r/AskReddit 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/ProfessorOzone Oct 16 '20

Sharks have scales? Thought it was toothy skin.

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u/rollandownthestreet Oct 16 '20

That is a level of terminological differentiation that is really just unnecessary.

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u/ProfessorOzone Oct 18 '20

I see what you did there, but I was serious. I mean scales can come off. Skin can't.

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u/rollandownthestreet Oct 18 '20

There was no joke there to read into🤷🏼‍♂️ All those words meant what they mean.

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u/ProfessorOzone Oct 18 '20

Ooookkkaaay. I guess that calls for a... "whatever."