Could Sharks be Aliens?

Shark Week's Daily Bite by Discovery

Jun 25, 202413:40Science & Medicine

FACT: Sharks have been around longer than dinosaurs. We can make guesses and similarities and analogs of what could have happened, but we're never going to know how life started on Earth. FICTION: Sharks are aliens! Join...

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