512 Year Old Greenland Shark - Oldest Living Shark

Researchers have found an ancient shark in the North Atlantic, believed to be 512 years old, which could be the oldest living vertebrate in the world.

This particular shark, was measured at 18 feet in length and weighed over a tonne.

By measuring the size of the shark, researchers suggest the animal could have been born as early as 1505, making it even older than Shakespeare.

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SOME HISTORICAL EVENTS OVER THE LAST 512 YEARS
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• 1508 | European settlers arrive on American mainland, at the Isthmus of Panama

• 1517 | Protestant Reformation begins when monk Martin Luther begins protests against Catholic Church

• 1519-1521 | Conquest of Aztec empire by Spain

• 1534 | England Breaks With Church in Rome

• 1572 | Supernova observed by Tycho Brahe

• c1578 | Population of China reaches 60 million

• 1582 | Russia, a small Slavic state centered on Moscow, begins its expansion beyond the Ural Mountains, swallowing up dozens of non-Slavic peoples

• 1588 | British Empire arises. Battle of the English Channel. Spanish Armada defeated. Seat of Empire moved from Madrid to London

• c1592 | Compound microscope developed by Zacherias Jansson of Denmark which lead to study of microorganisms

• c1594 | Principles of Algebra developed by mathematician Francios Viete of France

• c1600 | Tobacco and coffee consumption skyrockets in Europe.
1604 | Supernova recorded by Johannes Kepler, the last such event observed in our galaxy.

• 1608 | Lippershey invents telescope; Galileo Galilei makes astronomical observations.

• 1609 | Johannes Kepler shows that a planet moves round the Sun in an elliptical orbit which has the Sun in one of its two foci.

• 1611 | Authorized King James Version of the Bible produced under reign of King James of England

• 1630 | The first Slide Rule calculators are developed independently by William Aughtred and Edmund Wingate,

• c1635 | Pope Clement VIII approves the drinking of coffee, previously considered a heathen's drink

• 1652 | European settlers arrive at Cape of Good Hope, south Africa

• 1653 | Taj Mahal completed after 22 years of construction, at a cost of $700 million in today's money

• 1666 | First English language newspaper is published in London

• c1668 | Coffee introduced into North America

• 1690 | First newspaper in the United States is published in Boston

• 1752 | Ben Franklin suggests lightning rod

• 1780 | First establishment of liberal democracy, in North America (western European settlers) and western Europe

• 1788 | European settlers arrive at Sydney, Australia; Aboriginal population will decline in Australia from 300,000 to a minimum 60,000 in 1921, mostly due to European diseases

• c1800 | Industrial revolution begins in western Europe.

• 1816 | Chemist Joseph N. Niepce develops the first photographic negative in France.

• 1850 | Human population: 1 billion

• c1870 | First environmental problems develop; modern nature conservation movement begins

• 1876 | Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

• 1878 | Thomas Edison patents the phonograph

• 1879 | Edison patents the electric lightbulb

• c1900 | Humans begin to generate potientally unstable climate. Temperatures, nudged up by emissions of greenhouse gases, rise sharply in the beginning of the 1900s,

• 1920 | Western civilization (America/Britain/France) reaches its peak

• 1920-1945 | Global-scale wars.

• 1945 | American Empire arises. [Truman on WMD|First atomics demonstrated to end Second World War]. Seat of Empire moved to Washington.

• 1945-1991 | Cold War between the American and Soviet Empires.

• 1948 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations

• 1950-2000 | Air transportation leads to global travel on unprecedented scale.

• 1957 | Civil Rights movement

• 1961 | First humans in space; Soviet Empire reaches low earth orbit.

• 1969 | First humans on celestial body other than Earth; American Empire reaches the moon.

• 1975 | Human population: 4 billion

• 1981 | IBM introduces its first personal computer

• 1991 | Soviet Empire collapses

• 1995 | Internet electronically connects the globe

• 2000 | Human population reaches 6 billion

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*1) How do they know the shark is 512 Years Old?* - For some shark species, scientists use bony structures such as calcified vertebrae to track their age, reading rings that form in the hardened tissue as the shark ages. But Greenland sharks are "soft sharks" whose vertebrae don't harden enough to form telltale age markers, so scientists needed a new method to determine how old the sharks were. The scientists used radiocarbon dating to measure carbon isotopes absorbed by Greenland sharks' eye tissue, The tissue gave them a range for the sharks age — they were at least 272 years old, and as much as 512 years old.

*2) Why did you hook his mouth* - Firstly know Wonder World did not hook his mouth, the Scientists may have, I just used the footage they filmed. as for why did they hook his mouth, I can only assume, like in Fishing TV shows, they hook the fish, real it in, take note of all it's measurements, then remove the hook and release the fish.

*3) He's Not Ugly* - "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", which means what you find cute, I can find ugly, I think the Jerboa Hopping Mouse is cute, but people find that ugly. we all like and dislike in different ways, for me i think this shark is ugly looking.

[moonman]

“.... ugly shark”
Greenland shark: “today’s youth is so disrespectful.... again”

[jamesanthony]

"Man, the 1680's. Those were the days."

[Tony-tdwj]

Person: haha its so ugly
Shark: *Your life is fleeting, human. Even now, as you revel in ignorance, the kiss of death draws nearer. And only I will remain.*

[Kaiserboo]

This dude was alive during the Golden Age of Piracy.

This dude was literally swimming when Black Beard was prominent.

[dougstyles]

512 yrs swimming around looking for a mate. Sounds like me .

[TXP]

Greenland sharks be like “remember when the water was colder, and with less plastic, rubber, and toxic waste? Good ole days, indeed.”

[anourtine]

Scientist: “I wonder how old this shark is...”
Shark: “A parasite hath spurned mine eyes, forsooth! Woulds’t thou remove it by thy gentle hand??”
Scientist: “Yep 512.”

[HMStrausser]

Cristopher Columbus stepped on the American Continent in 1492.

18 years later, this fish was born and still lives.

[cesarelissa]

Imagine the shark could talk, just think of the stories it’ll tell

[gavinscorner]

No.
They're not ugly.
They're cute and old.
They're legends.

[benbrooks]

My grandma: back in my da-
Greenland shark: WELL BACK IN MY DAY...

[xdadev]

This shark :
- Older than America.
- Encountered both world wars.
- Encountered nearly every revolution
Also this shark : Back in my Days err

[wn]

0:52 he said “they spend most there lives swimming around” like what else is a shark going to do? Take a fucking walk? 😂

[guanjun]

500 years old. That is insane. This creature is a miracle of nature.

[EndohMiharu]

I wonder if the shark _feels_ old and when he passes other young sharks he's like "back in _my_ day..."

[leathersusie]

Imagine vibing in the middle of the ocean for 500 years

[D-Ender]

"God, i remember when i was a kid and chatting with my buddy Megalodon. Too bad i can't meet him again"

[gabenewell]

This shark probably witnessed epic naval battles from the old times

[fear]

This shark went through the war of 1812, both world wars, and multiple events throughout history. This mad lad