The Oldest Creature on Earth 😲

[@outlawblack123]

Almost old enough to run for President.

[@24JJ821]

Lol!!!

[@NathanTheCasualGamer]

Nah he’d have to wait at least another 100 years before trying that.

[@howardosborne8647]

Almost....🤣

[@theremnant7497]

Hahahaahahahaahaaaaa

[@monstertrucktennis]

At least the shark isn't a leech career "politician'.

[@aroma1620]

"Back in my day, there were no plastics in the ocean."

[@weebotaku9200]

Surprised this comment is underrated. Lol. That is hard af

[@legacyhaha]

Underrated comment right here

[@didntknowyoucouldchangethi]

😂

[@alexnagy2044]

THIS IS THE GREATEST ❗‼️✌🏻

[@alexnagy2044]

We want and ask, that pinned @aroma1620 's comment, please! 🙏🏻

[@ihabiano]

Male shark: "Wanna go out on a date?" Female shark: "I'm only 150 years old"

[@Tilnaor]

but it's a _blind_ date though

[@user-fl7ns6ti3j]

Yes , i ask my father if it's possible to go for date.... but where is he ??? I can't find him....

[@skyflakesq8054]

Lmao 😂

[@DeeDee-bm9hr]

She’s only 155 years old you sick f***!

[@ElizabethMcDermott-cy4cv]

They are one of my favourite weird animals for a reason.

[@caramel_cares]

"SHE SAID SHE WAS 156!!"

[@e-rokekenedi7834]

Haha! "Officer, please!"

[@absoliutenuds]

Get in the net buddy. You're going to jail, she wasn't even a 100

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

How original, metaphor about sex with minors🙄🤦

[@dustinmtracy]

@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 it was a joke not a metaphor LMFAO lighten up

[@caramel_cares]

@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 it was never that serious..

[@Samual_33]

Imagine how bored you would be swimming around in the dark for 400 years

[@user-dn1oz6td5r]

Now imagine you can't imagine. Or think. Or feel. You wouldn't be bored at all

[@Samual_33]

@@user-dn1oz6td5r I can't imagine that because the shark can think and feel if it couldn't it would be braindead and unable to hunt blind as stated in the video.

[@isj032]

No ones told sharks about boredom yet, I’m sure they re just getting on with their shark activities.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

@@Samual_33you ever heard of instinct? I swear man, sometimes it feels like the internet is full of actual toddlers 😂

[@Samual_33]

@@chiarosuburekeni9325 cool story 👍

[@prasannav6]

Imagine waiting 156 years for your first kiss

[@pratham4043]

Searching for this comment 😂😅😅

[@MypronounIsKing]

@@pratham4043what are you 13 ?

[@ftwxDD]

Stay Focus ^^

[@-Goshon-]

Yes I Am​@@MypronounIsKing

[@jdizzy5076]

Can you imagine graduating from college, retirement, from the workforce after 30 years of service and still a virgin. 🤯🤯

[@krishnastock]

5,000-year old tree: "Be quiet till you reach half my age!"

[@kberken]

5000 year old tree : hold my beer.

[@lolo82t.r.86]

Their meat is toxic to predators, but is treated and eaten as a delicacy in Iceland. Their babies, or pups, gestate and are born alive between 8-18years! Imagine being pregnant for that long after going 150+ years without reaching sexual maturity?! Amazing!!!

[@Archemik99]

Man, it should be illegal to hunt them. Imagine just how rare they are and how hard it is to conceive one of them. I mean waiting for 156 years just so they can start their sexual life. That's just crazy.

[@8Smoker8]

Feels extremely wrong to eat a creature with 4 times your life span. Humans are trash.

[@MargotHypnos]

I hope they are a protected species.

[@a.m.a3809]

Be advised from experience that because of the high content of amonia even after dried out and fermented, said icelandic "delicacy" tastes like the most pungent sweated socks dipped in horse pee with the intensity aftertaste of toothpaste. A traditional accompanying shot of Brennivin helps but it doesn't at the same time. Notwithstanding Hákarl, Iceland is the most beautiful amazing country in the world filled with the most amazing people.

[@MargotHypnos]

@@a.m.a3809 Do you know if it is on the menu often?

[@redozmasoma]

Shark: I'm so old the DEAD SEA was still just SICK when I was a teenager

[@timhoward5]

Good try! Not bad.

[@greg1503]

That would be a perfect line for Rodney Dangerfield to deliver.

[@pinlight97]

…and I had to swim UPHILL both ways to get a single plankton! You young whipper-snappers have it easy…just gobble up some micro plastics and you’re good. 🦈

[@jaybest1787]

Maddd!!!

