The Narwhal-Greenland Shark-Polar Bear Need To Be Protected by Lars Ole Mortensen

Scientific Studies Concluded: Denmark Can Claim To Have The Oldest Living Sharks In Our Greenlandic Waters
by
 Lars Ole Mortensen

     Denmark has controlled Greenland since 1380 when the Kingdom of Norway came under the Danish Royal Crown. 
We will always hold on to our lands and waters in Greenland. We do have this history. Look to the year 1513 which is the year of the birth of living Greenland Sharks. This was the year of the reign of King Christian II being crowned the King of Denmark and Norway. It was also a significant year for the end of the Kalmar Union which was a political union in Scandinavia at that time.  
     Danish researchers, including myself are in a study to find out how the Greenland Shark can live to 512 years.
A proven fact, now Denmark can make a claim in our waters we have the oldest creature, an incredible but confirmed study of the Greenland Shark. Scientists still do not know the answer to the longevity question: How can they live this long? One reason for the study is to find ways to replicate the ability for humans to live longer.  Some sharks, which include the Greenland Shark move about their lives very slowly to conserve energy. We concluded the result of study: likely due to its life in cold arctic waters, its low metabolism and its life in slow motion. 
     The only natural predator of the Greenland Shark, its neighbor the Polar Bear. Now known as a marine mammal, due to the fact the polar bear spends most of its life hunting on ice and in and around water, preys upon seals, beluga whales, narwhals and the Greenland Shark. There have been cases after autopsy studies where remains of the shark have been discovered in its stomach. In turn, the bear have been hunted by the shark as well.
     Both bear and shark need to be protected from illegal hunters since the populations are rapidly disappearing. No need for humans to hunt and kill the Greenland Shark for food, fore the meat is highly toxic to humans. It is hard to know exactly how many sharks are in Greenlandic waters, but biologists believe there are an estimate of around 90,000 still living. Each year 10,000 are hunted and killed for food and research. Knowing this behavior, in under a decade there will be no more Greenland Sharks. The Polar Bears as well are disappearing, only 20,000 left in a few arctic locations, which includes 2,500 living in Northern Greenland. They both need to be protected from illegal hunting.

In conclusion, our Greenlandic Sharks can now be added to the list of fauna which have a much higher longevity than any other creature on this planet.