If you think that tortoises are one of the longest-living animals in the world, then this list may come as a surprise for you. Why? Because tortoises don’t even make it to this list of ten longest-living animals. That’s right. While tortoises indeed live long, their lifespan seems short when compared to the animals on this list. Now you may wonder, “how long can these so-called longest-living animals live?” Here is the answer: some of them have been alive for over 10,000 years, and then there are some that are potentially immortal.
Check out the list over at Live Science.
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