It's Official! The Greenland Shark Is The Longest Living Vertebrate Known To Science

Jeffrey Shao
2016-08-24T15:12:29-07:00

Scientists have long suspected that the elusive Greenland sharks lived for a long time. It turns out they were right! A new study has revealed that the world’s second largest carnivorous fish may have a lifespan of as long as 400 years. To put it in perspective, that is about twice that of the previously known longest-living vertebrate, the Bowhead whale, which is known to live for up to two centuries.