Greenland sharks recently broke a record: Scientists discovered a 400-year-old female Greenland shark, who set a new record for the oldest living vertebrate! In fact, the only animal discovered who is older is an Icelandic clam named Ming, who lived to 507 years old. The oldest living human only lived to 122. Humans have some serious work to do to catch up.

In fact, Greenland sharks come from a family of record holders. They are part of the dogfish family, which holds shark titles including the smallest species (the dwarf lanternshark is smaller than a human hand!), longest pregnancies and most abundant worldwide.