Behind the 400-Year-Old Shark, a Major Scientific Discovery ...

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In the iced abysses of the Arctic, a vertebrate escapes the rules of aging: the Greenland shark. Capable of living centuries, this slow and discreet predator has long been intriguing biologists. His eye, often parasitized and confronted with almost total darkness, was considered functionally blind. Yet, an international team led by the University of California in Irvine and the University of Basel questions this idea. Published in Nature Communi…

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The Greenland shark. It lives in the cold depths of the Atlantic and the North Pacific. And its amazing longevity already made it an animal of great interest to scientists. Today, a team reveals an extraordinary new feature.