[@greg1503]

@@pinlight97 😂

[@rishav144]

Wow this shark was alive when Newton wrote Calculus

[@nsumanth18]

Dude literally I was about to comment this!

[@Niganigaballsackboii]

Holy shitttt man. That's crazy

[@HomTolland0]

@@ozymandias35”………….”, said that shark

[@KNR90]

You mean when Leibniz wrote calculus

[@vantablack6809]

​@@KNR90Gottfried leibnitz and Issac Newton independently discovered calculus in the late 17th century.

[@user-ts5qg4mn2e]

May this friendly shark live forever in our hearts. We're amazed at how that shark managed to live this long. This comment was written in 2024, so this shark is turning 397 this year. We hope to wish it a happy 400th birthday in 3 years from this post. That's a lovely shark.

[@leonardocefalo2931]

Sorry to tell you, but It was possible to estimate her age (not of the one seen in the video, that's a likely unknown specimen) just because she was found dead. Eye-lens radiocarbon analyses are performed on dead specimens, so unfortunately she did not make it past 2016 Here is the study pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27516602/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27516602/

[@ElizabethMcDermott-cy4cv]

Theres a video of one trying to drown everyone in a submarine. Friendly I dunno. But a beautiful strange wild thing for sure. I hope they are always there.

[@HomersIlliad]

Between parasites and scientists scooping out samples, their eyes can't catch a break.

[@shinytentacles6242]

"you read history, i felt history" -greenland shark

[@online9697]

😂😂😂

[@online9697]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@guioaca7]

i am history

[@ouknow1446]

Change "felt" to "lived".

[@GrandHunter595]

“I was there when they stormed Normandy”

[@ajunlimited]

Male shark: “wow she’s hot” Other male shark: “bro she’s only 105 years old wtf is wrong with you”

[@basselhumash9789]

💀

[@OnFight1997]

Grandpa Shark: "I'd tell you if she is hot, but this motherfucker has been attached to my eyelids since Napoleon".

[@gpt-jcommentbot4759]

overused

[@p.p.burnell7294]

Yawn

[@basselhumash9789]

oh crap sorry@@gpt-jcommentbot4759

[@bethanyhaffey975]

And I thought sea turtles were one of the oldest sea creatures! Dang!

[@emanuelruettimann]

Stories like this are amazing. The house I live in was built in 1528, so imagine all shit that happened in the world since then.

[@digginggopher]

You should metal detect your property

[@digginggopher]

I can walk you through which metal detector is best for you

[@vdominati]

So basically 100 years is just a childhood phase for them😂

[@user-cu6dp4fw9i]

💀

[@Mireohio]

That's why they can life more then hundreds years is it ? I mean if they matured at the age like human ,they will often stressed for hormones issues

[@prasantasahu5156]

156 i could say 💀

[@georgenzau5918]

😂

[@amateurgenius8486]

Imagine having a 156 year childhood. Imagine how many PlayStation generations that is.

[@Musafirudunya]

I need a boyfriend Dad: wait for 150 years ☠️

[@Chuk392]

156 😂😂😂😂

[@captainpricegaming4571]

156 ☝️🤓

[@MdRiAD-cc6kt]

​@@captainpricegaming4571that doesn't even make any sense

[@eshankarandana4249]

😂😂😂

[@Fiddy661]

😂😂😂😂

[@damigamermx-us8291]

That shark lived multiple independences, revolutions, civil wars, WW1 and WW2, Cold War, 9/11 and now COVID-19

[@kevai6290]

If he hadn’t worn a mask he probably would not have survived COVID

[@jamieroach5755]

All planned events

[@Boofy_Gastard]

@@jamieroach5755 someone's paying attention, Ukraine, Gaza, Iran... aye, same people making the moolah too... "follow the money"...

[@jamieroach5755]

@@Boofy_Gastard if only everyone was as wise as us

[@Boofy_Gastard]

@@jamieroach5755 Aye, tho' it does seem more & more people are waking up to the BS, finally !

[@mibangtv9338]

Mumma Shark : "Betty you're not allowed to have a bf now." Betty Shark : "Mom, I'm 155 years old."

[@mugengaia]

This animal is the definition of "I seen some shit, but I'm blind."

[@KimberlyBishh]

😂😂😂

[@89kilemal]

*I've

[@mugengaia]

@@89kilemal Oh boy, here comes the grammar police. Someone's not too bright on picking up spoken banter versus proper writing.

[@Mr.Isflcis]

@@89kilemal Bro's going to fix the grammar on the Bible next.

[@Stop_The_Car]

"I don't give a shit if I go blind. I don't need to see the price tag anyway."

