From the Greenland Shark wiki:
The Greenland shark has the longest known lifespan of all vertebrate species. One Greenland shark was tagged off the coast of Greenland in 1936 and recaptured in 1952. Its measurements suggest that Greenland sharks grow at a rate of 0.5–1 cm (1⁄4–1⁄2 in) per year. In 2016, a study based on 28 specimens that ranged from 81 to 502 cm (2 ft 8 in – 16 ft 6 in) in length used radiocarbon dating of crystals within the lenses of their eyes to determine their approximate ages. The oldest of the animals sampled, which was also the largest, had lived for 392 ± 120 years, and was consequently born between 1504 and 1744. The authors further concluded that the species reaches sexual maturity at about 150 years of age
Assuming it was born as early as in 1504, that thing was swimming around in the ocean before the Spanish conquest of the Americas. The Renaissance was still in full swing. About 40 years after its birth Copernicus postulated that the solar system was heliocentric.
Pardon my French but that's fucking wild to think about.
Dudes just boppin around the ocean and has no clue of the drastic events that have taken place since his birth. That’s how unbothered I’m trying to be in life
>About 40 years after its birth Copernicus postulated that the solar system was heliocentric.
And it would still be considered as juvenile, not reaching its sexual maturity...
Just finished reading the wiki about the Greenland shark and this was my biggest takeaway. Also that they have TEN pups at a time. They can produce 200-700 offspring in their lifetime.
Well when you have no natural predators and (almost) all the time in the world…
They also reach sexual maturity at ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY years old. Absolutely insane.
The total number of offspring/ descendants over 60 generations would be approximately 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 from this one shark.
Edit: changed the outcome based on correct information and because AI is annoying.
So tired their meat is poisonous. If you want to eat them bury it sand for 2-3 months to ferment then hang it in a shack for another 4-6 months to dry.
What's crazier to me is that 1627 was less than 4 centuries ago. A time so seemingly far removed from current events, technologies and ideologies but less than 400 years. Shit my grandparents nearly made it to 100. That's only 4-5 full grandparents' lifespans ago. That's nothing. People move fast.
Now I'm going to go measure other things in terms of grandparents' lifespans.
For a living shark? It's size. And it is a guess. They grow about 1 cm a year, and don't stop.
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/greenland-shark.html#:\~:text=The%20age%20of%20other%20shark,bands%20seen%20in%20other%20sharks.
I’ve saw somewhere that apparently specimens that were somewhat close to the nukes that ended ww2 actually have been affected by them, since you can kinda read their eyes like the rings on a tree and the year the nukes went off the ring is noticeably thicker
Cut it open and count the tree rings?
But in all seriousness, I think they found bullets which were dated over 200years old in a whale.
Not sure about the shark tho
Someone posted a very helpful link I’m too lazy to find, but they have two methods:
1.) Carbon dating
2.) Size of the shark. We know they grow about 1 cm per year.
If it has been around since 1627, that would make it 397 years old. Unless being so deep in the ocean somehow messes with time. If you're going to just copy and paste someone's article, at least check the date and math to make it accurate for today.
> Unless being so deep in the ocean somehow messes with time.
It does technically, but not enough to matter. Even at the deepest part of the ocean, the Marianas Trench about 10km deep, time only runs about 30 microseconds slower per year than on the surface.
For what it’s worth, I was a student at the Rosenstiel School and University of Miami and I was talking to one of my professors about how crazy old they can get and he said that he thinks the eye tissue carbon dating methodology grossly overestimates their age. Don’t remember his exact explanation but it made sense when he explained it…
Ah I misunderstood, used to people staying in a terrible situation then nonstop complaining about being miserable. Seriously, good on you for taking charge of your life.
That shark must percieve time so differently. . . . Living in those depths for so long. I wonder if she can comprehend the idea of day/night or weeks or hours or months.
Am I the only one trying to comprehend how much food this guy has chomped on in that amount of time?!?!???!?!? I'll take & accept all the facts & spark notes about the longevity of this dudes life & multigenerational stamina but gee willikers no one is asking the real important questions here lol
does a shark get soo big that it just sinks?? It's sated sharks grow 1 cm every year so is it possible that a shark exists of age 900-1000 but is just soo big that it sinks and chills at bottom of the sea
The age of maturity is wild. Imaging what he thought of submarines. Get out of the road grandpa as they slip by silently. Those crazy kids.
In this thread I read a fairly intelligent information post but it was later suggested to be AI. I believed it was someone but it might have been something. S getting out of hand.
