Sharks are older than trees. 🦈

The first plant species which can be considered a real tree is known as Archaeopteris, and it evolved about 350 million years ago.

The first sharks evolved 50 million years before that!

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@InvaderXan I therefore eagerly await the evolution of flowering sharktrees, where the sharks fall off in autumn. I mean they'd probably have to be fairly small sharks, like dogfish or something.

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Ahhh, the hammerhead harvest is looking good this year!

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