Animals that Live Longer than Humans

Life is destructive, and even our green environment that supports our lives can be very destructive. However, certain animals are able to evolve so that their life could be longed a little bit longer.

The average live spans of animals vary wildly from ours, the human, but the mechanisms involved for each appear to be different. Identifying strategies that nature uses to alter life span could help scientists figure out how to extend human lives. Here are the animals that have longer lifespan than humans.

Tortoises. Tortoises typically live well past 100 and might be able to survive even longer. In 2006, a giant tortoise though to be 255 years old died at India’s Calcutta Zoo.


Bowhead Whale. Possibly topping out at older than 200, the bowhead whale is the longest-lived mammal known. In 2015, a team of scientists found genetic variations relevant to ageing, cancer protection, cell-cycle regulation, and DNA repair.


Ocean Quahog. In 2006, researchers found an ocean quahog thought to be 507 years old. That is pretty remarkable when you figure the clams have beating hearts, according to a scientist.


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