10 animals with the longest life spans
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Tortoises
Tortoises are considered the longest living vertebrates on Earth. One of their oldest known representatives was Harriet, a Galápagos tortoise that died of heart failure at the age of 175 years in June 2006 at a zoo owned by the late Steve Irwin. Harriet was considered the last living representative of Darwin's epic voyage on the HMS Beagle. An Aldabra giant tortoise named Adwaita died at the rumored age of 250 in March 2006.
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i wish my parents lived that long
what? it never said mammal. (≧▽≦) it said "vertebrates" which are all animals that have backbones.
On the bowhead whale page, it stated that one was known to be 211 years old, and others were known to be over 200 years old. Then on this page you state that tortoises are "the longest living vertebrates on Earth" but only claim as fact a 175 year old tortoise. What's up?
Dude it said oldest living mammal on the planet... Tortoises aren't mammals.
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