The longest-living animals on Earth ( some potentially immortal )

[Paco Dennis]

1. Bowhead whale: potentially 200+ years old​

2. Rougheye rockfish: 200+ years old​

3. Freshwater pearl mussel: 250+ years old​

4. Greenland shark: 272+ years old​

5. Tubeworm: 300+ years old​

6. Ocean quahog clam: 500+ years old​

7. Black coral: 4,000+ years old​

8. Glass sponge: 10,000+ years old​

9. Turritopsis dohrnii: potentially immortal​

10. Hydra: also potentially immortal​

https://www.livescience.com/longest-living-animals.html

 

[SmoothSeas]

interesting thread, @Paco Dennis, thx for sharing...

there's also long-lived organisms in the flora kingdom as well, like our redwoods.

nature never ceases to amaze me...