Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1896 — The Longest Lived Animals. [ARTICLE]

The Longest Lived Animals.

It Is generally agreed among naturalists that the tortoise is the longest lived or all animals. There are many Instances of them attaining she extraordinary age of 280 years, while one Is actually mentioned as reaching the unparalleled age of 405 years. Notwithstanding these examples, which, of course, are exceptionally rare, tho ordinary tortoise oniy Uvea, on an average, from 100 to 150 years.