Scientists Discover Ancient Shark Thought To Be Several Centuries Old

For humans, it’s a huge and rare milestone to make it to 100 years old. It’s tough to even imagine what being alive for a whole century would be like.

However, one shark caught off the coast of Greenland makes centenarians look like babies. In fact, scientists estimated the shark could be up to 512-years-old.

If you’re thinking that they must be talking about a fossil, think again. This living, water breathing Greenland shark might have been born as early as 1505. For reference, that’s when King Henry VIII began his complicated divorce proceedings with Catherine of Aragon.

Any creature born that long ago is sure to have seen its fair share of things. Interestingly enough, this specimen is likely blind, and has been for a long time.

This is thanks to their dark, deep-sea dwelling, and the fact that parasites often grow on their small eyes and impair their vision, according to Shark Sider.

[H/T: The Sun]

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