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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.

Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_shark

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[–] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 15 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Sharks existed before trees. That's always been crazy to me.

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 5 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Ohh that’s a cool one. Image earth with life but no trees.

[–] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

That's how it was for 90% of life existence. Trees are recent.

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I don't understand this to mean "without plants." Sharks still need oxygen.

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 hours ago

Plankton photosynthesizes too.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

"PrOvE iT!"

Fuckin neckbeards man.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Flowers and grass, too.