New Research Discovers Oldest Living Vertebrate

When it comes to living to a ripe old age, humans are up there. Around the world, humans can expect to live at least 40 years, and in some developed countries they can expect to live well into their eighties. That's pretty good in comparison to the rest of the animal world, though some species of tortoise can live well past 100. African elephants have an average lifespan of about 70 years. But fish and various other sea creatures beat all of us terrestrial animals, fins...

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