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Sleeper shark recorded in Antarctica’s near-freezing deep waters

Video. Sleeper shark filmed for first time in Antarctica’s near-freezing deep waters

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A sleeper shark measuring up to four meters was filmed at a depth of nearly 500 meters in the Antarctic Ocean, marking the first recorded sighting of a shark so far south. Researchers say the species may have long gone undetected in the region’s cold, remote waters.

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