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Ancient: Velvet Worm Veterans, Self-cloning Shrubs and a 507-Year-Old Ocean Icon

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This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Sarah are going Ancient… seriously ancient. 🦖⏳

🌊 From the deep cold, dark waters where life moves slowly and lives ridiculously long... where some Glass sponges have survived 17,000 years.🧽🔎

Meeting Ming the giant clam — 507 years old that was already alive when Leonardo da Vinci was painting the Mona Lisa.🐚🖼️

🦈 We trace ancient lineages: Sharks cruising our oceans for 400 million years, Horseshoe crabs older than dinosaurs and Velvet worms predating flies and mosquitoes.🪱🧲🦀

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