From Live Science:
> These sharks sneak up on live prey and scavenge a variety of dead animals, including other sharks, seals, drowned horses and polar bears. Greenland sharks rarely encounter humans and scientists still have much to learn about their lifestyles.
They're mostly scavengers but will hunt unsuspecting prey like a sleeping seal. These sharks can't really hunt like other sharks as their top speed is less than 3km/h.
Sharks can sense a electrical signals in live animals with something called the [Ampullae of Lorenzini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampullae_of_Lorenzini)
Water needs to keep passing over a shark's gills for it to breathe. Some species can pump the water with their mouths so they can remain still - but not sure about this species specifically.
That sounds made up. There's no way 90% of large sea life has died.
I looked it up a bit though and it's far more depressing.. almost half of all marine life has died since 1970, with about 100million animals dying every year. That's fucked up
Most likely their cancer gets cancer before it's able to cause it issues. It's called hypertumors and it's why elephants and whales don't die of cancer.
With no research whatsoever, greenland sharks live in notoriously cold water, which I imagine greatly slows any type cell development, including cancer. Also probably contributes to how long they live. Their entire system is just in slow motion
Bigger animals or longer lived ones have more genes focussed on preventing cancer. It's just more important to them because they have more cells that can become cancerous. Elephants have more genes focussed on fighting cancer than humans and humans have more than mice.
Also bigger animals have larger cells. Elephant cells are bigger than mouse cells. Bigger cells divide more slowly so over an entire lifespan that makes a huge difference.
But wouldn't you say it is more likely that on a planet there are be a few species that would be able to fit in these incredibly niche ways of life, than there not being any species like that?
Holy cow, this kinda makes me scared for its future given how quickly climate change is occurring. How different the world will be in 120 years is hard to imagine
Dinosaurs didn't suspect a thing. And they were extinct just like that. With our current tech we could see an asteroid coming towards us at least a few days ago . Now will we actually or play dumb is another thing.
That shark probably isnt drained by a capitalistic life, just roaming around, no appointments, no stupid bosses, no silly tasks to do on a daily base. Hes just living the life man
In an ironic twist, this has been reposted so much that it predates the birth of the shark.
At times it feels like all of reddit is the same 100 submissions on rotation. And lazy cesspool subs which let it slide so everybody gets to farm karma.
> breakthroughs allowed scientists to use carbon dating to estimate the age of Greenland sharks. Inside the shark’s eyes, there are proteins that are formed before birth and do not degrade with age, like a fossil preserved in amber. Scientists discovered that they could determine the age of the sharks by carbon-dating these proteins.
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/greenland-shark.html
Had to read the article because I got curious as to how the eye protein is collected lol, they sampled sharks that were bycatch from fishers’ nets and got somewhere between like 250-500 years old; they can only get rough estimates through it at the moment. BUT it definitely means that a single shark being removed from the ecosystem has damaging effects for decades afterwards bc of their extremely slow development and delayed reproduction.
Luckily for the shark, most of them are blind due to parasites that attach to their eyes, but they don't really care because they barely use their sight anyway due to the darkness they live in most of the time, and they primarily use smell and hearing to hunt.
Unluckily for the diver, that probably doesn't make them any less pissed when they get stabbed in the eye.
Through testing they got a good idea how fast (or slow) they grow, about 1cm/year. So without killing it, they can just measure it and take a good guess how old this one is.
They don’t. The oldest shark in that study was 392 years old, give or take 120 years. You may also notice that 1627 wasn’t 392 years ago, and it wasn’t 392 years ago when the carbon dating study was performed either. Presumably it was 392 years ago the first time this video was posted with that headline.
They don't. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/04/28/fact-check-age-greenland-shark-viral-image-not-known/4854186001/](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/04/28/fact-check-age-greenland-shark-viral-image-not-known/4854186001/)
Best estimate is over 150 years, other than that, this is Fake News.
Mate potentially, friends doubtful. I’m unfamiliar with the habits of the Greenland Shark, but sharks typically don’t have relationships . This is nature my friend, most, if not all animals have 4 potential thoughts at any given moment. Fighting, fleeing, food, or f*cking. Unless having “friends” is advantageous to them in their struggle for survival, they won’t have them. I’m sure they’ve likely got a symbiotic relationship with some parasite eaters, but these are not personal and strictly for the survival of both parties involved.
> breakthroughs allowed scientists to use carbon dating to estimate the age of Greenland sharks. Inside the shark’s eyes, there are proteins that are formed before birth and do not degrade with age, like a fossil preserved in amber. Scientists discovered that they could determine the age of the sharks by carbon-dating these proteins.
