Sleeper shark

Sleeper shark
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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Squaliformes Family: Dalatiidae Genus: Somniosus Species: pacificus
Binomial name
Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944

The sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a shark living in waters off Antarctica and is one of two creatures (along with the sperm whale) that hunt giant squid and colossal squid for food, as research on the stomach contents of this shark has shown. Scientists are unsure how the 7 meter (23 feet) shark can devour its 12-14 meter (39-56 feet) prey.

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8 January, 2004, BBCNews: New giant squid predator found