Rare Encounter with Greenland Shark - Adam Ravetch

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  • Опубліковано 10 кві 2012
  • Arctic underwater cinematographer Adam Ravetch discusses the unusual and seldom filmed Greenland Shark, seen during the shoot of the IMAX 3D film, TO THE ARCTIC - presented by oneworldoneocean.org/movement
    For more information on Arctic wildlife, see the new IMAX® film "To The Arctic 3D" opening in select IMAX Theatres starting April 20, 2012. "To The Arctic 3D" is a MacGillivray Freeman Film from Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX Corporation. Presented by One World One Ocean Foundation.

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  • @patricorno
    @patricorno 8 років тому +1250

    "if only they could speak, what knowledge they would have" yeah swimming around blind at the bottom of the sea, what great stories they could tell us

    • @evollefox666
      @evollefox666 8 років тому +46

      That's all I could think too when watching it haha.

    • @hacker2ish
      @hacker2ish 8 років тому +10

      exactly my thoughts

    • @iris4736
      @iris4736 7 років тому +23

      That's what I thought. I really wanna know what some animals think. These sharks must have ''seen'' a lot.. I know they can't really see but.. you know what I mean :P

    • @thebabbler8867
      @thebabbler8867 6 років тому +20

      Ahh, let's see: the smell of your rotting flesh at the bottom of the ocean.

    • @ReezyVuitton
      @ReezyVuitton 6 років тому +1

      LOL

  • @michaelmorgan150
    @michaelmorgan150 11 років тому +196

    "It doesn't need to see"
    *shark bumps into camera*

  • @murderyoutubeworkersandceos
    @murderyoutubeworkersandceos 6 років тому +229

    JUST IMAGINE WHAT A 200 YEAR OLD DEEP SEA SHARK COULD TELL US IF IT COULD SPEAK!
    "I cant see anything. Theres this itch i have on my face. I had it for 78 years. Things r calm here. Nothing rly going on 2,5km below sea level, but i feel immense pressure"
    curb your hopes

    • @MlokLik
      @MlokLik 5 років тому +3

      One of those could have somehow met with vikings. What if there is a 1000 years old one out there?
      Anyways, i wish i could live that long.

    • @murderyoutubeworkersandceos
      @murderyoutubeworkersandceos 5 років тому +8

      hed probably tell u what i wrote in my original comment
      "i bumped into something hard. I heard some noise going on on it. Anyway, i was blind for half a millenium now. Im cold."

    • @murderyoutubeworkersandceos
      @murderyoutubeworkersandceos 4 роки тому +1

      @@spuilloh2637 My humor transcends time

  • @weii_out9346
    @weii_out9346 6 років тому +212

    Okay but when it booped the camera :')

  • @annaglenn3490
    @annaglenn3490 9 років тому +149

    There is not enough time in the day to watch all the documentary videos I want.

    • @alifaras693
      @alifaras693 8 років тому +2

      +Anna Glenn lol mania phase got initiated ha ...

  • @birdsforsale9603
    @birdsforsale9603 8 років тому +271

    It looks like a cute old man.

    • @Goodsir420
      @Goodsir420 7 років тому +25

      +Anon Kapo Sounds like you already did

    • @taiga6540
      @taiga6540 6 років тому

      Anon Kapo yes

    • @yessir2956
      @yessir2956 4 роки тому

      Yeah like in those horror movies where it’s some cute old lady that kills a bunch of people

    • @possibly8180
      @possibly8180 3 роки тому +2

      Actually not an inaccurate description of what it is

  • @TheClawAlchemist
    @TheClawAlchemist 10 років тому +123

    One of these sharks has been cut open, inside of its stomach was some horse, some elk, and an entire polar bear. A polar bear! These are not harmless creatures. . . but they are beautiful.

    • @RoonVonBismarck
      @RoonVonBismarck 6 років тому +7

      How the hell could they do that?!? they're blind.....

    • @stancexpunks
      @stancexpunks 6 років тому +43

      SamGook 삼국 some theorize that they feasted on dead animal carcasses

    • @stopyouneedhelp6115
      @stopyouneedhelp6115 5 років тому +6

      stancexpunks actually they are hunters surprisingly

    • @Voldycssm19
      @Voldycssm19 4 роки тому +2

      They probably rely on stealth

    • @grimble4564
      @grimble4564 3 роки тому +5

      @@RoonVonBismarck A lot of animals are blind but still able to hunt. Smell and hearing are just useful as sight when the species is specialized enough.