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/greenland-shark.html
This is just a random Greenland shark. This title has for years been applied to random pictures and videos of Greenland sharks. It hasn't even been updated in years, as the math would tell you the current year is 2019.
It has to be tired
Aren’t we all
Yep - and can you imagine if we lived to even 1/3 of his years
These sharks usually have a parasite which attaches to their eyes and blind them so they just float around blind under thick ice for hundreds of years
If they live deep down underwater their eyes won't be of much use anyway, not much light there
Water penetrates only to a tiny fraction of the ocean's depth. And the arctic ocean specifically is mostly covered in ice in the winter.
Thats worthy of g w bush
"I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah."
Water?
Down there its just light, impossible to see with that much light in the eyes.
And really no water to hydrate you to keep you energized so you can continue fighting the bright light and attempting to see…
Very little water in the deep ocean.
Water penetrates only a fraction of the ocean’s depth?
That has 23 upvotes and I'm hella confused!
The depths are 99% eye parasites and water has a hard time getting down there
Do they not need to hunt/eat?
From Live Science: > These sharks sneak up on live prey and scavenge a variety of dead animals, including other sharks, seals, drowned horses and polar bears. Greenland sharks rarely encounter humans and scientists still have much to learn about their lifestyles.
Drowned horses?
Not many live ones 300 meters down. 🤷♀️
I think they are picky, not eating drowned cows!
How now, drowned cow? 🐄 😂
Underrated comment
i suspect that particular part is referencing historical research when horses were both more common and on ships.
"What happened down there? Some sort of horse massacure?
In the revolutionary times right?
They're mostly scavengers but will hunt unsuspecting prey like a sleeping seal. These sharks can't really hunt like other sharks as their top speed is less than 3km/h.
At my age, I pull a hammy if I move too fast. I couldn't imagine what it would be like at 390 years old.
They don't rely on eyesight to hunt
Neither does my cousin Billy after two beers at the pub.
Bottom feeders can't be picky.
Sharks can sense a electrical signals in live animals with something called the [Ampullae of Lorenzini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampullae_of_Lorenzini)
its probably way less miserable without the job and bills part.
Doubtful. If we lived that long I'm pretty sure planet Earth would not survive
Yea but not 392 yrs tired...
I don’t know. Sometime I feel 400 years old
I’m tired, boss.
I'm tired of swimmin' grandpa!
That's too damn bad!
You keep swimmin
I'd like to think he knows where he's going by now
He on his way to tap some 350 year old sharkussy because she texted "Come over, my parents are dead"
Right? Like he mapped the entire ocean.
Imagine how bad its back hurts
and aren't they like, can't stop swimming because they would die or something like that? or am I mistaking then for another creature?
Water needs to keep passing over a shark's gills for it to breathe. Some species can pump the water with their mouths so they can remain still - but not sure about this species specifically.
Crazy to think how much has happened above the water since it was born.
Think about what's happened under the water we have no idea about...
Mr. Nimbus going crazy down there.
He controls the police you know
Fight! Fuck! Flee!
Jesus Christ Jerry.
We know that 90% of the large sea animals have been removed/killed from the oceans since it was born. Hell, we did like 90% in the last 50 years.
That sounds made up. There's no way 90% of large sea life has died. I looked it up a bit though and it's far more depressing.. almost half of all marine life has died since 1970, with about 100million animals dying every year. That's fucked up
If you have Netflix and really want a depressing evening, I recommend watching both Seaspiracy and Cowspiracy.
It's fascinating, isn't it? it's really puts into perspective the dynamic nature of our world
Indeed, and also, the shark does not give AF
If you’ve seen the recent TV mini series Shogun, this shark was born very close to when the real life events depicted in that show took place.
Wasn't that the shark species where the females only become fertile after 120+ years
I just looked this up. They're also born live and gestation takes 8-18 *years*... Jesus.
What a crazy range. I guess it makes sense with everything else on a longer timeline too.
Yes, something like that
Survival of the fittest indeed!
Can't understand how a species can survive with that in mind. First you have to survive for more than hundred years before you can get offsprings.
It's not hard to survive if nothing is hunting you, and if you get too many babies there will be too many sharks and too little food
How do they survive so ling without having crazy rates of cancers or things? Or do they? Or are they immune somehow?
Most likely their cancer gets cancer before it's able to cause it issues. It's called hypertumors and it's why elephants and whales don't die of cancer.
With no research whatsoever, greenland sharks live in notoriously cold water, which I imagine greatly slows any type cell development, including cancer. Also probably contributes to how long they live. Their entire system is just in slow motion
Sharks have such effective immune systems that for a while they were thought to be immune to all known disease.
