World's oldest vertebrate is a shark that may live to 500

August 12, 2016
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New Scientist
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World's oldest vertebrate is a shark that may live to 500

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A Greenland shark has lived at least 272 years, making the species the longest-lived vertebrate in the world – smashing the previous record held by a 211-year-old bowhead whale. But it may have been as old as 500 years....

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