What is the oldest animal living today?

Answer 1

The oldest living animal was a clam that was found at the bottom of the ocean, it was estimated to have been between 405 and 410 years old.

The oldest verifiable record of a long-living animal was the 171-year-old Harriet, a Giant Galapagos tortoise taken from the Galapagos Islands by naturalist Charles Darwin in 1835 as a personal pet during his five-year voyage on the HMS Beagle. On that voyage was a young naval officer, John Clements Wickham. After studying Harriet whilst formulating his theory of evolution, Darwin handed the tortoise on to Wickham when the latter sailed for Brisbane to take up a post as police magistrate. Over the years, the tortoise was carefully tended, and in 1958, was moved to naturalist David Fleay's wildlife park on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. She was moved to Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast in 1987 where she enjoyed celebrity status until her death on 23 June 2006.

Answer 2

Probably a type of shark or crocodile they have been around even before dinosaurs!!(well different types then we have nowadays) If you mean an individual animal, the longest-lived vertebrate was a koi (Japanese goldfish) named Hanako who died on 17 July 1977 aged 215 years. Jonathan, a Seychelles Giant tortoise living on the island of St Helena, may be 178 years old and the oldest currently living animal on Earth. you really can't say there might be another type of animal that we don't know about but if I have to say one it would be a crocodile

Answer 3

Although bowhead whales older than 200 years have been reported, none are in captivity. The oldest animals (other than sponges or corals) would include the following:

George the lobster - a lobster released into the wild in 2009 at age 140.

Jonathan the tortoise - as of 2008, he was estimated at 179 years old, and living on the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic

Unnamed geoducks (clams) - ages of some Puget Sound clams are estimated at over 150 years

Freshwater Pearl Mussels (cold rivers) - individuals can live for over 200 years.

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Answer 4

The oldest animal alive is a clam nicknamed "Ming" who is 405 years old & was found in Indonesia. Clams are aged by how many rings they have on their shell.

Answer 5

The oldest animal is a reptile just like a crocodile. It can live over 100 years and up.

Answer 6

It is a Great White Shark. Recored as 45yrs Old (Sharkwise) Thx xx