • @JorntWagenaar
    @JorntWagenaar 3 дні тому

    Thank you and congratulations on a 100 (and two) videos!

  • @GeoffryGifari
    @GeoffryGifari 9 днів тому +7

    Does the greenland shark have an average life expectancy, or can they be practically immortal?

    • @realscience
      @realscience  9 днів тому +7

      They likely do have a life expectancy, we just aren't sure what it is. It could be 200-500?.....600? We don't know!

  • @zacharywong483
    @zacharywong483 3 дні тому

    Super professional and informative video, as always! And super cool choice of topic as well!

  • @GaryV-p3h
    @GaryV-p3h 9 днів тому +12

    Every school on the planet should have a lifetime subscription to this channel.

  • @StefanBacum
    @StefanBacum 6 днів тому

    Awesome video, as always! I love finding stuff about life in the water and especially about sharks and whales!

  • @JoshIsFishCrazy
    @JoshIsFishCrazy 9 днів тому +4

    They’ve been found in freshwater lakes up in Canada, them and bull sharks are the only ones that can do that

  • @ald7282
    @ald7282 16 годин тому

    i saw a video of a researcher pulling one up to check and tag, she was gorgeous, even if she was stinky. i've been fascinated by these critters and their sleeper shark cousins for a long time, glad to see they're getting some love ❤

  • @rgr4475
    @rgr4475 9 днів тому +4

    UA-cam sucks. Having to blurr out animals eating is absolutely ridiculous.

  • @bbellefson
    @bbellefson 5 днів тому +1

    Imagine being 500 years old and being completely unaware of the fact that you've lived for 500 years.

  • @zamplify
    @zamplify 10 днів тому +11

    As fine as you can be with a worm-crab attached to your eyeball.

  • @kuronotako
    @kuronotako 6 днів тому

    17:42 this flight of philosophy was as funny as it was unexpected. You got me chuckling hard there.

  • @GeoffryGifari
    @GeoffryGifari 9 днів тому +4

    Is it possible that Greenland sharks and the eye parasite have co-evolved for so long that the sharks' eyes no longer hurt?

    • @realscience
      @realscience  9 днів тому +1

      Yeah maybe!

    • @johnsober
      @johnsober 5 днів тому

      If there is an advantage to numbing or filtering that pain, it's likely. For example, say sharks without the numbing or filtering trait get distracted and are less successful hunters, they would have a lower chance to pass on their genes. I'd even wager the parasite is what lead to their other senses seemingly being so hightened.

  • @Spookysaladbri
    @Spookysaladbri 7 днів тому +1

    You’re pushing it little by little with the jokes and I’m loving it

  • @anaywalunjkar
    @anaywalunjkar 10 днів тому +8

    For a few videos I saw and I like that Stephenie is in the video as well, not just her voice ❤. Great video as usual

  • @jack-a-lopium
    @jack-a-lopium 21 годину тому

    Amazing content, as always!

  • @Jim-Stick
    @Jim-Stick 10 днів тому +4

    This is one of the channels on why I subscribe to Nebula! I do encourage everyone to check it out! There is tons of awesome content.

    • @kennyqwer
      @kennyqwer 9 днів тому +1

      I so agree with you!

  • @TheFunkhouser
    @TheFunkhouser 5 годин тому

    Yeah, it's amazing!! They're like a zap from past history!!
    You guys are amazing!! ❤

  • @mhdfrb9971
    @mhdfrb9971 10 днів тому +5

    What a coincidence, Extinctzoo has just post about sharks

    • @insanospaz
      @insanospaz 9 днів тому +2

      Paleo Analysis dropped a new vid this morning too. It's been a good Saturday so far

  • @spiralnapkin
    @spiralnapkin 7 днів тому +1

    Really well-done video. Thank you!

  • @markmelendez355
    @markmelendez355 10 днів тому +5

    Bro is just chillin in the darkness :,(

  • @livingdeadgirla
    @livingdeadgirla 4 дні тому

    I only learned of their existence about three years ago, and I was astonished by how long they live. It was as if I’d found a unicorn. I love Greenland sharks. I didn’t know about their eye-worms or pee-smell before watching this video, but somehow that just makes me love them even more. Very mysterious and magnificent. Great video 🌻🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️

  • @SupremeWarriorGaming
    @SupremeWarriorGaming 9 днів тому +4

    0:53 they must put the flesh of this shark and Taco Bell because it does the same thing to me

  • @liamwhittaker2853
    @liamwhittaker2853 9 днів тому

    I'm so pleased to have discovered this channel! Well done! ❤

  • @thebassassin5507
    @thebassassin5507 7 днів тому +4

    You literally showed a huge cookie cutter chunk of a dead seal with its flipper still attached…..but raw meat being ate by some dogs was too much? I’m confused?

