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The Shortest and Longest Lifespans of Animals
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Yup. Some animals are functionally immortal. Hydras and some tortoises seem to be off the top of my head.
That's not a bald eagle call. WTF is this channel, anyway? It's like a weird Kurzgesagt ripoff but way more clickbaity.
Tortoises have super long lifespans but they aren't biologically immortal, eventually old age will cause issues that will kill them. I think the only species we currently consider truly biologically immortal are the Jellyfish species mentioned in the video (since it can revert itself back into a younger form an infinite amount of times) and maybe hydras
Geoducks are definitely not the largest mollusk. Cool video though, I had no idea lobsters could live for so long.
Hmmm...I was taught that tortoises don't actually grow old. I remember we learned about the one in India that was 225 and only died due to a wound that caused liver failure. Supposedly, their shell was carbon dated to the 1700s or something.
EDIT: Found an article about it. Not the best source but I'll keep looking.
There are some animals whose lifespan is potentially far longer than they actually last. iirc alligators just end up getting too physically large to sustain themselves, as do lobsters
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They can get very old, but I've never seen a claim that they're truly biologically immortal. But it might be a case like lobsters who don't technically experience sensence but since they keep growing eventually they'll die because they're body just can't handle the continued growth
The video I linked just pisses me off because the full title would be "Don't do this and then have your phone stolen"
I must have mixed up biologically immortal and negligible senescence then. Thanks for that!
Not a great video. Not sure how accurate the ages are but some of the trivia tossed out is not correct....and the pronunciation is awful.
Edit: Also wow, can't make a video about anything without inserting a "but what about how trash ex girlfriends are amiright?"
Edit: Also wow, can't make a video about anything without inserting a "but what about how trash ex girlfriends are amiright?"
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Really? I did not have the sound on,if thats the case I get the topic locked.
He just make some comments about the female version of a species being the blood-suckers or the venomous and is like "Hmm..."
Aside from that, there are a few mistakes, namely umm...humans, which is longer than the description suggests.
I didn't know tigers had a shorter lifespan than a housecat, huh.
Even if you consider flight, albatross would be the largest bird with 10-12ft wingspan.
They don't grow old in the same sense as us, but as they grow, their moulting takes more and more energy, which will eventually kill them.
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