Shark Found In The Wild Believed To Be 512 Years Old

Imagine a creature swimming beneath the Arctic ice while Shakespeare was still writing his plays. That is the eye-opening claim at the center of this video, which follows a Greenland shark that scientists believe may be up to 512 years old. According to the video, researchers studied a group of these sharks and used their size to estimate how long they had been alive. The clip also raises a bigger question: could a creature this ancient hold clues about how human activity has changed the oceans over the centuries? Press play to see how the scientists reached their estimate and why this slow-moving giant is drawing so much attention.

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