It was found right at the bottom of the volcano. ... home to a large number of small deep-sea sharks, and Lo'ihi, an active volcano. Sleeper sharks in Alaska reach 20 feet and weigh up to 4 tons, feeding on flounder, pollock and cephalopods and marine mammals. Vid A bunch of volcanologists working near the Solomon Islands has turned up a find that left them “freaking out”: a seldom-seen variety of Pacific sleeper shark just about living in a volcano. However, unlike its close cousins, it does not grow over 23 feet (7 meters). The Pacific Sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a Sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found in the North Pacific on continental shelves and slopes in Arctic and temperate waters between latitudes 70°N and 22°N, from the surface to 6,600 feet deep. “We were freaking out,” said University of Rhode Island Ph.D student Brennan Phillips to National Geographic. Pacific sleeper sharks have a short caudal fin, which allows them to store energy for fast and violent bursts of energy to catch prey. The largest Pacific sleeper shark ever confirmed was 14-ft. long and weighed 1,958 lbs. Sleeper sharks, though rarely observed, are native to the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, as well as Antarctica and Tasmania. As hot vents shot out volcanic gases around them, the team released bait in the water and the 7-foot shark appeared in front of the submarine. The Pacific sleeper shark can grow up to seven meters long (23 feet). Steam rises from the Kavachi seamount during a 2000 eruption. The Cook seamount is a 13,000-foot extinct volcano at the bottom of the sea whose summit is 3,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific. Pacific sleeper sharks can grow up to 7 meters (23 feet) long. It was later identified as a large Pacific sleeper shark and this discovery really startled the explorers. Pacific sleeper sharks can grow up to 7 meters (23 feet) long.
At maturity, they typically weigh around 340 kilograms or 750 pounds and are … Lo’Ihi has been extensively surveyed by manned submersibles over the past 30 years.
In 2015 a pacific sleeper shark was filmed near the Solomon islands underneath an active volcano. The past few times Kerby was there, he saw a large Pacific sleeper shark lurking about the volcano… A video, captured by a specially-developed deep-sea camera, shows the rarely spotted Pacific sleeper shark living right inside an active volcano. Two other seamounts were studied over three days of expeditions: McCall, home to a large number of small deep-sea sharks, and Lo’ihi, an active volcano. What first appeared to be an unidentifiable large brown blob was later revealed to be a Pacific sleeper shark. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones) Researchers film rare Pacific sleeper shark in active underwater volcano near the Solomon Islands. Brennan Phillips, a PhD student at the University of Rhode Island and National Geographic Explorer and his team surveyed the underwater volcano Kavachi earlier this year using high-definition cameras and were surprised to find footage of the elusive sleeper shark species. The Pacific Sleeper Shark, also called the Somniosus pacificus in the scientific community, belongs to the belongs to the Somniosidae shark family. 'We were freaking out,' Brennan told National Geographic about his discovery. Sleeper sharks are slow-moving, bottom-dwelling shark species and are usually found in the Northern Pacific and Northern Atlantic oceans and in the waters around Antarctica and Tasmania.