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Amazing chart shows the planet's longest-living animals. For humans, reaching the age of 100 is a rare milestone. For some animals, however, it's hardly uncommon. Not all plants and animals age the way we do, and some are built for much longer lifespans than ours. Of the 10 animals that live the longest, all of them live well past 100, according to a recent post in Discovery News. At the top of the list, the ocean quahog (aka the clam) lives to be 400 years old, while the runner-up bowhead whale lives to be 211.
Arctica Islandica (Ocean quahog)â this is a species of edible clam. It has a life span of 405 â 410 years and there were reports of a maximum age of 507 years! 10 Longest Life Span Animals: Arctica Islandia.