The ten longest animals in the world .. Of them are over the age of 500 years
Animals living in abnormal conditions rarely live fully because of the high mortality levels that may be caused by young deaths, diseases, predators, bad weather, or competition for food and shelter
Here is a list of the top 10 animals on earth:
10th place
Orange Roughy - 149 years
Halibut is of historical importance as a source of food for Native Americans, and lives in the oceans at a depth of 1800 meters, and recently discovered Halbut up to 149 years old, and was determined by measuring the rays of isotopes in the bone of the ear
Ninth place
lake sturgeon- 152 years
The females of this species are only 15 to 33 years old to reach puberty, so they can multiply, grow very slowly and bleach once every 4-9 years, and have an elongated body and a lack of scales. It has a length of 505 m
Eighth place
shortraker rockfish- 157 years
These are spread in the North Pacific at a depth of 400 meters, can be as long as 157 years, and began to fish bone fish in the spread of the sixties of the last century, the length of fish per meter, weighing up to 20 kg
Seventh place
Galapagos Giant Tortoise - 182 years
Is the largest species of turtles and can exceed 100 years, spread in South America and weighing 400 km, and a minimum of not less than 150 years. A turtle of this type lives on the island of St. Helena in Seychelles, 182 years old
Sixth place
Bowhead Whale - 200 Year
For whales curved head average life up to 200 years. These whales can live for this age because the temperature of their body is very low, and as is known the lower the temperature of the body of the animal increased the average age
Fifth place
Red Sea Urchin- 200 years
It feeds mainly on algae and has a tapered external structure that allows it to defend itself against predators. It can be as young as 200 years old and lives in the shallow waters of the Pacific Ocean at a depth of 90 meters
fourth place
rougheye rockfish- 205 year
This species of fish lives at a depth of 150-400 m in the Pacific Ocean and has a length of about 97 cm. This name is named because of the prominent thorns under his eyes
the third place
Greenland sharK- 400 years
The giant Greenland shark lives up to 400 years and is often found in the Pacific Ocean, the longest-standing vertebrate on the planet. It is five meters long and grows continuously throughout its life. It grows at a rate of one cm every year and reaches sexual maturity at the age of 100. Years, Vialha from a very long childhood stage!
Second place
Ocean Quahog- 507 year
Some specimens, estimated to be more than 400 years old, were collected. For these creatures of extraordinary longevity, the 'named Ming' conch was found as much as 507 years old. They were found alive on an exploratory trip in Iceland in 2006, but unfortunately the oysters mistakenly killed the oysters inside the shell as they tried to estimate his age and could have lived longer if left in the wild
first place
Immortal Jellyfish
A unique creature living in the Mediterranean waters, characterized by some form of immortality, it can transform itself from an adult jellyfish into a newborn jellyfish through a process called 'differential transformation or differentiation', where a particular type of cell turns into a different type Completely, and thus does not actually die but multiply to infinity.