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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:
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.
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 ...
Joe Middleton looks at the life of Paul Alexander, who spent 70 years in an iron lung before passing away at 78
The quahog clam (Arctica islandica) is exceptionally long-lived, with a maximum recorded age of 507 years, the longest of any animal. [61] Other clams of the species have been recorded as living up to 374 years. [62] Lamellibrachia luymesi, a deep-sea cold-seep tubeworm, is estimated to reach ages of over 250 years based on a model of its ...
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.
The polio survivor spent more than 70 years being kept alive by the medical device.
United Kingdom, Howletts Wild Animal Park: 24 Ju Ju [36] F 1 January 1962 23 January 2016 54 years, 22 days United Kingdom, Howletts Wild Animal Park: 25 Babsi F 1 January 1971 Living 54 years, 12 days Russia, Moscow Zoo: Guhonda [37] M 1 January 1971 Living 54 years, 12 days Rwanda, Volcanoes National Park: 27 Ramses I M 12 April 1971 Living