🤯 Did You Know (click to read)
The majority of goblin shark encounters occur when deep-sea fishing operations accidentally bring them to the surface.
Goblin sharks inhabit continental slopes and submarine canyons at depths commonly ranging from 200 to over 1,300 meters, far below the reach of sunlight. In these bathyal zones, temperatures hover near freezing and pressure exceeds 130 times that at sea level.
💥 Impact (click to read)
At 1,300 meters, the water pressure would collapse human lungs instantly and crush most surface-built equipment. Yet goblin sharks patrol this zone with soft, flabby musculature adapted for low-energy cruising in near-total darkness.
Their existence at such depths challenges the intuitive assumption that large predatory sharks dominate only sunlit waters. Instead, apex-style feeding strategies extend into lightless ecosystems that cover the majority of Earth's habitable volume.
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