  • @TheWimmse
    @TheWimmse 10 років тому +369

    if they could talk they would only talk about darkness...200 years of darkness ;(

    • @buck1936
      @buck1936 9 років тому +2

      More aeons not years

    • @coffeepot3123
      @coffeepot3123 9 років тому +7

      These sharks are probably supporters of the Nazi party as well. .. Just for good measure. lol

    • @AceofDlamonds
      @AceofDlamonds 7 років тому +4

      Coffee Jack
      They supported the Marxists before it was cool.

    • @canislupusdankovich1356
      @canislupusdankovich1356 6 років тому +5

      Fuckin metal

    • @flednanders7556
      @flednanders7556 6 років тому +12

      200 Years of darkness: Memoirs of a Greenland Shark
      That sounds like a haunting read.

  • @hacker2ish
    @hacker2ish 8 років тому +163

    What would they say, how much they would know!
    *asks shark*
    "Uh, yeah dude, there's water and shit, and it's blue, and there are like some fish that I see once in a while."

    • @Felix-yk4ln
      @Felix-yk4ln 6 років тому +1

      Nothing 😂Lmao

    • @stancexpunks
      @stancexpunks 6 років тому +3

      Over 200 years they can say how much the environment has changed and the humans they encounter. Maybe even what type of other underwater species they encounter

    • @poobusgaming6730
      @poobusgaming6730 6 років тому +1

      Weirdest part is, there are parasites on it's eyes. It can't see shit.

  • @flamesRules
    @flamesRules 11 років тому +14

    "Imagine if they could talk, what knowlegde they would have"
    Greenland shark, "Blub, blub, blub bloop, hungry".

  • @joeriddington6774
    @joeriddington6774 10 років тому +72

    It moves so slow it would rarely need to feed, i guess its more of a scavenger shark than a hunter

    • @LiimpanH
      @LiimpanH 9 років тому +22

      It ambushes seals while they sleep

    • @sethbudrik8906
      @sethbudrik8906 6 років тому +7

      I mean, they'll eat most anything. They've been known to eat literal garbage.

    • @taiga6540
      @taiga6540 6 років тому +1

      Ligren Hassnus same

  • @alfarisyahmad8587
    @alfarisyahmad8587 6 років тому +16

    "if only they could speak, what knowledge they would have"
    yeah, they may actually tell us about Titanic unlucky passenger from their perspective. Who knows.

  • @fiendi2n38r82
    @fiendi2n38r82 4 роки тому +8

    I like the enjoyment of this dude while he talks. The is really passionate about his job and this creatures

  • @sunnydays5031
    @sunnydays5031 8 років тому +35

    1:04 it hit it's head on the camera lol

  • @agungpurnomo8
    @agungpurnomo8 6 років тому +61

    Its not the shark that i am afraid of , its swiming in freezing water of the artic under a vast sheet of ice that creeps me.

    • @Angel-je3bh
      @Angel-je3bh 6 років тому +5

      agung purnomo and the darkness of the ocean.

  • @BrotherSantodes
    @BrotherSantodes 11 років тому +8

    "Imagine if they could talk, what knowledge they would have." I'm sure it goes something like "It's dark, and cold"

  • @davidmoore1477
    @davidmoore1477 2 роки тому +4

    When I lived in Iceland, many years ago, I caught one .
    I cut it open and inside was a British Mk VIII torpedo!
    I was blown away!

  • @imcintyre01
    @imcintyre01 6 років тому +14

    A shark that attacks like an alligator 😂

  • @jennifermclaughlin4922
    @jennifermclaughlin4922 11 років тому +7

    Awesome footage! Glad they didn't kill it like the last Greenland shark expedition I saw.

  • @stancexpunks
    @stancexpunks 6 років тому +5

    Greenland sharks are one of my favorite animals and my favorite shark. They’re so cute and fascinating. They look like rocks and they always have this long string (parasite) coming out of their eyes. And they look toothless

  • @micheleellis4074
    @micheleellis4074 6 років тому +5

    It's adorable! I love this breed.

  • @harryinmotion
    @harryinmotion 4 роки тому +2

    "if only they could speak, what knowledge they would have" Quote from Ted: There's some fucked up fish out there

  • @OswaldCampbell
    @OswaldCampbell 4 роки тому +3

    I swear I saw one of these back in 96... the thing on its eye and all that.. id like to see how far south and how shallow they have been spotted elsewhere

  • @tummywubs5071
    @tummywubs5071 9 років тому +2

    man.... these things if could talk, imagine the amazing stories we would get..

  • @hion71
    @hion71 4 роки тому +4

    1:05 Oof

  • @HoneyDubey23
    @HoneyDubey23 8 років тому +4

    Life & the universe is so amazing

  • @GeorgiaIsOnMyMind
    @GeorgiaIsOnMyMind 11 років тому +1

    Beautiful footage.

