Mega-Herbivores and 400-year-old sharks

Aug 12, 2016 11:20

Elephants are the end of a 60 million year lineage - the last of the megaherbivores Four-tuskers, hoe-tuskers, shovel-tuskers are all wiped out - now only a fragment of this keystone species remains

400-year-old Greenland shark is oldest vertebrate animal Shark, which would have reached sexual maturity at around 150 years, sets new record for longevity as biologists finally develop method to determine age

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