Long in the tooth: the Greenland shark may live four centuries
Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 13:41
in Paleontology & Archaeology
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Greenland shark, a big and slow-moving deep-ocean predator that prowls the frigid waters of the Arctic and North Atlantic, can claim the distinction of being the planet's longest-living vertebrate, with a lifespan perhaps reaching about 400 years.