Friday 12 August 2016

400-Year-Old Greenland Shark Is Oldest Vertebrate Animal

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She was born during the reign of James I, was a youngster when René Descartes set out his rules of thought, saw out her adolescent years as George II ascended the throne, reached adulthood around the time that the American revolution kicked off, and lived through two world wars.

Living to an estimated age of nearly 400 years, a female Greenland shark has set a new record for longevity, scientists have revealed. With a reported growth rate of less than one centimetre a year, they were already thought to be long-lived creatures, but just how long they lived for was something of a mystery.

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