  • @Guldangut252
    @Guldangut252 5 років тому +2

    I remember that story my grandfather told me that his friend when he was little when they went for fishing. His friend got eaten by "Eqalussuaq" it means the great shark in Greenland. And he was eaten near ilulissat And a fisherman found a boy in the sharks stomach and that man was in narsarsuaq(google map it) and it took only 23 hours. From ilulissat to narsarsuaq🤯

  • @landoswingxd4197
    @landoswingxd4197 9 років тому +2

    Thanks! This really helped my gt project!

  • @JoelDjuel
    @JoelDjuel 12 років тому +8

    "Parasites : making life more difficult since always."

  • @Verisetti
    @Verisetti 7 років тому +2

    I wondered why you didn't get the iceworm off the one good eye he had left. Thanks for the video.

  • @em0_tion
    @em0_tion 5 років тому +3

    Can't wait for new video footage on this species, hope you remember your "awww it looks so cute!" comments THEN :)

  • @drepop803
    @drepop803 10 років тому +2

    such a wonderful animal. sleepers and greenlands are so magnificent. deep diver sharks that grow to massive sizes but seem very docile.

  • @rodzor
    @rodzor 10 років тому +2

    Beautiful fish

  • @curiousaustriantours6962
    @curiousaustriantours6962 2 роки тому

    Gosh, INCREDIBLE!

  • @rankinfile2833
    @rankinfile2833 6 років тому +1

    I can't think of a worse parasite than one that latches onto your eyeball and blinds you permanently.

  • @milldecksaretoxic217
    @milldecksaretoxic217 9 років тому +2

    Beautiful

  • @Mauser_.
    @Mauser_. 8 років тому +2

    Great great video!!!!!!!

  • @ViceAdmiralMando
    @ViceAdmiralMando 3 роки тому +2

    The beautiful animal.
    The shark of the abyss.

  • @hlcrivera
    @hlcrivera 2 роки тому

    Sharks are so cool and bonnethead sharks are so cute!🥰

  • @bobbifreedman2435
    @bobbifreedman2435 2 роки тому

    Glorious.

  • @Creech786
    @Creech786 7 років тому +2

    Powerful Greenland Shark!!!

  • @sobosswagner
    @sobosswagner 6 років тому +1

    Imagine how cold that water is

  • @Legion004
    @Legion004 9 років тому +8

    Majestic

  • @theresaramsay818
    @theresaramsay818 3 роки тому +10

    They're scavengers. It could have been a dead seal. And actually they live longer than 200 years, the oldest greenland shark was 512 years old and they found ivory lodged into its side from back in the days when they use to hunt whales and other creatures (Probably 200 years ago)
    Amazing creatures definitely.

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 Рік тому

      They're ambush predators, not scavengers.

  • @DeathTronMinecraft
    @DeathTronMinecraft 6 років тому +1

    Cute shark

  • @robbryant52
    @robbryant52 6 років тому

    fantastic

  • @branovices
    @branovices 8 років тому

    They aren't fished for much anymore, but before synthetic machine oil they were fished for the oil in their livers on a massive scale.

  • @seanmimder1830
    @seanmimder1830 Рік тому

    Took a shark quiz turns out I'm a greenland shark

  • @RedstoneLessonsAndYa
    @RedstoneLessonsAndYa 9 років тому +5

    Holy shit if my eye had that parasite what tr ffff

  • @edmirarifi8119
    @edmirarifi8119 9 років тому +15

    People actully thinks that this kind of shark is an good candidate for beeng the real lochness monster. I found this really intresting, just because we onley knew about this species in a decade or so, and these guys can grow big!! And they can live in sweetwater as well.

    • @zakosist
      @zakosist 8 років тому +1

      +Edmir Arifi Maybe, but then again the loch ness monster is pretty much always portrayed as looking like a plesiosaur rather than a shark

    • @russellandres2777
      @russellandres2777 8 років тому +2

      sweetwater? wut

    • @fate3071
      @fate3071 5 років тому

      I believe these guys have been getting munched on since Vikings were around

  • @Xsuprio
    @Xsuprio 10 років тому +5

    Why conclude these sharks actively hunt seals? Couldn't they scavenge from the bottom. And if seal carcasses float... this shark seems to be swimming pretty near the surface.

