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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sirajstc" data-source="post: 7567028" data-attributes="member: 91140">Red sea urchin <img src="http://buylovely.com/files/funzug/imgs/wildlife/animals_live_long_01.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The red sea urchin or Strongylocentrotus franciscanus is found only in the  Pacific Ocean, primarily along the West Coast of North America.   It lives in  shallow, sometimes rocky, waters from the low-tide line down to to 90 meters,  but they stay out of extremely wavy areas. They crawl along the ocean floor  using their spines as stilts. If you discover one, remember to respect your  elders — some specimens are more than 200 years old.Turtles <img src="http://buylovely.com/files/funzug/imgs/wildlife/animals_live_long_03.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Tortoises are considered the longest living vertebrates on Earth. One of their  oldest known representatives was Harriet, a Galápagos tortoise that died of  heart failure at the age of 175 years in June 2006 at a zoo owned by the late  Steve Irwin. Harriet was considered the last living representative of Darwin’s  epic voyage on the HMS Beagle. An Aldabra giant tortoise named Adwaita died at  the rumored age of 250 in March 2006.Geoducks <img src="http://buylovely.com/files/funzug/imgs/wildlife/animals_live_long_04.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> First on the list are these large saltwater clams that are native to the Puget  Sound and have been known to live for at least 160 years. They are characterized  by their long ‘necks’, or siphons, which can grow to over 1 meter long.Tuataras <img src="http://buylovely.com/files/funzug/imgs/wildlife/animals_live_long_05.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The word “dinosaur” is commonly used to describe an old person, but when it  refers to a tuataras, the term is as literal as it is metaphorical. The two  species of tuatara alive today are the only surviving members of an order which  flourished about 200 million years ago — they are living dinosaurs. They are  also among the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth, with some individuals living  for anywhere between 100 and 200 years.Lamellibrachia tube worms <img src="http://buylovely.com/files/funzug/imgs/wildlife/animals_live_long_06.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> These colorful deep sea creatures are tube worms (L. luymesi) that live along  hydrocarbon vents on the ocean floor. They have been known to live 170 years,  but many scientists believe there may be some that have lived for more than 250  years.Bowhead whales <img src="http://buylovely.com/files/funzug/imgs/wildlife/animals_live_long_07.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Also known as the Arctic whale, the bowhead is by far the longest living mammal  on Earth. Some bowhead whales have been found with the tips of ivory spears  still lodged in their flesh from failed attempts by whalers 200 years ago. The  oldest known bowhead whale was at least 211 years old.Koi <img src="http://buylovely.com/files/funzug/imgs/wildlife/animals_live_long_08.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Koi are an ornamental, domesticated variety of the common carp. The are common  in artificial rock pools and decorative ponds. Amazingly, some varieties are  capable of living more than 200 years. The oldest known koi was Hanako, a fish  that died at the age of 226 on July 7, 1977.Ocean quahog <img src="http://buylovely.com/files/funzug/imgs/wildlife/animals_live_long_09.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) is a species of clam that is exploited  commercially.Researchers have interpreted the dark concentric rings or bands on  the shell as annual marks, much like a tree has rings. Some collected specimens  have been calculated to be more than 400 years oldAntarctic sponge <img src="http://buylovely.com/files/funzug/imgs/wildlife/animals_live_long_10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Perhaps due to the extremely low temperatures of the Antarctic Ocean, this  immobile creature has an extremely slow growth rate. Some estimate the oldest  known specimens are 1,550 years old.Turritopsis Nutricula Jellyfish <img src="http://buylovely.com/files/funzug/imgs/wildlife/animals_live_long_02.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> This species of jellyfish might be the only animal in the world to have truly  discovered the fountain of youth. Since it is capable of cycling from a mature  adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be no natural  limit to its life span. Because they are able to bypass death, the number of  individuals is spiking. ”We are looking at a worldwide silent invasion,”says Dr.  Maria Miglietta of the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute. </blockquote>

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