Blind, slow and 500 years old – or are they? How scientists are unravelling the secrets of Greenland sharks

via theguardian.com

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Described by one researcher as looking ‘already dead’, the enigmatic creatures are one of the least understood species on the planet It looks more like a worn sock than a fearsome predator. It moves slower than an escalator. By most accounts, it is a clumsy and near-sightless relic drifting in the twilight waters of the […]

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