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The 100 species with longest life-spans recorded and verified [1] This is a list of the longest-living biological organisms: the individual(s) (or in some instances, clones) of a species with the longest natural maximum life spans. For a given species, such a designation may include:
Alexander has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the person who has spent the longest amount of time living in an iron lung. [12] Alexander started a TikTok account in January 2024, on which he posted videos discussing his life. He had more than 330,000 followers at the time of his death.
This is a list of maximum recorded animal lifespans in captivity. Only animals from the classes of the Chordata phylum are included. [1] On average, captive animals (especially mammals) live longer than wild animals.
Paul Alexander, of Dallas, Texas, was paralysed by polio in 1952 and spent the rest of his life living in an iron lung Paul Alexander: ‘Man in the iron lung’ dies after living in tank for 70 years
Joe Middleton looks at the life of Paul Alexander, who spent 70 years in an iron lung before passing away at 78 ... A local engineer managed to refurbish the machine after Paul posted a YouTube ...
The polio survivor spent more than 70 years being kept alive by the medical device.
In animal studies, maximum span is often taken to be the mean life span of the most long-lived 10% of a given cohort. By another definition, however, maximum life span corresponds to the age at which the oldest known member of a species or experimental group has died. Calculation of the maximum life span in the latter sense depends upon the ...
The last man to live in an iron lung died in Dallas on Monday. Paul Alexander, 78, spent more than 70 years confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child in 1952.