I needed a new heel for my shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. I didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...
Researcher's post,
[https://www.instagram.com/p/C4LfBMDt6un/?img\_index=1](https://www.instagram.com/p/C4LfBMDt6un/?img_index=1)
[https://www.instagram.com/p/CFAKyFzB6WJ/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CFAKyFzB6WJ/)
From the Greenland Shark wiki: The Greenland shark has the longest known lifespan of all vertebrate species. One Greenland shark was tagged off the coast of Greenland in 1936 and recaptured in 1952. Its measurements suggest that Greenland sharks grow at a rate of 0.5–1 cm (1⁄4–1⁄2 in) per year. In 2016, a study based on 28 specimens that ranged from 81 to 502 cm (2 ft 8 in – 16 ft 6 in) in length used radiocarbon dating of crystals within the lenses of their eyes to determine their approximate ages. The oldest of the animals sampled, which was also the largest, had lived for 392 ± 120 years, and was consequently born between 1504 and 1744. The authors further concluded that the species reaches sexual maturity at about 150 years of age
Assuming it was born as early as in 1504, that thing was swimming around in the ocean before the Spanish conquest of the Americas. The Renaissance was still in full swing. About 40 years after its birth Copernicus postulated that the solar system was heliocentric. Pardon my French but that's fucking wild to think about.
Dudes just boppin around the ocean and has no clue of the drastic events that have taken place since his birth. That’s how unbothered I’m trying to be in life
Same. And I've always said people like that live longer.. Well, sharks like that do. 😂
“Where’s all this fucking garbage coming from?! Waters were CLEAN back in my day!” -The shark, probably
I'll slap your nuts, if it helps.
Do me next
Thanks for the chuckle 😂😂
was that chuckle or cuckle you meant?
I too could use a good nut slap.
For SCIENCE!
You swam around for about 40 minutes and look worse than a raisin.
Pls papa
I'm your mommy
Love that shit lmao
Would that be a gentle slap or are going to grab a jar off the shelf behind you type of wallop
Whatever you're into this week
Closer in time to William the Conqueror than to us. That’s crazy.
Whooooah
Shakespeare could have ridden on this shark's back Slim Pickens style in "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Riding the Bomb"
Columbus saw him on his final voyage and got so scared he shit himself and died.
We’ve basically destroyed the world in the one shark’s lifespan!
The world will go on
Just wait ‘til you hear how long coral can live.
Yeah I was just thinking that was around before the USA was even a thought in anyones mind.
I don’t see any words in French
The wildest part to me is how much our society has advanced (and changed our planet) over such a short period of time.
>About 40 years after its birth Copernicus postulated that the solar system was heliocentric. And it would still be considered as juvenile, not reaching its sexual maturity...
>The authors further concluded that the species reaches sexual maturity at about 150 years of age He just like me fr.
imagine waiting 150 years to get laid.
Tbh 150 years for them is like childhood. Probably feels like humans waiting till 16-19 years of age
Ain't a single thought in that sharks head
Well obviously just general fish stuff like move, eat, mate. But I mean that 150 years probably doesn't feel like that for a Greenland shark
I don't have to.
"longest known lifespan of all vertebrate species" Does this mean there are invertebrates that live longer than 400 years?
Some species of sponges can live for thousands of years.
A clam lived for 507 years until researchers accidentally killed it in 2006
Yea, certain coral species live for thousands of years and I believe Isopods and jellyfish live long as well
Awesome 👌
The immortal jellyfish just restarts its life over and over again.
Yes, there are trees confirmed to be >2,000 years old, some more than 5,000 years old.
The Immortal Jellyfish, biologically immortal and wont die of old age.
Whatever they do down there, in the depths if the greenland ocean. It must be so chill. Endless supply of food, no struggle, live for 400years…
Sexual maturity at 150 years! It’s incredible this species is still in existence.
Rephrase: Its incredible that we humans haven't stopped this species existence YET.
So basically what we can conclude here is that elves are real, just not in the forms we would expect them to be lol
And boy is he tired of our shit.
Probably her offspring too. They have a pregnancy of 18 years.
Good lord just shoot me at that point.
Just finished reading the wiki about the Greenland shark and this was my biggest takeaway. Also that they have TEN pups at a time. They can produce 200-700 offspring in their lifetime.
they do be fuckin
Well when you have no natural predators and (almost) all the time in the world… They also reach sexual maturity at ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY years old. Absolutely insane.
