HELLEFISKEN
- Greenland halibut stay in the Icefjord their entire lives
- The polar cod has adapted to extremely cold water
- The Greenland shark – the second largest predatory shark in the world
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In the book you can find more information about the Greenland halibut, the polar cod and the Greenland shark.
Learn more about the Greenland halibut.
The Greenland halibut is the most numerous fish in the Icefjord.
Greenland halibut in the Icefjord are slightly fatter than those in the Disko Bay. They eat better food.
The female is a little bigger than the male. It breeds in the Davis Strait where it spawns up to 60,000 eggs.
Greenland halibut can reach a length of 120 cm and a weight of 45-50 kg.
Why are Greenland halibut fatter in the Icefjord?
What other fish live in the Icefjord?
What is fry?
The polar cod has “antifreeze” in its blood – so it is capable of living in very cold water, down to -1.8°C.
The polar cod is of no importance to fishing in Greenland. But it serves as food to many other species of animals.
Is the polar cod a flatfish or a round fish?
Which animals eat polar cod?
What does the polar cod eat?
The Greenland shark can grow up to 5½ m long.
It is the biggest shark in the Arctic and the second largest predatory shark in the world.
It can become more than 250 years old.
The shark is almost blind. In its eyes often lives a 3-4 cm long copepod.
When an animal lives on another animal, it is called a parasite.
Learn more about the Greenland shark.
Which predatory shark is the biggest in the world? Search the Internet for world’s biggest shark or get help from your teacher.
The Greenland shark is almost blind. Why?
What does the Greenland shark eat?
The Greenland halibut is the most numerous fish in the Icefjord.
Greenland halibut in the Icefjord are slightly fatter than those in the Disko Bay. They eat better food.
The female is a little bigger than the male. It breeds in the Davis Strait where it spawns up to 60,000 eggs.
Greenland halibut can reach a length of 120 cm and a weight of 45-50 kg.
Why are Greenland halibut fatter in the Icefjord?
What other fish live in the Icefjord?
What is fry?
The polar cod has “antifreeze” in its blood – so it is capable of living in very cold water, down to -1.8°C.
The polar cod is of no importance to fishing in Greenland. But it serves as food to many other species of animals.
Is the polar cod a flatfish or a round fish?
Which animals eat polar cod?
What does the polar cod eat?
The Greenland shark can grow up to 5½ m long.
It is the biggest shark in the Arctic and the second largest predatory shark in the world.
It can become more than 250 years old.
The shark is almost blind. In its eyes often lives a 3-4 cm long copepod.
When an animal lives on another animal, it is called a parasite.
Learn more about the Greenland shark.
Which predatory shark is the biggest in the world? Search the Internet for world’s biggest shark or get help from your teacher.
The Greenland shark is almost blind. Why?
What does the Greenland shark eat?
