512 Year Old Greenland Shark - Oldest Living Shark

Researchers have found an ancient shark in the North Atlantic, believed to be 512 years old, which could be the oldest living vertebrate in the world. This particular shark, was measured at 18 feet in length and weighed over a tonne. By measuring the size of the shark, researchers suggest the animal could have been born as early as 1505, making it even older than Shakespeare. #shark #sharks SOME HISTORICAL EVENTS OVER THE LAST 512 YEARS ________________________________________________________ • 1508 | European settlers arrive on American mainland, at the Isthmus of Panama • 1517 | Protestant Reformation begins when monk Martin Luther begins protests against Catholic Church • 1519-1521 | Conquest of Aztec empire by Spain • 1534 | England Breaks With Church in Rome • 1572 | Supernova observed by Tycho Brahe • c1578 | Population of China reaches 60 million • 1582 | Russia, a small Slavic state centered on Moscow, begins its expansion beyond the Ural Mountains, swallowing