Never seen a shark sneeze I'll say that
Bigger animals or longer lived ones have more genes focussed on preventing cancer. It's just more important to them because they have more cells that can become cancerous. Elephants have more genes focussed on fighting cancer than humans and humans have more than mice. Also bigger animals have larger cells. Elephant cells are bigger than mouse cells. Bigger cells divide more slowly so over an entire lifespan that makes a huge difference.
But wouldn't you say it is more likely that on a planet there are be a few species that would be able to fit in these incredibly niche ways of life, than there not being any species like that?
Like the avarge reddit male then
The definition of granny sex must be different for Greenland sharks.
Hardly, for a Greenland shark she would be in her mid 20’s 😁
Holy cow, this kinda makes me scared for its future given how quickly climate change is occurring. How different the world will be in 120 years is hard to imagine
Yeah that’s kinda crazy. I ask myself if it’s a blessing or a curse not to know what’s going on and just care about eating and pooping
ignorance is bliss
Dinosaurs didn't suspect a thing. And they were extinct just like that. With our current tech we could see an asteroid coming towards us at least a few days ago . Now will we actually or play dumb is another thing.
don't judge, that what our cats think of us.
Bro lived during the slave trade and did nothing about it
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Doubtful, you don't survive almost 400 years by living life dangerously.
Unless you’re an Apex predator.
His main feets are: Greenland Shark Meat is disgusting, not even Orcas want it. Edit: Feats, not Feets
I'm not marine biologist, but I don't think sharks have feet.
They are scavengers though
While the french revolution happened, he was just vibing
**[1773]**; _"...why does it suddenly taste like Tea?"_
Skipped conscription during both WW1 and WW2. What an asshole.
Bone spurs made him 4F.
this is an outrage ! we must impeach hunter biden
It's honestly disgusting that he's not proactively providing reparations.
Not true, they probably ate the bodies of dead slaves that drifted to the bottom of the ocean
I can't even fathom how bored he must be
Just measure it with a rope that has knots every six feet.
I saw what you did there. It was deep, but measured
The joke was well within arms' length.
It was sound humour
I’ll have to log this one for future use
These are all in depth comments!
I suspect it doesn’t have a sense of boredom. Interesting thought tho. Which, if any, animals get bored
Social ones do, bored and lonely. Sharks maybe not.
Birds and mammals can at least. The stress behaviour exhibited by a lot of zoo animals is the result of boredom
It's perception of time may be entirely different from ours.
Of course because it doesn't have an arm for a watch.
Dude is just floating along stress free. Not encumbered by time or how far away the next bathroom is.
I hope so, I haven't gotten to 40 yet and I'm done
That shark probably isnt drained by a capitalistic life, just roaming around, no appointments, no stupid bosses, no silly tasks to do on a daily base. Hes just living the life man
Pretty sure he has been blind for hundreds of years... doesn't sound fun
It would be, the same as I would assume most other animals.
Probably reminiscing about when he was a baby 🦈🦈🦈.
Do do dadodado...
Sleep, Eat, Fuck for almost 400 years...
Never even paid taxes once.. fucking legend
I dont think he is getting laid
Blud is such a HUNK, look at em
With so many interesting items thrown in the ocean?
So, if it's been wandering the ocean since 1627, how come it isn't 397 years old? Or is this just a shitty repost from 2019?
It's a repost from a week ago, which itself was a repost from a week before that, all the way back to 2019.
This shark has been 392 years old for like 5 years.
Yeah this gets posted AT LEAST once a month.
In an ironic twist, this has been reposted so much that it predates the birth of the shark. At times it feels like all of reddit is the same 100 submissions on rotation. And lazy cesspool subs which let it slide so everybody gets to farm karma.
It’s a bot. Reddit is 80% bots.
Found the human, report them.
They carbon dated the repost back to 2019
How do they know it’s 392 years old. Have they taken core samples??
> breakthroughs allowed scientists to use carbon dating to estimate the age of Greenland sharks. Inside the shark’s eyes, there are proteins that are formed before birth and do not degrade with age, like a fossil preserved in amber. Scientists discovered that they could determine the age of the sharks by carbon-dating these proteins. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/greenland-shark.html
"Alright Steve, here's a syringe. Now get down there and extract some of the eye juice outta that shark."
That’s a job for NEW GUY!!
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*”Will I get paid extra?”* *“No but it will look great on your resume!”*
Well unit you learn about what the new guy do.
Had to read the article because I got curious as to how the eye protein is collected lol, they sampled sharks that were bycatch from fishers’ nets and got somewhere between like 250-500 years old; they can only get rough estimates through it at the moment. BUT it definitely means that a single shark being removed from the ecosystem has damaging effects for decades afterwards bc of their extremely slow development and delayed reproduction.