[@canceldeez8923]

Imagine having a bug stuck to your eye for a few hundred years

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

Gad damn parasites, man.. 😂

[@GG-vq6ro]

I don't think that's how it works. The parasite would only live a very short life.

[@canceldeez8923]

@@GG-vq6ro ok then a dead bug stuck to your eye

[@atotheg1991]

Hate when that happens.

[@dawnsdreamacres]

Lots of possible comments to make about a shark this old, but yours made me lol 😂 Good one 👍

[@Sebastian1984]

we have to protect this beautiful creatures

[@miguelramirez7132]

It is so mysterious, spooky or creepy in an odd way, but astonishing nonetheless. Absolutely amazing creature.

[@AltoBurrito9506]

The fact that it’s hunting skills aren’t affected by blindness is just badass

[@demonetreyking7299]

You ever heard of daredevil 💁🏾

[@PeppaJackable]

The oceans version of a blind old Kung fu master

[@anautisticperson5382]

@@GrandHunter595 But Bats aren’t blind?

[@anautisticperson5382]

@@GrandHunter595 Bats are still not blind. It’s an expression, it’s not supposed to be taken literally. Like for example “it’s raining cats and dogs”. Is it literally raining cats and dogs? No it’s not, it’s another way of saying it’s raining down hard.

[@fernandorosales8798]

​@@GrandHunter595No, it is true that they are not blind, but they can see and quite well just like us humans, but just as we do not see well in the dark neither do they, and because they use echolocation, but they are not blind, they see just as well as as we do.

[@Stellarspace95]

This shark’s grandma lived before the year 1000 A.D. 👀🥇

[@tiemen9095]

396 + 2x 156 = 700 years, add or take.

[@Barry.Age63]

No it didnt

[@meeu]

​@@tiemen9095 that's still the Middle Ages. Wtf

[@mrburpmud]

​@@Barry.Age63it did

[@ben5154]

probably not considering this one's on the higher end of how old they get to, but it's great grandma probably did.

[@rtk6945]

Has know idea what he has lived through , lucky for him.

[@Kemot300]

That shark (after gaining sentience): So, let me get this straight, humans. During my lifetime you guys went from bows and one shot pistols to machine guns, sending people into space and atomic weapons?!

[@Your_MoM612]

Bro survived 2 world Wars 🤯

[@danteraj4613]

Civil war as well...

[@ibie27]

Napoleonic wars as well.

[@igordamjanovic8754]

​@@ibie27 american revolution as well

[@MarkoFilipov1]

Yugoslav war as well

[@jeupater1429]

Even the Thirty Years War. That's old

[@uzumaki7535]

Omni-Man: "What will you have after five-hundred years!?" Shark: "Just keep swimming."

[@thatrabidpotato8800]

"Sharks, dad. I'd have sharks."

[@Safonne]

GOLD

[@andyjohnson3790]

That's Awesome! !!!!!!!! But if they can age the shark by the Carbon 14 in their eyelids I hope that they at least remove the parasite that eventually makes them go blind.

[@SunnyIlha]

Shark: "hey guys, thanks for helping me see again, I still got 372 years to go"

[@ThomCoe]

Scientists: these sharks go blind from a parasite, not because we pierce their “eye lenses” with a sharp probe just to check out how old they are

[@mcclureemily1648]

I can only hope this non-elective lens removal did not hasten her demise via introducing infection or cause her pain. At least the scientist didn't choose the otoliths.

[@aaravsawhney6973]

Bro witnessed titanic, ww1 and ww2 💀 Edit :- Thank You very much for 4k likes. This made me happy :D

[@sk-ig4wt]

these aren't even that old tbh , this thing was alive during civil war in usa and when Newton wrote calculus

[@jonnytlong]

Revolutionary war

[@jerald40]

@@sk-ig4wtHey, take a joke.

[@Federal_Bureau_of_Investigatio]

@@jerald40he did

[@markredden311]

How about this sombitch was around for the signing of the declaration of independence? And was around 150 then.

[@kewiired9271]

The parasite on the eye is absolutely horrifying

[@baileyminor6042]

I swear this shark is living through my biggest fear

[@Randy1337]

I think it's adorable 🥰

[@Vuvuvu75]

the parasite also attract fishes and preys for the shark to eat/hunt, it's more of a symbiose relation ship if i remember correctly

[@TheHorsebox2]

Why is a politician living in a shark's eye?

