US EditionA 399-Year-Old Shark Has Been Caught Swimming in the Arctic Ocean and Biologists Cannot Believe It because It Was Born in 1697.
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The Greenland shark again fascinates science with a figure that seems to have been taken from a different era. A study published in 2016 estimated that the largest sample analyzed was about 392 years old, with a margin of error of 120 years, so its birth could be set at the beginning of the 17th century. It’s important to put your feet on the ground. It’s not a “date” shark exactly, but the best scientific estimate available for one of the longe…
In 2012, marine biologist Julius Nielsen embarks on the Danish research vessel RV Dana, heading for the fjord of Ammassalik, off Greenland. He seeks to solve a problem that has obsessed marine biologists for decades: how old is the Greenland shark? The animal can exceed 5 meters, grows from [...] More
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