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Ocean quahog
FAST FACTS clam
507 years
The fingernail-sized
jellyfish Turriptosis
nutricula is known as
Body is the “immortal jellyfish”
broken down
because it can regrow
Medusa its body. The adult, or
(adult) Cyst
(resting medusa, starts its life
stage) cycle all over again as
Polyp
(young) a young polyp. Unless
it is eaten or dies of The number
illness, it can keep of growth rings
doing this. on the shell
shows how
old the clam is.
Aldabra giant tortoise
Aldabra giant tortoise
255 years
255 years
The oldest known
Aldabra giant tortoise’s
age was worked out by
carbon dating the shell.
Bowhead whale
211 years

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