[@macemaster]

not as horrifying as the fact that humans in some parts of the world go blind the same way

[@Ryan-sf8nf]

I feel like even an advanced alien race would see this thing and just be like "alright let's wrap it up and head back to Andromeda"

[@johncapewell7520]

The things that shark has lived through is amazing. It was just vibing around the ocean during the golden age of piracy, French revolution, both world wars and countless other historical moments.

[@TheAntonio6579]

To them it's like nothing happened

[@shawnbrown4485]

Twin towers fell and they had not the slightest clue

[@donaldmackerer9032]

Yeah I remember all these events well. I was born at the same time.

[@OldLadyGamersince1990]

Yup. This shark witnesses all disgusting things humans can do.

[@adw6894]

"Humans are the worst on Earth" - Sharks

[@e-rokekenedi7834]

If Alice Cooper had been one of these sharks: "And I'm 75 and I don't know what I want..."

[@rzwilli]

The largest shark they found, a 5-meter female, was between 272 and 512 years old according to their estimates. Carbon dating can only provide estimates, not a definitive age. Scientists continue to refine this method and may provide more accurate measurements in the future. But even at the lower end of the estimates, a 272-year lifespan makes the Greenland shark the longest-lived vertebrate.

[@ErikAdalbertvanNagel]

This guy was alive when the church banned Gallileo's book 💀

[@MsHSpring]

Wow… exactly my point 😂.. they were thinking that the sun goes around the earth..

[@Jason_4358]

​@@MsHSpringfr Allah and Jesus are dumb

[@Angelo-yr1en]

He’s seen what humanity’s done through the ages

[@dutchmansmine9053]

@@MsHSpring Wonder what he thinks of it. Probably not much, he's never seen the sun.

[@rogrambo]

​@@Angelo-yr1enhe has not seen the amazing strides that humanity has made, other than our ability to travel across oceans much more efficiently and safely when it sees our boats, but it has no idea what the hell it is looking at because it's just a shark and it does not have a human brain that analyzes things

[@AidsPizza]

These sharks were literally born during the golden age of piracy

[@AZ-rg3rf]

probably ate some pirates too

[@H0LL0WHearteD]

These sharks are deep sea. Meaning they mostly eat small fish and crustaceans and remains or other animals​ doubt they would eat or attack humans like other species. But if some pirate died in sea and his body sank to the depts sure they could be a good meal for these sharks @@AZ-rg3rf

[@KingSlat730]

joy boy probably had pet greenland sharks, whole family of em

[@adambutterfield2307]

@@H0LL0WHearteDthey also only live in cold waters near the arctic circle. Life is slower in such temperatures so 400 years for them will seem like how we perceive our average lifespan of 80 years roughly. The perception of time is relative

[@leooivio]

Or the danish intervention of the 30 years war

[@shaunkolly7113]

That’s insane wish humans could live that long

[@atune2682]

This is so insanely amazing. He was literally around at the english civil war.

[@user-to6kw6ef5e]

This just scratches the surface. These sharks live in extremely cold waters and they have adopted large amounts of urea (the stuff that's in urin) as a de-frosting agent in their blood. This makes its meat toxic to humans. But worry not, because Icelanders found out that if you let it ferment you can eat it! Imagine how hungry some person must have been to discover that fact.

[@christinfranklin1333]

Imagine how 400 has old meat taste 😮😮 reminds me of when those scientists defrosted a wooly mammoth and decided to taste it...I was like YO WHY!!??... they did it was "earthy" 😂😂😂 I couldn't told em that!! it's been there for 100s of years of course it tastes like dirt!!! 😂😂😂

[@IratePuffin]

Fermented shark urine… yum

[@l.generallager6356]

@@christinfranklin1333 so they could flex about eating exotic meat.

[@BRev673]

​@@christinfranklin1333probably ate it with a glass of wine😂

[@BoneWalker]

Even once it's not gonna poison you anymore, the stuff still reeks like nothing else.

[@spiderdude2099]

That’s one of the reasons they’re so endangered. Even wild specimens need to survive for multiple decades or centuries until they can reproduce

[@BrandonBiek]

Story of my life❤

[@Saiku584]

​@@BrandonBiek😢

[@hedgesyay9650]

@@BrandonBiekyou can do this😢😢

[@themesozoicworld6586]

@@BrandonBiekRight there with ya brother

[@anonimo.4134]

So they're like me, except i ain't living anywhere close to that long./j

[@steve9216]

They find the age by cutting them in half and counting the rings.

[@Kingdonomics]

if the cell was radio carbon dated it should only give how old the animal was when it died not when it was born. Radio carbon dating measures the level of C14 which has a known half life. I dont think creatures lose C14 while they are still alive, however i may be wrong

[@LisaLeBlanc-rr7td]

About 20 years ago, a whale was found to have a harpoon blade imbedded in its back that was over 200 years old. Meaning Bro survived a whale hunt 200 years prior. Even if he was a baby at the time, he lived at least 200 years. I wonder if they had to kill the whale to retreive the blade...

