Greenland Sharks Exhibit the Slowest Documented Growth Rate Among Sharks

This predator adds less than a centimeter per year.

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Some reef sharks can grow more in a single month than a Greenland shark grows in a year.

Age-length models estimate Greenland sharks grow at an average rate below one centimeter annually, far slower than other large shark species.

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At that rate, reaching a length of five meters requires centuries of incremental growth, stretching biological development across eras of human history.

Such slow growth fundamentally limits population turnover, meaning ecological disruptions echo across generations measured not in decades but in centuries.

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Marine Ecology Progress Series

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