Monday, January 10, 2022

The god species

 


From Wiki: "The Greenland shark has the longest known lifespan of all vertebrate species (estimated to be between 250 and 500 years), and is among the largest extant species of shark. "

Also Wiki: "The Greenland shark had been estimated to live to about 200 years, but a study published in 2016 found that a 5.02 m (16.5 ft) specimen was 392 ± 120 years old, resulting in a minimum age of 272 and a maximum of 512. That makes the Greenland shark the longest-lived vertebrate."

The industrial revolution began around 1750. It will probably be over by 2100. So this witless fish can live longer than the supposed eternal zenith of the God species Homo deus...

But sure, I suppose we could prove our "superiority" as a species by making the Greenland glaciers melt, thereby drowning the sharks or whatever will happen to them if the entire ice shelf comes tumbling down. 

There! The crown of divine evolution has spoken!!!


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