[@dutchmansmine9053]

Unless someone threw a 200 yr old harpoon into a much younger whale 21 years ago.

[@Satoruchan1234]

​@@dutchmansmine9053If someone threw a 200 years old harpoon blade at whale hell even shark let alone whale in the modern day it won't have much impact on the skin as it would have in those days coz of all the rustiness and dullness on the blade.

[@dutchmansmine9053]

@@Satoruchan1234 It could if he sharpened it, or it was just well preserved. Anyway, my point is just because the harpoon is old doesn't necessarily mean the whale is old. People often use old weapons and whaling wasn't banned until about 1969, so it's possible someone threw it in there less than 100 years ago.

[@LisaLeBlanc-rr7td]

@@dutchmansmine9053 Japan us the only nation still hunting whales, and they use ballistic canons.

[@trumpstinyhands]

​@@LisaLeBlanc-rr7tdim sure there are people of other nations still hunting them too, obviously not on the same scale as Japan. I think he has a point

[@nkululeko899]

The creature that literally lived through multiple generations.

[@user-kj8di3qf4z]

You're technically correct, but you do understand a generation is only about 30 years correct? That is if you're talking about human generations.

[@nkululeko899]

@@user-kj8di3qf4z Well, I am technically correct.

[@silent_stalker3687]

@@user-kj8di3qf4zhe is correct not technically. I have sprung life into this world by spreading my blood when sick and i get cut or a nose bleed i spread my disease, and i have released 27 botflies from my body and when i was a kid i released mosquitoes from water flooded tanks in the back yard and took a note on them. 15k a week, almost 200k released by the time my parents killed them all.

[@shouperman1]

Multiple human generations, not Greenland shark ones lol

[@earthwormscrawl]

And he says to the younger sharks: "When I was your age I had to swim to school in the snow, uphill both ways!"

[@MarioLamRedRebel]

Beautiful animals ♥️

[@Terbie36]

She's a beauty.

[@ibie27]

That Creature Probably saw actual Pirates in their Old Ships. Edit: I didn't think i would get this many likes.

[@nord8507]

That was my first thought.

[@bencostello2729]

Right.. from the bottom of the ocean, a blind shark saw pirate ships. Use your brain, numb nuts

[@jonnytlong]

The pirates you are probably thinking of were usually in warm parts of the Atlantic and these sharks are usually in really cold water in the North Atlantic. Also, even before the parasites completely blind them, their eyesight is pretty bad so I’m not sure they can ever see much during their lives. But you’re right, that shark was probably around during the golden age of piracy, it’s just doubtful he ever actually saw any.

[@vee-bee-a]

Probably swam with some mer‑people, too.

[@Shatter_bone]

Bro they're blind

[@Billco123]

Beautiful when you think about it. All chaos that’s happened on land in that time and these guys just keep swimming totally oblivious to it. Makes you think what was it all about and was it even worth it.

[@Moonotter1]

It really wasn't worth it

[@aazhieryakes884]

Yeah, agree ​@@Moonotter1

[@Checkmate___]

Oh to be a Greenland shark obliviously swimming in the dark for 400 years

[@Voodoo3397]

Considering we went from wooden huts to skyscrapers i guess it was worth it

[@cameronspence4977]

Well it happened so there's nothing anyone can do about it anyways

[@Nordic619]

The meme "I haven't gotten laid in 200 years" applies to this fella

[@BarelloSmith]

The title is definitely misleading. Trees can get thousands of years old. Among animals there are species with older individuals too: certain sponges are over 2000 years old and there are bivalvs that are over 500 years old as well. And technically every lineage of organism that primarily reproduces vegetatively only, is as old as life on earth, since they never really died; they just multiplied.

[@DEADisBEAUTIFUL]

Female Greenland sharks potentially have a gestation period of 8 to 18 years (Wow!!!) and can give birth to 200- 700 pups during their lifetime! They are incredibly slow movers- their “top speed” is just a bit over 1.6 mph. A very interesting creature!

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

I like the fact you explained the reason for your username in your channel's bio.

[@KKP7557]

Is this one of the animals that lives really deep in the ocean, like Titanic wreckage resting place deep?

[@DEADisBEAUTIFUL]

@@KKP7557 They are known to live in very deep and very, very cold waters. 7200 ft/2200 m.