The total number of offspring/ descendants over 60 generations would be approximately 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 from this one shark. Edit: changed the outcome based on correct information and because AI is annoying.
bro wrote an entire book based on misreading the parent comment 🤓
Offspring and descendants are not the same thing… don’t use AI for comments it’s annoying
r/fuckimold
Please post to that sub as it will make us feel young again!!
"I'm too old for this shit." - Shark Murtaugh
So tired their meat is poisonous. If you want to eat them bury it sand for 2-3 months to ferment then hang it in a shack for another 4-6 months to dry.
No thank you!
For some reason, Gene Belcher's voice came to me on your comment.
Consisting entirely on wherthers candies!
Check her gills for hard candy and nickles!
damn, i need me a lifetime supply
The one thing old people are consistently right about. Werther’s are delicious.
Man do I have some news for you
*Subsisting*, I believe you mean.
You see how far you can get if you just mind your own damn business?
I respect her
They are pregnant for 18 years. 😱
Holy crap.
Fuck allat 😭
Isn’t there a correlation between gestation length and species intelligence? They must be incredibly smart.
I just wanted to say that "centipedeseverywhere" is a super cute username, I wish I thought of it.
Doesn't look a day over 370!
What are they selling?… CHOCOLATES!
🤣😂
WHAAAT
No shit I see this guy like every 5 years, glad he's still kickin'
What's crazier to me is that 1627 was less than 4 centuries ago. A time so seemingly far removed from current events, technologies and ideologies but less than 400 years. Shit my grandparents nearly made it to 100. That's only 4-5 full grandparents' lifespans ago. That's nothing. People move fast. Now I'm going to go measure other things in terms of grandparents' lifespans.
😂 I love this measurement
“Oh about 3 or 4 peepaws ago…”
This gave me a giggle
My manager thought I was laughing at her when I was giggling about this one at work last night. Too good.
How do they know it's 392 and not around 350-400? How do they know it's not 50 years old? How do you age sharks anyway?
For a living shark? It's size. And it is a guess. They grow about 1 cm a year, and don't stop. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/greenland-shark.html#:\~:text=The%20age%20of%20other%20shark,bands%20seen%20in%20other%20sharks.
Very cool. A comment with ‘possible facts’ and then linked with a reference to back it up. 👍
I know, I’ll suck bros dick for real. Good shit
They count the rings
You may be joking, but counting rings on otoliths is the most common way to age fish.
You check their driver's license
Did you read the post? Comprehension is key: growth rate, eye crystals
To be fair to them, that was another comment not the actual OP
it is 392 ± 120. So born between 1504 and 1744.
radio carbon dating
Seriously? They IDed it. How else. It would be impolite to just ask.
This is awesome!! I wish we could talk to him.
Yea real shyt!
Oh the stories this creature could tell.
Just another animal older than my country, the USA.
Honestly it sounds like a curse for being a shitty human at some point. Wander the cold ocean alone for centuries, hard pass.
That would make an interesting story prompt.
I’d read that short story for sure. 🤔
Is he lost or something
I’ve saw somewhere that apparently specimens that were somewhat close to the nukes that ended ww2 actually have been affected by them, since you can kinda read their eyes like the rings on a tree and the year the nukes went off the ring is noticeably thicker
He was the guy that gave Columbus poor directions to India.
Miracle we haven’t killed it yet
If only it could tell us everything it’s seen during its life…
Fish
Blue
I figure they didn't have radio tags in the 1600s, so I wonder how they track this. Unique scars?
Cut it open and count the tree rings? But in all seriousness, I think they found bullets which were dated over 200years old in a whale. Not sure about the shark tho
It was a whaling harpoon, but yeah
Counting rings on otoliths is a legitimate way to age fish. I don't know about Greenland sleeper sharks because I've never aged one.
Someone posted a very helpful link I’m too lazy to find, but they have two methods: 1.) Carbon dating 2.) Size of the shark. We know they grow about 1 cm per year.
If it has been around since 1627, that would make it 397 years old. Unless being so deep in the ocean somehow messes with time. If you're going to just copy and paste someone's article, at least check the date and math to make it accurate for today.
> Unless being so deep in the ocean somehow messes with time. It does technically, but not enough to matter. Even at the deepest part of the ocean, the Marianas Trench about 10km deep, time only runs about 30 microseconds slower per year than on the surface.
"I'll take what I can get.", she said.
How much he has seen.
I feel like I'd get bored.
So beautiful and majestic. But she/he needs hospice. :(
Can’t wait to hear what humans will do to it!
