The longest-lived animals on Earth, in one chart - Vox

The longest-lived animals on Earth, in one chart - Vox: "When you think of animals that can live a really long time, you probably think of tortoises and parrots.

The ocean quahog — a species of clam that lives in the North Atlantic — likely doesn't come to mind.

But this chart by Niall McCarthy, based off data collected by Discovery News, shows an interesting point: almost all of the longest-lived animals on Earth are in the ocean. And several of them can survive for two centuries or more."







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