"Grand Paws: 10 Of The World’s Longest Lived Animals | WebEcoist." Grand Paws: 10 Of The World’s Longest Lived Animals | WebEcoist. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2013.
http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2010/07/13/grand-paws-10-of-the-worlds-longest-lived-animals/
According to this website, the longest
lived elephant is 86 years old; her name is Lin Wang, who lived from 1917 to
2003. It’s said that there would probably be a longer living elephant right now
if it wasn’t for all the poachers out there, because older elephants with
bigger tusks are targeted and killed. There just might be an elephant that
beats Lin’s 86 years though; Vatsala, an Indian elephant is estimated to be in
her early 90’s! They don’t know her exact age because she was brought to the sanctuary
when she was about 50. All of her teeth are missing, but she’s still kicking
it. Picture of Vatsala is above.
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