X-Message-Number: 14206 From: Quantum Mechanic <> Subject: RE: Bowhead whales may live past 200 Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 07:01:05 -0400 Well they're certainly gonna be far from the longest-lived animal, if the oldest is only 211. Some species of tortoises for instance live way past 200. On Sunday, July 30, 2000 5:00 AM, CryoNet [SMTP:] wrote: > Message #14204 > Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 21:02:41 -0700 (PDT) > From: Doug Skrecky <> > Subject: Bowhead whales may live past 200 > > Bowhead whales are the longest lived whale species, > and may even be the longest lived animal. Recently the > ages of 48 bowheads was determined. The oldest turned > out to be 211 years old. Details will be soon published > in an upcoming issue of Equinox magazine. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=14206