How many years can the oldest known vertebrates live?
ca. 100 years
ca. 200 years
ca. 300 years
ca. 400 years
The shark is the world's oldest creature with a backbone, and may have been born as early as 1505 — when Istanbul under the Ottomans was just 52 years old. Using radiocarbon dating, scientists analyzed the eye lenses of 28 Greenland sharks, finding the oldest sample to be 392 years old.
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ca. 100 years
ca. 200 years
ca. 300 years
ca. 400 years
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