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  1. Rare Greenland shark washes up in Sligo · TheJournal.ie

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    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #Greenlandshark #IrishWhaleandDolphinGroup #national-museum-of-ireland #Science #shark #sligo #stranding #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/531227/

  2. 🐟🤔 Ah, the majestic Greenland shark, because what we really need is another pretentious deep dive into the life of an animal that specializes in doing absolutely nothing for 400 years. 💤 Katherine Rundell's opus turns the LRB into a bedtime story for insomniacs desperate to sleep through the next century. 📚😴
    lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n09/ka #GreenlandShark #LiteratureReview #SleepyReads #AnimalBehavior #LongRead #HackerNews #ngated

  3. #Eyes of the world's longest-living #vertebrate, the #GreenlandShark, show little #ageing
    Greenland #shark (Somniosus microcephalus) can live for up to 400 years in the chilly North Atlantic and Arctic waters, making it one of the longest-living #vertebrates on Earth. And according to new research its seemingly undead eyes are fully functioning and barely deteriorate even after a century. Unravelling the shark's anti-ageing secrets could benefit human eye health.
    abc.net.au/news/science/2026-0

  4. Imagine a creature swimming in the Arctic depths, born around the time of Shakespeare, that is still alive today. Meet the Greenland shark—nature's most incredible testament to patience and longevity.
    A 2016 scientific breakthrough used radiocarbon dating on the sharks' eye lenses to reveal their astonishing lifespan. Researchers found these giants live for at least 272 years, with the largest studied shark estimated to be about 400 years old.
    They grow incredibly slowly, only a few centimetres over many years, and don't even reach sexual maturity until they're roughly 150 years old. This makes them the oldest known vertebrates on our planet.
    Let the Greenland shark remind you today that some of the most amazing things take time. Its centuries-long, slow-paced journey in the deep, dark ocean is a powerful symbol of resilience, survival, and the profound, quiet wonders of our natural world.

    #greenlandshark #naturewonder #marinelife #positivevibes #scienceisamazing #longevity #arcticocean #deepsea #conservation

    discoverwildlife.com/animal-fa

  5. Imagine a creature swimming in the Arctic depths, born around the time of Shakespeare, that is still alive today. Meet the Greenland shark—nature's most incredible testament to patience and longevity.
    A 2016 scientific breakthrough used radiocarbon dating on the sharks' eye lenses to reveal their astonishing lifespan. Researchers found these giants live for at least 272 years, with the largest studied shark estimated to be about 400 years old.
    They grow incredibly slowly, only a few centimetres over many years, and don't even reach sexual maturity until they're roughly 150 years old. This makes them the oldest known vertebrates on our planet.
    Let the Greenland shark remind you today that some of the most amazing things take time. Its centuries-long, slow-paced journey in the deep, dark ocean is a powerful symbol of resilience, survival, and the profound, quiet wonders of our natural world.

    #greenlandshark #naturewonder #marinelife #positivevibes #scienceisamazing #longevity #arcticocean #deepsea #conservation

    discoverwildlife.com/animal-fa

  6. Imagine a creature swimming in the Arctic depths, born around the time of Shakespeare, that is still alive today. Meet the Greenland shark—nature's most incredible testament to patience and longevity.
    A 2016 scientific breakthrough used radiocarbon dating on the sharks' eye lenses to reveal their astonishing lifespan. Researchers found these giants live for at least 272 years, with the largest studied shark estimated to be about 400 years old.
    They grow incredibly slowly, only a few centimetres over many years, and don't even reach sexual maturity until they're roughly 150 years old. This makes them the oldest known vertebrates on our planet.
    Let the Greenland shark remind you today that some of the most amazing things take time. Its centuries-long, slow-paced journey in the deep, dark ocean is a powerful symbol of resilience, survival, and the profound, quiet wonders of our natural world.

    #greenlandshark #naturewonder #marinelife #positivevibes #scienceisamazing #longevity #arcticocean #deepsea #conservation

    discoverwildlife.com/animal-fa

  7. Imagine a creature swimming in the Arctic depths, born around the time of Shakespeare, that is still alive today. Meet the Greenland shark—nature's most incredible testament to patience and longevity.
    A 2016 scientific breakthrough used radiocarbon dating on the sharks' eye lenses to reveal their astonishing lifespan. Researchers found these giants live for at least 272 years, with the largest studied shark estimated to be about 400 years old.
    They grow incredibly slowly, only a few centimetres over many years, and don't even reach sexual maturity until they're roughly 150 years old. This makes them the oldest known vertebrates on our planet.
    Let the Greenland shark remind you today that some of the most amazing things take time. Its centuries-long, slow-paced journey in the deep, dark ocean is a powerful symbol of resilience, survival, and the profound, quiet wonders of our natural world.

    #greenlandshark #naturewonder #marinelife #positivevibes #scienceisamazing #longevity #arcticocean #deepsea #conservation

    discoverwildlife.com/animal-fa

  8. How Nuclear Fallout Helped Identify Longest-Lived Vertebrate On Earth

    “Radiocarbon dating reveals that the Greenland shark reaches sexual maturity at 150 years of age, and has a lifespan of at least 400 years, making it the longest-lived vertebrate on Earth”

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #NuclearFallout #GreenlandShark #Arctic #Ageing #Lifespan #evolution #ecology grrlscientist.substack.com/p/h

  9. Discover the secrets behind the Greenland shark’s astonishing 400-year lifespan. From icy Arctic depths to groundbreaking age-dating techniques, explore how science unraveled the mystery of Earth’s longest-living vertebrate. #GreenlandShark #OceanMysteries #MarineBiology #LongevityScience #400YearOldShark #DeepSeaSecrets #OldestVertebrate
    scientificworldinfo.com/2025/0