Question

The longest living creature is

Answer 1

 

The longest living creature is

 Ocean Quahog 400 years

 

. Bowhead Whale 211 years

Galapagos Tortoise 177 years

Answer 2

Ocean Quahog 400 years

Answer 3

 

1. Ocean Quahog

400 years

(Hans Hillewaert)

Answer 4

 

3. Rougheye Rockfish

205 years

(National Marine Fisheries Service)

2. Bowhead Whale

211 years

(NOAA)

Answer 5

 

5. Galapagos Tortoise

177 years

(Matthew Field)

4. Red Sea Urchin

200 years

(Kirt Onthank)

Answer 6

 

8. Aldabra Giant Tortoise

152 years

(Muhammad Mahdi Karim)

7. Lake Sturgeon

152 years

(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

6. Shortraker Rockfish

157 years

(National Marine Fisheries Service)

Answer 7

 

(Human Fish; Credit: Yann Voituron)

But what about animals that aren't necessarily amphibians? Which ones live the longest?

Yann Voituron, who led the "human fish" study and is a professor at Claude Bernard Lyon University, told me that the following ten animals also have an "extremely long lifespan:"

10. Warty Oreo

140 years

(Image: Tony Ayling)

9. Orange Roughy

149 years

(Wikimedia Commons Image)