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Why Some Animals Live for Only Days and Others Live for Thousands of Years
7 points by stevenjgarner 9 months ago | 3 comments
  • ljf
    Wrong link?

    This goes to a 2023 article on DeSantiss https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/desantiss-florida...

    Correct link; https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-some-animals-...

    • stevenjgarner
      Thank you for catching that.
  • kbelder
    The examples they give of animals that live for thousands of years are the Shoestring fungus, the Great Basin bristlecone pine, and the Hexactinellid sea sponge.

    I guess the sea sponge is an animal, but I wouldn't consider the other two as such.

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