    • @oliverwilson11
      @oliverwilson11 6 років тому +1

      Xsuprio they found recently killed seals that had been attacked by Greenland sharks and also seal populations where the pattern and rate of seals dying was characteristic of predation in areas too cold for other sharks

    • @bensutcliffe1975
      @bensutcliffe1975 6 років тому

      They are probably capable of bursts of speed. That or they sniff out seal holes and ambush them.

  • @ss-nc2dy
    @ss-nc2dy 4 роки тому +1

    It's kinda looks cute for a shark.

  • @5mnz7fg
    @5mnz7fg 5 років тому +3

    Fermented meat from greenland sharks is an Icelandic delicacy.

  • @thesecretroman
    @thesecretroman 6 років тому +17

    Erm aren't they known to live up to 400? and possibly more

    • @morningcoffeecat2271
      @morningcoffeecat2271 6 років тому +3

      I think the eldest was close to 600yrs, its crazy 0_0

    • @TrilobiteTerror
      @TrilobiteTerror 3 роки тому +1

      Yes. After this video was posted, one Greenland shark in a study was found to be as old as 512 (392 +/- 120 years) by using radiocarbon dating of its inner eye lens. That was the largest of the 28 Greenland sharks in the study (which had accidentally died during a Greenland Institute for Natural Resources commercial fish-monitoring program.) at 16.5 feet in length. It should be noted that Greenland sharks have been recorded to reach lengths of 24 feet! Who knows how old they can get.

  • @sadist1K_K1ng
    @sadist1K_K1ng 8 років тому +12

    So their teeth are like razors and the shark shake its prey and the teeth will eventually cut through.
    Fascinating

  • @ryarod
    @ryarod 11 років тому

    You took a troll comment and made a reply relevant to the video. For that, my good friend, you win the interweb.

  • @sandraperez2117
    @sandraperez2117 8 років тому

    Great!

  • @GrigorisDeoudis
    @GrigorisDeoudis 6 років тому

    at least 400 hundred years (not 200 hundred) is the lifespan of this unique creature.

  • @Mickeyray85
    @Mickeyray85 6 років тому +1

    "It has an extra Gill slit than the modern day Sharks.....". I may be missing something here but it appears to have five sets of Gills like most Sharks, although six gilled sharks (as a separate species) do exist. Have I misread what's been said here?

  • @ChrundleTGreat
    @ChrundleTGreat Рік тому

    A Greenland shark that’s swimming around today could’ve witnessed the Titanic and the Civil War.

  • @desmeisme
    @desmeisme 5 років тому

    That was so sad when It bumped into the camera

  • @kevlarmckevlar1565
    @kevlarmckevlar1565 9 років тому +4

    Are these sharks docile? I am truly amazed!

    • @stopyouneedhelp6115
      @stopyouneedhelp6115 5 років тому +5

      No, they actively hunt anything in the water. People seem to be off the menu but large ones have shown predatory and even agressive tendencies.

  • @mickeyandres2651
    @mickeyandres2651 11 місяців тому

    Has big eyes I didn’t expect haha

  • @AlexanderWilliamsDesigns
    @AlexanderWilliamsDesigns 11 років тому +2

    "Not many people know about it"
    *25,000 views.*

  • @EdgeHead927
    @EdgeHead927 11 років тому

    Cool

  • @stephencook7337
    @stephencook7337 6 років тому +3

    I’m sure that seals probably drown looking for air holes and when they sink to the bottom of the ocean the sharks have their way with them, so to speak....

    • @stopyouneedhelp6115
      @stopyouneedhelp6115 5 років тому +1

      Stephen Cook no they actually hunt seals actively, there is a documentary on it called the corkscrew killer.

  • @williingulfditlefsen669
    @williingulfditlefsen669 5 років тому

    One World One Ocean. There was a survei some years back on the Greenland shark (Norwegian Håkjerring) first of all, they were supriced of the excisting numbers. The also found that they mainly feed on "steinkobbe"(I don't know the English name) which actually sleeps under water. The Greenland shark is very slow, so they figured they took the seals while they were sleeping. They have found out that it gets VERY old,up to 500 years, and there has been seen sizes up to 7 meters. Some time ago, a Greenland shark measuring more than 4 meters was caught by fishing rod in one of our fjords. This catch is one of the biggest ever made by a fishing rod. A lot of people thinks that Norwegian waters are free of sharks. Actually at least 7 species are resident all along our coastline. The most common ones are, in Norwegian, Pigghå, Håbrand, Håkjerring and Brudge (Basking shark).

  • @leovaeg
    @leovaeg 4 роки тому

    At the end of the video, why is the Diver shaking/wiggling his little device/reader thing?