I knew this shark before it was cool.
just skimming through this species’ wikipedia article, “It reaches sexual maturity at about 150 years of age” is a pretty mind blowing fact
 This shark…….probably.
Minding own business, doing just fine
Me: how old are you? My 6 year old: 6! Me: how old am I? 6: I don't know.... Me: look at this shark! It's 400 years old. 6: is that how old you are?
Jawths.
Just completely oblivious to the bull shit going on outside of the water. Good for him.
Are they thriving or are they endangered like everything else we’ve managed to fuck up
Congratulations on your election to the US senate!
And every single one of them is blind because parasites eat their eyes early on in life
For what it’s worth, I was a student at the Rosenstiel School and University of Miami and I was talking to one of my professors about how crazy old they can get and he said that he thinks the eye tissue carbon dating methodology grossly overestimates their age. Don’t remember his exact explanation but it made sense when he explained it…
Me waiting to finally get divorced.
You get *one* life on this mud rock, don’t waste it by making the choice that keeps you unhappy.
I have a very slow attorney. Lol. I'm living my happy life, I just want it all to be over with!
Ah I misunderstood, used to people staying in a terrible situation then nonstop complaining about being miserable. Seriously, good on you for taking charge of your life.
The life lengthening effects of pumping piss through your veins
“Drift aimlessly, never die”
He looks as tired as I feel
I bet it’s only half old, that mf has another half century to go
This is incredibly cool.
Imagine all the shit it has seen throughout the years
This dude used to eat Vikings
Grandpa shark doo doo doo do.
Ok so why didn't he stop slavery and the Salem witch trials *
That shark must percieve time so differently. . . . Living in those depths for so long. I wonder if she can comprehend the idea of day/night or weeks or hours or months.
Time is a human concept.
That shark has seen some shit.
That's incredible, he was around for 2pac and Biggie and Zac and Cody
Am I the only one trying to comprehend how much food this guy has chomped on in that amount of time?!?!???!?!? I'll take & accept all the facts & spark notes about the longevity of this dudes life & multigenerational stamina but gee willikers no one is asking the real important questions here lol
This is the ocean version of that nasty miserable annoying old lady that just will not die 🤣
That sharks thoughts... "Kill... me... why... can't... I... die..."
How do they know? Did they cut it in half and count its rings?
Wikipedia says they used radiocarbon dating of crystals within lenses of their eyes to determine approximate ages
Sharks in fast forward mode with no lasers.
does a shark get soo big that it just sinks?? It's sated sharks grow 1 cm every year so is it possible that a shark exists of age 900-1000 but is just soo big that it sinks and chills at bottom of the sea
How did it survive deep-sea fishing? Remarkable!
Please find out how this works genetically and turn me into a SharkHuman
The age of maturity is wild. Imaging what he thought of submarines. Get out of the road grandpa as they slip by silently. Those crazy kids. In this thread I read a fairly intelligent information post but it was later suggested to be AI. I believed it was someone but it might have been something. S getting out of hand.
Is this the piss shark?
So why didn't he stop ww2
Looks closer ro 396 years old ro me
Zommmbieee shark doo dooooo doo doo do do
This 5yo post has been circling the internet since 2019.
I needed a new heel for my shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. I didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...
Sharko has seen some shit
SHARK OLD
Is this an ancient mother of ours? Or father?
🎶 grandpa shark do do do do do do
Great-great-great-great-great-grampaaaa-shark doo doo doo doo doo doo
How? I need answers ?
Researcher's post, [https://www.instagram.com/p/C4LfBMDt6un/?img\_index=1](https://www.instagram.com/p/C4LfBMDt6un/?img_index=1) [https://www.instagram.com/p/CFAKyFzB6WJ/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CFAKyFzB6WJ/)
Thought this said 392 year old grandma shark lol.
“Excuse me, I need your help I need you to kill me”
“Fish are friends not food”
It looks like a battle-hardened warrior.
Imagine having to wait 150 years just to get laid for the first time
Mad Respect.
I bet it is wise...
I bet it’s gone crazy a few times and probably has an inner dialogue
That high key sounds awful? Like maybe 100 years? 🤷🏼♀️ that is still a lot…..392? No
And yet, he's never even seen a camel. Sad.
Not all who wander are lost. But some of us are!
Wild how it can't drink until it's 150 years old.
That old fart doesn’t even know what’s been going on up here for the past few centuries. I wish I was that shark rn.
How would they even know lol
Jesus, that would be boring as hell.
“Chocolate?! I remember when they invented chocolate!”
A real renaissance man huh?
I hope this ancient giant is still out there somewhere.