Sharks are older than trees
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0:00 Sharks have been swimming the oceans for over
0:02 four hundred and fifty million years.
0:04 That means sharks are older than trees.
0:07 The first trees appeared around three hundred
0:09 and fifty million years ago,
0:11 so sharks had already been around for a
0:13 hundred million years before wood existed.
0:15 Sharks are also older than Saturn's rings,
0:18 older than the North Star,
0:20 and older than dinosaurs.
0:22 They survived all five mass extinctions.
0:25 When you look at a shark,
0:26 you're looking at one of evolution's most
0:29 successful designs,
0:30 almost unchanged for eons.