Greenland sharks have existed for hundreds of millions of years through their ancient lineage while Saturn’s iconic rings are believed to have formed far more recently, possibly only 10 to 100 million years ago.
That means sharks were already swimming in Earth’s oceans long before Saturn wore its most famous feature.
Sharks existed before trees. That’s always been crazy to me.
Flowers and grass, too.
“PrOvE iT!”
Fuckin neckbeards man.
Genetic data indicate that Greenland sharks diverged from ancestral sleeper sharks in the Canadian Arctic approximately 1–2.34 million years ago
you are off by a bit?!?
early sharks existed back then, not greenland sharks.
i only know this bc the very fun zoo of us podcast did an ep on sharks last week https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/333-great-white-shark/id1463896106?i=1000763230492
Only because Greenland didn’t exist back then
“Saturn used to be a smaller Jupiter.”
“Okay, grandpa, let’s get you to bed.”
“An-cient shark! Do do dodo dodo…”
Greenland shark do do dodo
I love it when complex life finds a niche that just keeps on working. Crabs, Crocs, and Sharks keep catching Ws
The rings will outlast the sharks. Don’t worry Saturn, humans are on the job!
I read just yesterday in another comment here that the Appalachian Mountains are older than sharks.
Sharks showed up in the fossil record at about the same time the Appalachian mountains stopped their mountain building activity, 450 mya.
