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A Greenland shark studied in 2016 was estimated to be nearly 400 years old, meaning it may have been born around the time Shakespeare’s era was ending — and, astonishingly, would not have reached sexual maturity for more than another century.
A Greenland shark estimated to be nearly 400 years old highlights the extreme longevity and delayed maturity of the planet's longest-living vertebrate.