[@DEADisBEAUTIFUL]

@@abdul-kabiralegbe5660 Thank you. My username is very frequently misinterpreted which I fully understand. So I put the explanation of it up in hopes that it would explain my reasoning behind it.

[@carriecalderon2199]

So basically, it’s the sloth of sharks

[@RichardSchiffman-jn1ds]

To put into perspective, this shark was born only 11 years after William Shakespeare died 😮

[@NorthernStare]

You mean William Sharkspear

[@omegastudios-minecraft1865]

​@@NorthernStareno, Shakespeare is the correct spelling

[@alvinnj3455]

​@@omegastudios-minecraft1865 Bro missed the joke so bad 😭😭

[@omegastudios-minecraft1865]

@@alvinnj3455 huh, what was the joke? Edit: my bad LOL, my brain read shark as shake

[@RichardSchiffman-jn1ds]

@@NorthernStare 😂😂😂

[@veljkocetnik3050]

"By radiocarbon-dating a protein inside their eyes, which forms before birth and remains viable throughout their lives, scientists estimated the specimen was about 392 years old, give or take 120 years. That suggests the sharks can live between 272 and 512 years." its really precise and reliable method all together

[@chaimabch3629]

I wish my childhood could last for long time just like these sharks 😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@juangal7569]

"What will you have for 500 years?!" Those old geezer sharks

[@leahs1545]

This made me giggle 🤭

[@tiffanygrever8092]

Another that is interesting if you think about it is the shark is almost 500 years old it's great grandparents were around dearing the time of Christ.

[@xcept7355]

​@@tiffanygrever8092 yes bliss them

[@ImperatorNocturne]

bro, you made my day XD

[@sunniblacc78]

Do they still have teeth or do they go get dentures 😂

[@user-iw7ne7sy5q]

That shark is older than the United States and was around for the entirety of the Soviet Union's existence.

[@8ofwands300]

Huh? The USSR only lasted decades.

[@user-iw7ne7sy5q]

@@8ofwands300 Yeah, I guess my point about the USSR wasn't super impressive, but my point is it witnessed the rise (and fall in the Soviets' case) of the 20th century's two superpowers. In addition to two world wars, major disease outbreaks, the invention of flight and space travel, etc.

[@direfranchement]

No it's not. This is a fake story. They have no way to verify this shark's age, but there has been no shark documented as living that long.

[@masteroutlaw100]

Hitler was just a flash in the pan for this guy

[@usagi18]

That shark was already here when most of my family was still in Europe

[@hernandovillamarinbuenaven7476]

That Greenland shark may not be old enough to be president.. But, how about being a divorce attorney??.. 🤔

[@SouthernShodan]

And they say we got to work past 65 now instead of retiring. Shark: Hold my beer

[@sanneoi6323]

I find it so amusing how most sharks have a lifespan of 20-30 years but Greenland sharks are out here living for centuries for no reason whatsoever

[@monikabuzzi3130]

Actually sharks have a great range of lifespan: Great Whait and Tiger can reach 60-70 years. I don't know about Leuca and Mako, but I'm pretty sure they can live more than 30 years.

[@joshuaortiz2031]

The cold water slows aging

[@sandralison7584]

Big sharks usually can get very old. Some need to wait to reproduce for the first time for 30 years. You're probably only talking about the tiny shark species.

[@tyreemitchell5174]

They tell us anything 😂😂. How we gonna test it

[@prestallar4339]

​@@tyreemitchell5174"radio carbon-dating" if you misheard

[@mialundbyfranck9596]

fun fact: the oldest animal we have ever discovered was a clam that lived to be about 500 years old. the sad thing is that the scientists that checked how old it was killed it in the process

[@ju87d-3stuka7]

What was it?

[@thedirtywoodsman604]

Ironic.

[@DrCruel]

@@ju87d-3stuka7 It was an ocean quahog. They're thought to have a maximum lifespan of from 300-500 years or more. It was named Ming because it was born in the Ming dynasty.

[@orgANGmo]

Isn't there a species of jellyfish that's immortal?

[@DrCruel]

@@orgANGmo Theoretically.

[@whitedeath996]

I just looked into this and there was a bbc articel dating back to 2016 so not sure if new findings have happened since then. Also I found out another amazing fact while looking is that Bowhead Whales live for upto or just over 200 years and a clam was found to be over 500 years old. Crazy.

[@spence2126]

Dude is friends with Biff, Papa Biff and Grandaddy Biff

[@DianaGonzalification]

You sent me into a spiral of investigating long living animals at almost 1am, so I hope you're happy

[@Marvin-dg8vj]

Fascinating but 400 years? I would be bored of watching box sets after about 30 years ...

