Polar Predator: Pacific Sleeper Sharks Feed in Subzero Arctic Waters

A massive shark hunts where seawater hovers at freezing point.

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Arctic marine environments can experience months of darkness during polar winter.

Pacific sleeper sharks inhabit Arctic waters that approach 0 degrees Celsius, temperatures that slow most marine metabolisms and challenge survival for large vertebrates.

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Maintaining bodily function at these temperatures requires biochemical adaptations that allow tissues to operate despite near-freezing conditions and prolonged darkness.

By thriving under ice and in deep polar basins, the species extends the range of giant sharks into ecosystems once assumed too cold to support such large predators.

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