What is the oldest known living animal?

Seychelles tortoise
A Seychelles tortoise named Jonathan, at 187, recently made it into the Guinness World Records as the oldest known living land animal.

What is the oldest life form still alive today?

The oldest single living thing on the planet is a gnarled tree clinging to rocky soil in the White Mountains of California. This Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) has withstood harsh winds, freezing temperatures and sparse rainfall for more than 5,000 years.

What animal is immortal?

jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii
To date, there’s only one species that has been called ‘biologically immortal’: the jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii. These small, transparent animals hang out in oceans around the world and can turn back time by reverting to an earlier stage of their life cycle.

Which is the oldest living animal in the world?

Island of Saint Helena (British Overseas Territory) photo source: Wikimedia Commons. Jonathan the giant tortoise is currently believed to be the oldest current living land animal in the world. He was supposedly born in 1832 and brought to his current home on the island of Saint Helena from the Seychelles in 1882.

Where does Jonathan, the oldest animal on land live?

Jonathan was gifted to the then-governor of the Overseas British territory, William Grey-Wilson (in office 1890–97), and he has lived at the governor’s residence ever since. Jonathan’s home is the manicured lawns of “Plantation”, a Georgian mansion built by the East India Company in 1791–92.

Where was the oldest house in the world found?

The circular structure, found at a site near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, has been dated as being made in 8,500 BC. Described as a “sensational discovery” by archaeologists, this is 500 years earlier than the previous oldest house.

How old is the oldest bird in the world?

Major Mitchell’s cockatoo Cookie was 82–83 years old when he passed away in 2016. He first arrived at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in May 1934 – when he was estimated to be aged at least one. This also makes Cookie the oldest bird overall recorded to date.