Scientists have discovered a shark in the icy waters of Antarctica for the first time

Scientists discovered a shark at a depth of 490 m in water with a temperature just above 1 degree Celsius near Antarctica, where, as previously thought, this fish species is not able to live. This was reported on February 18 by the Associated Press (AP).

"The shark was at a depth of about 500 m on the seabed, which smoothly turned into much deeper waters. According to [Alan] Jamieson, a professor at the University of Western Australia, the shark maintained this depth because it was the warmest layer of several layers located on top of each other at surface level," the material says.

According to the researchers, the shark population in the Southern Ocean was probably small and difficult to detect by humans.

In December last year, fishermen in India pulled a nine-meter whale shark weighing about 5 tons onto the shore, it took almost 100 people to do this. It was the first time such a large specimen was caught in these places. This aroused interest among tourists and locals, who began to flock to the beach en masse to take pictures against the background of this unique specimen.

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