[@heyyou5128]

i felt bad because he cant clean his eye

[@moncleazyyy]

Go to sleep Diana smh 🤦🏾‍♂️ sleep is important weither you like it or not

[@scarletamazon3455]

It's a fascinating way to add some perspective, isn't it? Have a look at the lifespan of trees, like giant redwoods, and think how long some trees have been where they are.... that blows my mind sometimes!

[@Marvin-dg8vj]

@@scarletamazon3455 trees are not conscious and not much goes through the mind of a Greenland shark either

[@goodheavens1]

Bro should’ve invested some money hundreds of years ago instead of just swimming around 💀

[@AmarSingh-bm3dd]

😂😂

[@juliangonzalez5437]

Or buying some land😂

[@CommandoMaster]

Or having s3x while it was still ez to get😂

[@KingSlat730]

@@juliangonzalez5437would've probably been ran off n given a small reservation if the europeans found out

[@SuperNiksus]

Bitcoin investment 😂😂

[@llwpeaches]

Unfortunately, these sharks are still a delicacy in Iceland. It's called hákarl and is prepared in the same manner as Vikings used to prepare it (fermentation). It also smells and tastes terrible. Icelanders like to feed it to the tourists: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1karl

[@delphalomas5239]

Yes, they were born when the water 🌊 was clear and clean. I feel bad for all the animals in the sea and ocean 🪸🌊

[@DemonDriver31]

The greenland shark is so old it remembered king henry 3.

[@LordAnestis]

His great grandfather saw the Roman Empire!

[@irkenpost]

he saw nothing except of the darkness

[@thepubknight6144]

​@@irkenpostthey go blind in about 200 years

[@brothatwasepic]

Baby shark shark 🎶 🎵 150 years later still baby shark shark 🎶 🎵

[@MrSamurai137]

Noooooooo!

[@yogalates23]

ok this made me laugh

[@spritezilla_the_bebop]

It’s insane to think about the things that shark has lived through…the golden age of piracy, the Salem witch trials, the formation of the United States…so amazing.

[@redfishbluefish4973]

Giant Tortoise: “I can live up to 250 years” Greenland Shark: “Hold my eyeball parasite“

[@pascibs1579]

Let’s hope and pray humans allow him to live another 396 years.. in peace.

[@bigfatdaddychris3979]

He's got a frigging hook in its mouth! Probably didn't live much longer than after the video was made. Some Chinese fishing trawler probably hauled it up on its deck, skinned off its fins and threw it back overboard. All in the name of a stiffy and shark fin soup!

[@Nikkif1013]

They clearly said they only live to about 400 years old.

[@isaiah9893]

didn't the dude say they typically live to 400? I'm not sure it's going to live that long.

[@lolubaba]

Maths ain't your strong point

[@jp9707]

​@@Nikkif1013to be fair, we know very little about them, and very few have been found. They're not like livestock or pets, where we can confidently know their average lifespan having seen millions of their lives play out. It's probably just that 400 is the oldest known age of a Greenland shark, so scientists have assumed that's the oldest they get because they haven't any evidence of older ones. But there could be one swimming around that's 600 that we just haven't found yet.

[@ssa6227]

It's mind boggling. 400 500 years for a complex living animal. Trees I can understand but not this. Nature never ceases to amaze me.

[@CanariasCanariass]

​@@NikosNikos-dr7wv They get way older bro

[@BeegRanho]

You might not believe ​@@NikosNikos-dr7wv, but it's true, look it up more articles

[@macman975]

​@NikosNikos-dr7wv The Immortal Jellyfish will definitely blow your mind!

[@ssa6227]

@@NikosNikos-dr7wv 🤔

[@mikecalif5553]

It's has some good DNA! And knows the Ships got much louder.

[@pierrebudan7554]

Dude was already 150 yo when French Revolution happened

[@shawnlindow9608]

I don’t understand how I’m 50+ years old and I’ve never heard of this amazing creature until today ?

[@MSC-Songwriter]

Probably because this is horse shit. Just a theory.

[@user-wy3dl2em7p]

​@@MSC-SongwriterSo, existing of this shark is a theory? Are you really that stupid?

[@user-wy3dl2em7p]

Are you American?

[@shawnlindow9608]

@@user-wy3dl2em7p yes I am.

[@Haxridmann]

@@MSC-Songwriterare you dumb or something you’re probably dude who says dinosaurs aren’t real and there’s houses in the sky of course it’s real they literally tell you how they do it

[@reubenmendez9856]

That shark has seen creatures that have NOT been discovered by humans yet!

[@trololololol1111]

Dude it's blind.

