Scientists called the oldest inhabitants of our planet, and it does not a man, whose age is not comparable to how I live some representatives in our fauna.
If you take the average age of all the inhabitants of the planet Earth, he is about 72 years and is similar to the average human age.
But this is an average. But some inhabitants of the deep sea is really impressive for its age. Live in cold waters and at great depths slows metabolism and allows you to live much longer. The oldest inhabitants of the green planet are the sea sponges.
As a rule, they live about a thousand years, but they have exceptions. Recently, biologists got the sponge, the life of which scientists have identified in 11 thousand years. The next indicator was the bowhead whale. It without much hassle can surf the ocean for at least two centuries.
A bit less living in this world, the oldest known turtle scientist (183 years).
