Many animals can live 50 years or more, including elephants, hippos, crocodiles, bowhead whales, giant tortoises (like Jonathan), ostriches, and certain sharks, with some like Greenland sharks and ocean quahog clams living for centuries, while animals like chimpanzees, donkeys, and some Gibbons can reach or exceed 50 years in captivity or the wild.
Bowhead whales swimming in the Arctic. Found in the icy waters of the Arctic and subarctic ocean, bowhead whales are considered the longest-living whales—which also makes them the longest-living mammals. They can live for over 200 years, and they don't become sexually mature until around age 25.
Tuataras. Tuataras have one of the slowest growth rates of all reptiles, and they can live for up to 100 years. These lizard-like animals are the largest reptiles in New Zealand and are the only living members of the order Rhynchocephalia—they're sometimes called 'living fossils' since they have no living relatives.
Here is a list of the animals with the longest lifespan – the oldest animals on Earth.
The tubeworm Escarpia laminata that lives in deep sea cold seeps regularly reaches the age of between 100 and 200 years, with some individuals determined to be more than 300 years old. Some may live for over 1,000 years.
If they survive to adulthood, saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) normally live for over 70 years. Accurate information on their maximum lifespan is largely lacking. However, records of two especially long-lived crocs suggest they can live to over 120 years.
The ocean quahog is a fist-size clam that can live to be 500 years or older. Some researchers believe the sturdy quahog's secret to a long life is its ability to protect its proteins from damage.
Their lifespan can be 150 years or more. As with whales, sharks, and other species, it is often difficult to determine a turtle's exact age. After all, researchers are not usually present when the animals are born. Some have estimated, however, that large turtles may be able to live 400 to 500 years!
How the oldest animal keeps its eyes sharp. Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) can live to be up to 400 years old, making them the longest-lived vertebrate.
LIFE CYCLE: Flamingos are generally long lived, surviving for an average of 20 to 30 years, though some have lived up to 50 years.
The longest documented and verified human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (1875–1997), a woman who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. As women live longer than men on average, women predominate in combined records.
I have named the mayfly Dolania americana the shortest lived among the Ephemeroptera with females typically living for less than five minutes (Sweeny & Vannote 1982).
Domesticated donkeys live to around 40 years old, with some having been known to live to 50. Wild donkeys often live to around 30 years old, primarily due to the prevalence of parasites and infections.
Wild water buffalos have an average lifespan of 25 years, while domestic buffalos can live as long as 40 years.
While all mammals seem to age, other vertebrates, like reptiles, amphibians, and fish, have species that don't seem to age at all.
Deep-Sea Sponges
A deep-sea sponge can break the records of all living animals. It can live up to a thousand years. In fact, a study revealed that the oldest of the sponge samples collected lived for 11,000 years. During this time, the earth has just recovered from the Ice Age.
The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013) of Japan, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days.
Greenland sharks are now the longest-living vertebrates known on Earth, scientists say. Researchers used radiocarbon dating to determine the ages of 28 of the animals, and estimated that one female was about 400 years old.
While their diet consists mostly of various fish species, they have also been found to eat seals, small whales, and even drowned land animals like horses and reindeer! Due to the large size of Greenland sharks (adults can reach lengths up to 6 meters (20 feet), they have no natural known predators.
The Greenland shark has the longest known lifespan of all vertebrate species. It is estimated that the species has a lifespan of at least 272 years, with the oldest individual estimated to be 392 ± 120 years of age. Estimates of age were made using radiocarbon dating of crystals within the lenses of their eyes.
The Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) is a medium-sized freshwater crocodile native to Indonesia (East Kalimantan and possibly other areas historically), Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.
Many One Piece fans have theorized that Crocodile was actually the mother of Luffy, but with the help of Ivankov's Devil Fruit abilities, he changed his gender. Thus, Ivankov used this secret to obtain Crocodile's help in saving Ace, and they later parted ways.
If you were to pit an alligator vs. crocodile with the biggest of each species, the smart bet would be the crocodile wins in a fight. Sure, alligators are faster on land and water, but the size, bite power, and sheer aggressiveness of the crocodile give them an edge that an alligator could not overcome.