Why Some #Animals Live for Only Days and Others Live for Thousands of Years
#Scientists are studying why some species live so much longer than others.
Some species of #turtles, #fishes and #salamanders, for instance, don’t show any signs of degeneration or #senescence as they grow older. If they didn’t die of predation, accidents or infectious disease, they could live extremely long lives, Magalhães says.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-some-animals-live-for-only-days-and-others-live-for-thousands-of-years/