Scientists Estimate Greenland Sharks Could Live Up to 500 Years & immortals of the Arctic !!

List members , you may recollect that Bowhead whales which inhabit the Arctic Ocean around Greenland are also supposed to have a lifespan stretching over hundreds of years...so , in the case of the Greenland shark , yet again we see evidence of long life spans for creatures living in the Polar regions , especially the marine creatures .

I sometimes wonder if these species of long living whales and sharks living in the Polar Oceans actually swim into the Hollow Earth (and back) during their annual migrations ?!

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Folks , sample this - even amongst land animals , Polar bears , Arctic foxes and Arctic wolves are each the largest and longest living variants of their respective species . Even the Moose of the Arctic is the largest and longest living of the antelope/deer species . The Siberian tiger is the biggest of the cat family and Arctic mosquitoes too are giants compared to their tropical counterparts :))

**Coming back to the marine environment , the largest variant of the Blue Whale lives in the Antarctic waters .

***There is a clear pattern emerging here...something in the Polar environment contributes to greater body size and longer lifespan - possibly the nutrients of inner Earth coming up through the Polar openings ? Hmm...food for thought !

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List members , the 24 foot long (7.3 meters) Greenland shark is definitely a champion of life span in the animal kingdom , on Earth's outer surface at least !

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