Greenland sharks have broken the record for longevity

2020-11-06T11:28:05+00:00January 2nd, 2017|Big Blue Zoo|

The Greenland shark has become the oldest known backboned animal researchers say, “weighing in” at around 400 years old. Scientists used radiocarbon dating to discover the age of 28 of the animals, and estimated that one female was about 400 years old The team found that the sharks grow at just 1cm a year, and [...]