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S05E16 Greenland Sharks with Greg Skomal

MonsterTalk

Monster House LLC

Natural Sciences, Society & Culture, Science

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

We are joined by author and researcher Greg Skomal to talk about the mysterious and long-lived Greenland Shark. 

Books by Greg:
Chasing Shadows: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Great White Shark - Greg's book about Great Whites 

The Shark Handbook 3rd Edition: The Essential Guide for Understanding the Sharks of the World by Greg Skomal

The Great White Shark Handbook

Additional online reading:

Greenland Shark

Cookie Cutter Shark 

Ommatokoita - the eye parasite endemic to Greenland Sharks

New paper on the visual system of Greenland Sharks (Jan 2026) suggests the parasites don't make the sharks blind, despite longstanding belief that they must. 

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0:58.0

It's actually quite unlike anything we've ever seen before. It's actually quite unlike anything we've ever seen before.

1:04.0

A giant hairy creature, part 8, part mad. In Larkness, a 24-mile long bottomless lake in the highlands of Scotland.

1:09.0

It's a creature known as the Loch Ness Monster. Monster Talk.

1:36.3

Welcome to Monster Talk, the science show about monsters.

1:39.7

I'm Blake Smith.

1:41.2

And I'm Karen Stolznor.

1:43.3

People are always asking me the same question.

1:46.2

You identify as a skeptic of monsters, but are there any monsters you think might be real?

1:50.9

And I'm always really iffy about terrestrial monsters.

1:54.4

But the ocean, it's full of monsters.

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