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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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[-] starik@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 days ago

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

[-] Chais@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

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

[-] starik@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago

Plankton photosynthesizes too.

[-] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

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

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