Trilobites: Meet the Greenland Shark. It Could Be the Longest-Living Vertebrate.
Researchers used radiocarbon dating of the eye lenses of these lazy-looking predators to estimate that they have a life expectancy of at least 272 years. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Sharks
Topics: years, least, expectancy, estimate, predators, lazy-looking, these, lenses, dating, radiocarbon, Researchers, Vertebrate, Longest-Living, Could, Shark, Greenland, Trilobites
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/science/greenland-shark-longest-living.html?partner=rss&emc=rss