Scientists thought sharks couldn't live in the freezing cold of Antarctica, but check this out

Well, we just discovered one more place we have to worry about sharks!

If you ever find yourself deep underneath the ocean ice of Antarctica, on top of all your other problems, you can now add this one:

Scientists told us that it's just too cold for sharks in the cold polar south.

They were wrong.

From the AP:

Many experts had thought sharks didn't exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica before this sleeper shark lumbered warily and briefly into the spotlight of a video camera, researcher Alan Jamieson said this week. The shark, filmed in January 2025, was a substantial specimen with an estimated length of between 3 and 4 meters (10 and 13 feet).

'We went down there not expecting to see sharks because there's a general rule of thumb that you don't get sharks in Antarctica,' Jamieson said.

'And it's not even a little one either. It's a hunk of a shark. These things are tanks,' he added.

I appreciate the very scientific explanation of the size of this beast. "These things are tanks" is a technical phrase meaning that you're looking at an absolute unit.

Cold-water sharks are some of the longest-living organisms on the planet; some Greenland sharks on the opposite side of the planet are 400 years old.

Just chilling in the chilliest parts of the planet: Unbothered, moisturized, in his lane.