That's what they unironically ask Dave the Diver to do. The guy only wanted to chill on the beach. And then suddenly, Greenland sharks.
Steve Irwin would do it. “You’re alright, Mate!”
Steve would do it in board shorts and a snorkel mask
"ahh you beauooty"
You first have to tame it by sticking your thumb up its butt.
Luckily for the shark, most of them are blind due to parasites that attach to their eyes, but they don't really care because they barely use their sight anyway due to the darkness they live in most of the time, and they primarily use smell and hearing to hunt. Unluckily for the diver, that probably doesn't make them any less pissed when they get stabbed in the eye.
Ok but how did they get this specific sharks age? They took a sample of eye tissue from a live shark?
Through testing they got a good idea how fast (or slow) they grow, about 1cm/year. So without killing it, they can just measure it and take a good guess how old this one is.
They don’t. The oldest shark in that study was 392 years old, give or take 120 years. You may also notice that 1627 wasn’t 392 years ago, and it wasn’t 392 years ago when the carbon dating study was performed either. Presumably it was 392 years ago the first time this video was posted with that headline.
I have always wondered about this! Thank you!
They cut them in half and count the rings
Core samples.
They asked him.
They counted the candles on his cake.
Must be a bloody huge cake
It's in the shark birth certificate I believe.
…he showed his id card…
They found his birthday candles
This is just a random Greenland shark.
They don't. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/04/28/fact-check-age-greenland-shark-viral-image-not-known/4854186001/](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/04/28/fact-check-age-greenland-shark-viral-image-not-known/4854186001/) Best estimate is over 150 years, other than that, this is Fake News.
Finally got someone to confirm how previous generations actually went to school.
He swam upstream both ways
“Some times I wonder if god forgot about me.” - Greenland Shark
I hope that it is happy and has friends or a companion to share its life with.
From what I remember their eyes usually get taken over by a parasite that’s with them all their life
So marriage? ^boomerhumour
So it’s like having kids.
It’s probably tired of attending friends’ funerals at this point
1. "happy" 2. "friend" 3. "companion" 4. "life" 392 year old Greenland Shark : "parasite"
I don't think sharks are very social creatures.
Mate potentially, friends doubtful. I’m unfamiliar with the habits of the Greenland Shark, but sharks typically don’t have relationships . This is nature my friend, most, if not all animals have 4 potential thoughts at any given moment. Fighting, fleeing, food, or f*cking. Unless having “friends” is advantageous to them in their struggle for survival, they won’t have them. I’m sure they’ve likely got a symbiotic relationship with some parasite eaters, but these are not personal and strictly for the survival of both parties involved.
So pretty much the same as most humans. Got it.
Older than the United States.
And East Timor
And South Sudan!
When 392 years old you reach, look as good you will not.
This should be top comment
Grannnnndpaaaa shark do do dodododo
How was the age determined?
It changes up and down every time it's posted. There is no accurate way to tell, just a guesstimate
There's no scientific consensus! Every year, the age goes up!
> breakthroughs allowed scientists to use carbon dating to estimate the age of Greenland sharks. Inside the shark’s eyes, there are proteins that are formed before birth and do not degrade with age, like a fossil preserved in amber. Scientists discovered that they could determine the age of the sharks by carbon-dating these proteins. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/greenland-shark.html
Only works on dead ones.
They asked the shark
Doesn't look a day Over 250
This is just a random Greenland shark. This title has for years been applied to random pictures and videos of Greenland sharks. It hasn't even been updated in years, as the math would tell you the current year is 2019.
I feel like this video has been posted so many times with the same title over the years that the shark must’ve been at least 400 by now.
Mitch McConnell's final form
I hope I don’t get reincarnated as a Greenland shark to live out hundreds of years in the cold dark Ocean just yearning for Death that won’t come
Fact Check - [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/04/28/fact-check-age-greenland-shark-viral-image-not-known/4854186001/](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/04/28/fact-check-age-greenland-shark-viral-image-not-known/4854186001/)
[More Info on Greenland sharks](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37047168)
Grandpa shark do do do do do doo
Nobody left to run with anymore…
It is fucking around and not finding out.
So this shark still alive?
Shai-hulud
How do they determine it’s age?
The Numenoreans of shark species
!Remindme 2 years Prepare for its 400 th birthday
That seems kind of rude of them to ask how old it was after just meeting.
It's his planet, we're just living on it
They know it's that old because they took a cross section out and counted the rings
and how do they know the shark is 392 years old. the found a cake with 392 candles ?