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Clam, 405, is oldest animal ever. It has been christened Ming and it's officially the oldest animal to have ever lived. A British scientific team discovered the 405-year-old clam, named after the Chinese dynasty and not the former Liberal Democrat leader, at the bottom of the ocean, and hope its longevity will reveal the secrets of ageing.
The Oldest Known Living Organisms In The World. By Stephen Luntz. Among the world's living things, humans get a better go than most. To mayflies or perennial plants 70 years would seem an unimaginable length of time. However, there are some living things for whom we are just a brief, and possibly annoying, blip. Jonathon is a Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) residing on St Helena who is still plodding along at what is believed to be the age of 182. This makes him possibly the oldest living land animal, and a strong contender for oldest vertebrate.