[@terrywade3696]

@@trololololol1111Not for its whole life! It wasn’t born with a parasitic fish attached to its eye!

[@trololololol1111]

@@terrywade3696 how do you know? Maybe it was born blind. Or maybe the evil parasite sensing an opportunity, crawled up its mom's @rse and latched on its itsy ditsy fetal eyes...

[@jacobwhitley3767]

Crazy to think ur probably right. Hopefully they stay down there with the high water pressure 😅

[@stevenkawleski3269]

And probably ate species that went extinct that we never knew about

[@g_lantos]

This shark has a longer history than the USA.

[@had2galsinthebooth]

At around 300yo that exact shark had to dodge the sinking Titanic sections or be crushed into the mud. Believe me,I never lie.

[@canadianrage5224]

Shark: Sir, she told me she was 156... plus I’m fucking blind and can’t even see her.

[@TotallyNoCat]

W

[@JimmyJamesJ]

I don't think the blind defence would work on a kiddy diddler.

[@njfuentesrespecter81]

I hope these guys are super protected. Would be a shame to see even a single old creature die.

[@hollyperrin7353]

Are you kidding me? Their carbon footprint is bigger than China’s! 😂

[@Shdhdbehj]

@@hollyperrin7353no one cares about that

[@hollyperrin7353]

@@Shdhdbehj I sure as hell don’t! 😂😂😂

[@hollyperrin7353]

@@BrandonHeat243 Not long on sarcasm, are you?

[@brendaclark5185]

True. (Rhino) Sudan's passing was a huge loss.

[@alexisjimenez3374]

5 seconds after watch this video, a u.s.a. citizen, a british or a canadian will want to hunt that old shark.

[@awisintaro]

This species is so blessed

[@Cloofinder]

Shark: When 400 years you reach, look so well you will not!

[@itskarl79]

liverspots over your whole body, you'll have...

[@MTF_agent-1473]

Grand master yoda is that you

[@Huck_ster]

Buddy’s hitting puberty at 155 💀💀🗿

[@somerandomguy-yq1ew]

finally someone who doesn’t say “blud”! you’re my favorite now.

[@FarFoggy2]

hear me out bluddy​@@somerandomguy-yq1ew

[@Wise_person1]

So this shark lived before ww1.

[@IARRCSim]

That's a bit like saying a 40 year old human lived before Obama was president. ww1 was only 110 years ago. The shark was born before United States declared independence from the British Empire.

[@jackfredricks6223]

"The Oldest Living Creature on Earth" How do we know this? We killed it to check.

[@magfeed]

His manager still expects him to show up to work every damn morning

[@lilypads3033]

While it takes humans around 74 generations, it only takes this shark less than 7 generations before it reached all the way back to 1 A.D. That is insane

[@SunnyIlha]

ONE a.d. ???! 😳

[@forsythwr]

Every father's dream: a daughter who doesn't reach sexual maturity until 156 years old.

[@taylorchatman4247]

The Earth is amazing ❤️

[@shashikumar7439]

Bro got only another 4 years, We're gonna miss you Mr. shark 😢

[@kyoakland]

😂

[@arjun3274]

They live upto 500 years not 400 years , I googled it 😢

[@keledek660]

In the next 100 years, Mr. Shark will see our childrens to become grandparents. So yeah, she gonna miss us.

[@keledek660]

​@@arjun3274thanks for the info mate.

[@user-jc7kc5ub6o]

❤At least he lived a good long life❤

[@Aequitas6228]

The shark was here when Napoleon Bonaparte grandfather wasn't even born yet but still alive today 😮

[@RosaParksWasWyt]

This shark is 396 years old. Source: “trust me bro” 😂😂😂

[@thatguynicky1979]

It’s crazy to think how many years old some beings can live when undisturbed by mankind’s expansion efforts. What’s even crazier is how many more years humans could live if they were undisturbed by mankind’s expansion efforts.. Let’s just say it’s way longer than some worn out Greenland Shark.

[@redcardgaming17]

Waiter: “How would you like your shark fin soup, sir?” “Biblical”

[@lawrencewalston2272]

But the muscle tissue is highly ammoniated. Fresh, the meat is toxic so in places like Iceland, the meat is left to cure until until it's safe to eat. Even then, most people wouldn't care for the flavor as it tastes like ammonia.

[@redcardgaming17]

@@lawrencewalston2272 I bet you sure were fun at parties

[@summerallthetime2616]

@@redcardgaming17Certainly not at ones that serve Greenland Shark fin soup

[@redcardgaming17]

@@summerallthetime2616 most assuredly and especially NOT at those specifically.

[@darksharky.]

Is Covid-20 also biblical? 😂