  • @thewhitelotusxdeviantart5246
    @thewhitelotusxdeviantart5246 6 років тому

    "What knowledge they would have" Greenland shark: "Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Spongebob squarepants. Absorbent and yellow and porous is he. SpOnGeBob sQuArEpaNTs"

  • @geerenmo
    @geerenmo Рік тому

    One was found that was around 400 years old, so they can get older than 200 years.

  • @YoavMilikow
    @YoavMilikow 5 років тому +6

    anyone still watching in 2019?

  • @TheMrJackAttack12
    @TheMrJackAttack12 11 років тому

    He's a Rock/water pokemon!

  • @Rotionpotion
    @Rotionpotion 11 років тому

    "This renders the eyes blind, however the shark just don't give a fuck."

  • @philspaghet
    @philspaghet 6 років тому

    Alternate title: Ancient Sea Doggo Comes Up to Meet 2 Legged Boi in Black Spandex and Shit

  • @koxukoshu
    @koxukoshu 4 роки тому

    imagine being this old wow like a 200 year old man just hanging about

  • @chriswinowich5625
    @chriswinowich5625 6 років тому +6

    Who else wanted it to turn around and latch on to the divers face, then for it's secondary jaw to come out and rip his head off?

    • @livelybubbs6242
      @livelybubbs6242 6 років тому +2

      Why?

    • @vaqaarazad4872
      @vaqaarazad4872 6 років тому +3

      Bro r u alright

    • @em0_tion
      @em0_tion 5 років тому +2

      after listening to this stupid cameraman's comments about how safe he feels around such predator, you kinda have a curious point :}

  • @downdeep35
    @downdeep35 10 років тому +1

    Great informative video------thanks for posting and keeping us ocean lovers updated with marine life. Kathy kirkscubagear

  • @nickstevens8596
    @nickstevens8596 5 років тому +2

    That eye worm thing sounds awful.

  • @yougofirstillgothen2130
    @yougofirstillgothen2130 6 років тому

    I wish I lived 500 years. Underwater.

  • @xXGoldeNzXx
    @xXGoldeNzXx 12 років тому

    everyone should pay more attention to greenland it is important not just some piece of ice its neighbour canada needs to support it , greenlands population is 45,000 and part of north america , long live greenland from a englishman

  • @videokolya
    @videokolya 8 років тому

    1:04 It hit the camera like it doesn't see anything...

  • @JJ-qp3yf
    @JJ-qp3yf 4 роки тому

    I was talking to my mom and she said she just wants to rip the parasite off 😂 I wonder what would happen tho

  • @damaybe4653
    @damaybe4653 2 роки тому +1

    They dont live 200 years they live around 400 YEARS! SOME OVER 500

  • @busybillyb33
    @busybillyb33 6 років тому

    The guy looks like an older Michael Phelps.

  • @Thekelp
    @Thekelp 11 років тому +1

    1:18
    i finally found a mistake on one of these video
    he says "experience"
    not opinion
    I win the internet today

  • @watchensee
    @watchensee 11 років тому

    Wonder what this shark was doing near the ocean surface?

  • @Vinsanity_93
    @Vinsanity_93 5 років тому

    Hello darkness my old friend

  • @armandogarza3423
    @armandogarza3423 Рік тому

    The shark of the abyss

  • @ChesterGash
    @ChesterGash 11 років тому

    Just waiting for a mate

  • @mrsgaap1
    @mrsgaap1 10 років тому +5

    its sow cute

  • @madenna100
    @madenna100 10 років тому

    Older and stronger than a Relicanth! With better stats, too!
    Or is Relicanth based on the Greenland shark?.....

  • @squito94
    @squito94 9 років тому

    I thought it was a copepod that fed on the sharks eye and not a worm?

  • @myhir8028
    @myhir8028 3 роки тому

    1:28 lol there’s a worm 🐛 boi swimmin around

  • @DrakoDragonis
    @DrakoDragonis 10 років тому

    Also known as a sleeper shark.

  • @iamsoldtojuandelacruz3137
    @iamsoldtojuandelacruz3137 7 років тому

    A relative of Pacific Sleeper Shark.

  • @down2rock
    @down2rock 4 роки тому

    “Nobody knows about it. Largest population of sharks because no commercial fisheries near it.” Until now. A billionaires want a 50,000 dollar bowl of 292 year old shark?

  • @hayliedlr
    @hayliedlr 5 років тому

    It's the Artic Corkscrew killer

  • @mamanyabriquel
    @mamanyabriquel 3 роки тому

    I don't know there is a shark like that

  • @chazsteiner1372
    @chazsteiner1372 7 років тому

    what if, instead of just blinding the shark, the copipod is freeing the sharks other senses by blinding it.