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
