Scientists have found an ancient shark that could be older than SHAKESPEARE - as research reveals the species could live to 600 years old.
Earlier this year professor Kim Praebel, from the Arctic University of Norway found that Greenland sharks could have a lifespan of up to 400 years.
But now developing research has shown the species could be even older.
Marine biologist Julius Nielsen found that a sixteen-foot female his team had been studying was at least 272 years old, and possibly as much as 512 years old.
Using a mathematical model analysing the lens and the cornea that linked size with age they found a way to predict age.-READ MORE
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