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Rutgers University: How Old are Whale Sharks, Nuclear Bomb Legacy Reveals Their Age
April 09, 2020
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 9 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- Rutgers University issued the following news:

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- Cold War testing radioactivity used to determine longevity of largest fish on Earth

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Nuclear bomb tests during the Cold War in the 1950s and 1960s have helped scientists accurately estimate the age of whale sharks, the biggest fish in the seas, according to a Rutgers-led study.

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