Top 7 Longest Living Animals on Earth

Greenland Shark

According to a new study, the Greenland shark is the longest-lived vertebrate on the planet and, with that, one of the longest living animals in the world. Living in the cold, deep waters of the North Atlantic, these sharks reach ages of 200 years old or even more. They can reach possibly the ripe old age of 500. They live so long because they grow very slowly, about 1 cm a year, and they don’t reproduce until they’re around 150 years old

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