Search: oldest animal ever
Why: Maddie's birthday is coming up. She's gonna be 5!
Answer: A clam named Ming, found in 2006 (already dead) in a seabed north of Iceland, lived to be 405. Scientists aged the 3.4 in clam from its shell, which - like trees - has a layer or ring of growth for every year that the animal has been alive. Each ring is as thin as .1 mm thick. RIP, Ming the clam:
Source: Telegraph
The More You Know: Here are some other oldest animals:
- Tortoise: 188
- Fish, lake sturgeon: 154
- Mammal, bowhead whale: 130
- Human, Jeanne Calment: 122
- Macaw, 106
- Elephant, 78
- Horse, 62
- Japanese salamander, 55
- Herring gull, 49
- Bat, 32
- Dog, 24
- Rabbit, 18
Orange roughy, a fish commonly served in most American seafood restaurants, can live up to around 150 years. Most live far shorter lives before they end up on your plate next to some sensible rice pilaf and a little parsley. Don't get it with the stuffed baked potato, it goes right to your thighs.
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