119-year-old parrot and 9 other centenarians of the animal world

119-year-old parrot and 9 other centenarians of the animal world
119-year-old parrot and 9 other centenarians of the animal world
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Here are 10 animals that have lived incredibly long years. Some of them endured the bombing of the Second World War, and someone was born in the Middle Ages.

1. A macaw parrot named Charlie. Charlie was born in 1899 and is 119 years old. Bird owner Peter Oram bought Charlie in 1965 for his pet store. Later, Peter Oram took the bird home, because Charlie behaved obscenely - he was very fond of swearing. There is a version that in the 1930s Charlie belonged to Winston Churchill, and it was he who taught the parrot to swear. In 2004, Churchill's daughter denied this information: the British Prime Minister really owned a similar bird, but, according to her, not Charlie's parrot at all.

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2. Giant sea sponge. This animal amazed the researchers, first of all, by its size: 3.7 m in length and 2.1 m in width. The sponge was found at a depth of 2,100 m in the waters of the Pacific Ocean. It is not possible to estimate the exact age of the animal, but scientists believe that the giant is at least a thousand years old. Sea sponges have been living in these places for more than 2,300 years: perhaps our giant already lived then.

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3. Lobster named George. In 2009, George was recognized as the oldest lobster in the world, at the time George was 140 years old. A huge lobster was caught in late 2008 in Canada. At first, the lobster was sold to a local restaurant, but PETA (the world's largest animal rights organization) intervened and demanded that George be returned to his natural habitat. After 10 days, a miracle happened, and George was released.

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4. Nameless Greenland shark. To estimate the age of this and other sharks entangled in fishing nets, scientists used radiocarbon analysis in the tissues of the eye lens. It turned out that the Greenland shark was born between 1501 and 1744. Even the lowest level of probable age - 274 years - suggests that we are facing the oldest vertebrate animal in the world.

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5. Alligator Mooja. The alligator arrived at the Serbian zoo in 1937 as an adult male. According to experts, the animal is over 80 years old. During the Second World War, Belgrade experienced strong airstrikes, as a result of which almost all the animals of the zoo were killed. But Mooja seems to have been born in a shirt: the alligator has gone through hard times and escaped unscathed.

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6. Giant turtle Jonathan. Researchers claim that the animal was born in 1832, although the average life span of turtles is 150 years. The 186-year-old male has been living on Saint Helena since 1882, and the first photo of Jonathan dates back to 1902. A funny story is associated with this turtle. In 1991, a female named Frederica was brought to the territory where Jonathan lives. Over the course of 25 years, attempts were made to mate these turtles more than once, but Frederica did not lay eggs. Only a couple of years ago, it was accidentally revealed that Frederica is a male.

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7. Indian elephant Lin Wong. This animal can be found in the Guinness Book of Records: Lin Wong was recognized as the oldest elephant ever to live on the planet. Unfortunately, Lin Wong will no longer be able to see with his own eyes: the elephant died in 2003 at the age of 86. However, in 2016, information appeared that it was time to give the palm to a new candidate. Another long-liver - the Dakshayani elephant - is the property of the Indian religious community Travancore Devaswom Board. TDB staff went to the Book of Records to recognize Dakshayani as the oldest elephant in the world, but they did not provide any tangible evidence.

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8. Short-eared bat from Siberia. The long-liver of Brandt's bat species was discovered in 1964. Then the scientists marked the bat and released it back into its natural habitat. But in 2005, the bat was rediscovered by researchers! The male surprised the scientists very much: the fact is that myotis live no more than 20 years.

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9. Albatross Wisdom is the oldest bird in the world. The history of the albatross is similar to the fate of the Siberian bat. Wisdom was first found in 1956, when the bird was about 5-6 years old. In 2002, 46 years later, Wisdom was rediscovered by researchers. Scientists note that Wisdom is surprisingly fertile: the female managed to give birth to 39 cubs. Now the bird is about 67 years old.

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10. Granny Killer Whale … Granny was born in 1911 and lives in the Pacific Ocean naturally. The killer whale was first discovered in 1967 in Puget Bay, Washington. Since Granny was already out of childbearing at that time, the animal was returned to its natural habitat. Granny does not have any markings, but she is easily identifiable by her characteristic fin scar. Unfortunately, there is a possibility that the killer whale has already died: Granny was last seen in October 2016.

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