WASHINGTON (AP) – More than a dozen animals live longer than we do. A new study estimates that at least one Greenland shark lived about 392 years, making it the longest-living animal with a backbone.
Here are the animals that the scientific longevity database AnAge says have lived the longest. Many of these live in the cold and in water.
The longest-living human reached 122.5 years.
1. Hexactinellid sponge: One of these Antarctic sponges lived for an estimated 15,000 years.
2. Epibenthic sponge: Another Antarctic sponge that is generally estimated to live 1,550 years.