10.

Red Sea Urchin

Red sea urchins are believed to be almost immortal. They are found in the shallow water of the
Pacific Ocean along the West Coast of North America. These small, spiny creatures have been
known to live for more than 200 years.

9. Koi Fish
Koi usually live for 25-30 years but there are reports of koi that have reached ages of over
200 years old! One famous koi in Japan, named “Hanako”, died in 1977 and a study of the
growth rings of one of her scales reported that she was 226! This made her older than the United
States of America!
 8. Long Finned Eel
Native to New Zealand and Australia, these eels often live to 60 years old with the oldest living
Long Finned Eel recorded as being 106 years old! Like the greenland shark these fish grow very
slowly which is why they can grow so old.

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 7. Macaw
Macaws can live up to 60-80 years, while their breeding age ranges from 30 to 35 years.
Unfortunately the majority of macaws are now endangered in the wild and a few are already
extinct due to habitat degradation and the illegal pet trade.
  6. African Elephant
The largest surviving land-animals have an average lifespan of 70 years and a recent
Zimbabwean study has found that female African elephants can potentially remain fertile until
their death!

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 5. Galapagos Giant Tortoise

The largest living species of tortoise that can survive well past a hundred, with the oldest
recorded at 152. The most famous Galapagos Tortoise was ‘Lonesome George’, a sub species
who lived on the Islands, he was 100 years old and still classed as a young adult! He had become
an ambassador of sorts for the islands off the coast of Ecuador whose unique flora and fauna
helped inspire Charles Darwin’s theories on evolution.
 4. Bowhead Whale
Bowhead whales have an average lifespan of 200 years and are the second largest mammal after
the blue whale. They’re old age was discovered when a live animal was found with a harpoon
that dated to over 100 years ago embedded in it’s skin!

  3. Greenland Shark
These sharks can reach ages of 200 years old although one individual was found that was 400
years old – making it the oldest vertebrate in the world. They live so long because they grow
very slowly. They grow about 1cm a year and reach maturity at about 100 years old, now that’s a
long childhood!
Ocean Quahog
Some collected specimens have been calculated to be more than 400 years old. These animals
show exceptional longevity with a highest reported age, for ‘Ming’ the clam, of 507 years. The
clam so named as it would have been alive during the Ming Chinese Dynasty

 1. Immortal Jellyfish
A very unique jellyfish which can revert back to its premature state when exposed to stress or
injury. Whilst this means it is biologically immortal, in practice they don’t live forever and get
injured and eaten just like other animals.