Interesting. But-- for what little it's worth: #1 I don't think we should be doing stuff to its eye :( #2 They might want to reconsider the accuracy of their eye lens carbon dating methods. Just a thought. I'm no scientist.
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Was wondering the same thing, that shark was in no way in need of a lasik surgery.
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I don’t know. I prefer the idea of sharks with cataracts. Maybe they also have false teeth at that age?
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Seriously, those sharks already had fish and remorae attached to the eyeballs. At that age they are already blind. They feed by smell.
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It's a parasitic copepod which is found on about 90% of Greenland sharks' eyes. They use other senses to hunt since they are blinded by it.
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Thanks - the video wasn't clear, and I am not a marine biologist. But I do understand that you aren't really harming a blind animal by carbon-dating its cataracts.
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Well, I guess my sarcasm wasn’t clear either.
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I was playing off your riff. ;)
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And doesn’t look a day over 500. Diet and exercise. That’s the key.
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But it has over a thirty-thousand dollars in library fines.
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Cool. Did they name her? How about Methusellah. (with two Ls)
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Sharkie MacSharkface
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This looks like they gouged out the live animal's eye(s)....say it isn't so!
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Many Greenland sharks have parasitic copepods that colonize their eyes! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_shark#Other_behavior …
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What a champ to live that long. I'm struggling at 30 years here. It even does look like an old geezer
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Oh, to have seen what it has probably seen in those 500 years!
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@HighSierraMan Scientists say the shark is 512 years old but the shark has 493 on his driver's license. He issued a statement today saying he's excited about "Long Strange Trip" getting shortlisted for doc Oscar as he once tripped with Jerry Garcia on squid poppers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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4m Greenland shark released during DID fall survey.pic.twitter.com/fiy4Sm5vX0
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