    • @fuuryuuSKK
      @fuuryuuSKK 6 днів тому +1

      from what Sandi Brock of "Sheepishly Me" seems to have determined through her videos of showing sheep births, the issue seems to be the large amount of red blood.

  • @wraithwrecker_
    @wraithwrecker_ 9 днів тому +1

    1:07 metal gear rising revengeance reference?
    Amazing video as always!

  • @neilokeefe9647
    @neilokeefe9647 9 днів тому +3

    Do the eye parasites also live for centuries?

    • @mrnice4434
      @mrnice4434 8 днів тому

      Maybe they just lay there eggs in the eye and the new one just burst out e
      yer few years.. who knows..

  • @MichaelKusugak
    @MichaelKusugak 9 днів тому +2

    few year ago, we were just north of Baffin Island filming a documentary about a ship sailing through the Northwest Passage. We caught a Greenland Shark in whale nets. We let it go but that was the highlight of my trip.

  • @user-uv2rh9gl9y
    @user-uv2rh9gl9y 10 днів тому +4

    Babe wake up a new Real Science video just dropped

  • @tenderbri888
    @tenderbri888 5 днів тому

    would love to see a video on the rhino and/or hercules beetle

  • @vintageludwig
    @vintageludwig 10 днів тому +10

    Ahem.. I think you meant to say American Shark

    • @ricksanchez9669
      @ricksanchez9669 9 днів тому +1

      This comment is under appreciated😂

    • @DEEPAKKUMAR-je1sx
      @DEEPAKKUMAR-je1sx 9 днів тому +1

      Wait for trump to notice 😂😂

    • @GaryV-p3h
      @GaryV-p3h 9 днів тому +2

      Well it's on the continent of America so just like everyone else born on that continent I suppose it should be refered to as American.

  • @hulkthedane7542
    @hulkthedane7542 5 днів тому

    WOW. I am pleasantly surprised; today, the 29.th of January 2025 I stumbled upon your channel for the first time and watched this video about the Greenland shark.
    I am a Master of Science (geology) and I thoroughly enjoyed the video. You are a great presenter of science 👍👍. Much better than most others. You earned my subscription.
    I hope, you crack the code to not getting demonitized in the future.

  • @vujjjgfjjji9495
    @vujjjgfjjji9495 9 днів тому +3

    sharks are smooth 7:09

    • @RedRaptor1241
      @RedRaptor1241 8 днів тому +2

      Hmmm, no. Shark skin is made of material that is basically teeth. So no, most shark skin is definitely not smooth. But there is always exceptions. It might feel smoothish when rubbing one direction. But going the other way usually is very rough and might even be pretty sharp

    • @joeythegoof5410
      @joeythegoof5410 8 днів тому +1

      Weird ignorant comment

    • @emmam4078
      @emmam4078 7 днів тому

      They are smooth, no matter which direction you are petting them nor how fast (wgmfef) I was one of the people who started that meme lol

  • @MsSonali1980
    @MsSonali1980 6 днів тому +1

    Alternative title: Roasting Greenland sharks for 26 minutes straight. 🦈

  • @kroepkroep
    @kroepkroep 8 днів тому

    Love this docu!! I love how you deepdive into a subject!! Keep it up!

  • @garlandstyle5797
    @garlandstyle5797 9 днів тому +2

    Wow, very interesting. I signed up for a year of Nebula. Thanks for that heads up.

  • @nickcunningham6344
    @nickcunningham6344 6 днів тому +2

    The fact that a parasite evolved just to attack the shark's _one_ weak spot is both hilarious and insane. I love nature.
    Why _don't_ other sharks face this problem? Is it literally just because their skin isn't as rough and they have more weak spots? Or is it because they can move fast enough to "shake" the parasites off?

  • @sapelesteve
    @sapelesteve 9 днів тому

    Really fascinating video about the Greenland Shark. Sending this video off to others to view as well. Great content as usual! 👍👍

  • @michaellancashire3604
    @michaellancashire3604 5 днів тому

    Very well done and interesting video. But I couldn't stop thinking about that parasitic worm every time they showed they showed Stephanie's huge, unblinking blue eyes.

    • @realscience
      @realscience  5 днів тому

      It's usually there but I removed it for filming

  • @Richardj410
    @Richardj410 8 днів тому +1

    Anelasma squalicola
    Did you see this barnacle on the Greenland shark. You got me reading about these sharks. Thanks. I learn a lot from your videos, you do a great job telling the story of these different animals.

  • @t0mn8r35
    @t0mn8r35 4 дні тому

    Fascinating. Thank you! Subscribed.

  • @davidponseigo8811
    @davidponseigo8811 5 днів тому

    I like learning new science facts from a intelligent and very attractive instructor !

  • @artawhirler
    @artawhirler 7 днів тому

    Excellent video as always! Thanks!