Salmon shark
Lamna ditropis
Size, compared with you
You: 1.7 m. Salmon shark: 3.0 m.
Bigger than a car. Grows up to about 3.0 m.
A powerful shark of the cold North Pacific, found off Canada, Alaska and Japan. As its name says, it loves salmon.
The weird bit
Salmon sharks gather in Prince William Sound, Alaska, to feast during the salmon run. They are partly warm-blooded, which keeps them active in icy water.
Quick facts
- Where it lives
- Open ocean, Coast and shallows0 to 650 m down
- What it eats
- Salmon, squid, herring, pollock and sablefish
- How worried are we?
- Doing okay (Least Concern)Assessed in 2018 by the IUCN Red List.