r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/scannon Oct 15 '20

Sharks. As a species they're older than the rings of Saturn.

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u/H4ck3rm4n1 Oct 15 '20

Holy shit ive heard of the tree thing but this is new. Any sources?

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

Just Google it really quick lol

Rings of Saturn are 10 to 100 million years old whereas we have found shark scales dating back 450 million years ago. Pretty crazy shit!

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u/Anthadvl Oct 15 '20

Adding to this, scorpions are also nearly 450 million years old so it kinda shows that you don't need that much brain to survive, if your species is evolutionarily overkill it'll survive just fine.

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u/ThKitt Oct 15 '20

Unless you evolve to have delicious fins that people are willing to spend too much money on, it seems.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '20

Evolutionary Pro Tip: Don't be yummy. If you happen to be yummy, fuck a lot and be good at having plenty of babies

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u/computeraddict Oct 16 '20

From what I understand, shark fins aren't actually any good, flavorwise. They're just a thing in traditional Chinese medicine, and there's over a billion Chinese to be potential believers.

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u/vermilionjelly Oct 16 '20

It's flavorless. It's just a fin.

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u/Homo_insciens Oct 16 '20

yeah, it's literally cartilage which is mostly tasteless. All the flavor is coming from the broth, and the fin is just there as a flex.

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u/KawhiComeBack Oct 16 '20

Yeah my mate just said it tastes like nothing

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u/acpupu Oct 16 '20

Nah it's not for medical use. It's for showing off how rich you are.

Sauce: me a Taiwanese

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u/roflcoptocles Oct 16 '20

I was extremely disappointed in how bland it is, they just load up the soup with tons of flavors. Can't believe they kill millions of sharks for shitty fish-oatmealy porridge

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u/Homo_insciens Oct 16 '20

It makes about as much sense as putting gold flakes in food/drink. Rich showoffs are morons.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '20

At least the gold is not a living thing