On this episode we’re diving deep in search of the longest living vertebrate in the world. These massive mysterious animals live in the dark depths of frigid oceans and we are only recently figuring out how old they actually are. The more we learn about them, the stranger and stranger they get!

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SOURCES:

Basic Greenland Shark Information

Carbon Dating The Sharks Study

Article on Shark Dating and Their Longevity

New Yorker Article on Greenland Sharks

Article on Shark Toxicity

Greenland Shark Diet

Polar Bear in Stomach

Greenland Sharks and Giant Squid

The Slowest Fish Study