Ancient Old Shark Discovered, Hilarity Ensues on Twitter

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AmyBrown
Dec 3, 2021 6:00 PM EST

A shark was recently discovered in the Arctic Ocean. Not just any regular shark, oh no, this shark discovered was found to be 392-years-old. 

Let's think about that for a second. 

Three-hundred and ninety-two years old. 

And while researching this shark, it turns out ANOTHER shark was discovered in 2019, in the Northern Atlantic, that scientists have reason to believe it was born as early as 1505. That means, this Greenland shark was born before Shakespeare and is -- wait for it -- FIVE-HUNDRED AND TWELVE years old! 

The Greenland shark could very well be the world oldest living vertebrate. But we're here to talk about the 392-year-old shark that caused the follow entertaining Twitter thread.

All we can take away from this is that sharks are still terrifying but kinda sorta incredible... don't you think?

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    Adaptation - tagullaby NightATO @GothGirlVonDark This is a 392 year old shark that was recently discovered in the Arctic Ocean. This guy was wandering the oceans back in 1627 2:33 AM Aug 6, 2019 Twitter Web App
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    Text - Kyle Marden @kmarden96 Replying to @GothGirlVonDark and @KingxAnt Graaandpa shark do do do do do do 9:14 AM - Aug 7, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Text - The COLLECTOR @JtheCollector Replying to @GothGirlVonDark Isn't that just incredible? Wow, I really love nature. Shame humans do very little to benefit it. 3:35 AM Aug 6, 2019 · Twitter for Android
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    Text - @neilyoungbuck Replying to @GothGirlVonDark They reach sexual maturity at age 150.. there is hope 4 me 10:13 AM Aug 7, 2019 - Twitter for iPhone
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    Great white shark - Mason Hell-Cat @masonhellcat Replying to @GothGirlVonDark I bet it's just a 5 year old great white and you've used that FaceApp thing 12:29 PM Aug 7, 2019 - Twitter for iPhone 21 Retweets 686 Likes Mason Hell-Cat @masonhellcat · Aug 8 Replying to @masonhellcat and @GothGirlVonDark
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    Text - Dan. Mc @shantyire Replying to @GothGirlVonDark He was around when the Earth was flat! Twitter for Android 3:29 PM · Aug 6, 2019
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    Cartoon - que acabe ya la navidad porfi @kuurupeko Replying to @GothGirlVonDark and @numenorsvoice 5:30 PM · Aug 7, 2019 · Twitter Web App 6 Retweets 93 Likes Ogikay @ogzkyg · Aug 8 Replying to @kuurupeko @GothGirlVonDark and @numenorsvoice Simpsons with their predictions again.
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    Then the news was uploaded to Imgur where we came across this conversation:

    Text - 4 hr. itsjustanotherday via Android O 167 pts How can they tell its age? Collapse 5 hr PleatherChaps via iPhone O 450 pts Diver's license + 6 replies 78 pts HoopSnek OP 4 hr By carbon dating it's eyes (it was accidentally caught) https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks- rays/eyes-one-shark-age-nothing-fear + 5 replies 179 pts 5 hr eskimonoise Cut it in half and count the rings
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    The link shown in this screenshot can be found here! 

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