Blind arctic shark that can grow up to 25 feet long discovered in Caribbean waters as fishermen baffled by ‘unusual’ creature

A half-blind arctic shark has been discovered in the Caribbean, leaving fishermen bewildered by the “unusual” creature.

This shark normally lives in Arctic waters but is found thousands of miles away – off the coast of Belize.

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A doctoral candidate at Florida International University’s Carnivore Ecology and Conservation laboratory made the discovery while working with local fishermen in Belize.

Devanshi Kasana told FOX Weather the shark appeared at the end of one of the fishing lines.

The old-looking creature appeared sluggish, ruling out the possibility that it was a tiger shark.

“At first, I was sure it was something else, like a famous six-gill shark from the deep sea beyond the reefs,” says Kasana.

“I knew it was something out of the ordinary, and so did the fishermen, who had never seen anything like it in all their years of joint fishing.”

Kasana shared the discovery with her mentor, who is director of Shark & ​​Rays Conservation Research at the Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in Florida.

They determined that it was most likely a Greenland shark.

But the possibility remains that because of its size, the creature could also be a hybrid Greenland shark and a Pacific sleeping shark.

Not much is known about Greenland sharks, FOX Weather reports.

This species has been known to live up to 400 years.

Therefore, the slow-moving semi-blind shark is also a slow-growing species.

While it remains unclear how or why the shark was injured in Belize, Kasana offered an explanation.

She told FOX Weather that while the species is commonly found in the frigid waters of the Arctic, it’s possible that the deep waters where the shark was found may have been cold enough for it to survive.