The 10 Oldest Animals on Earth (One Never Dies)

Right now, in the freezing dark of the Arctic, there is a shark that is older than the United States — and on this list, it doesn't even make the top five. These are the ten oldest living animals on Earth, ranked by age, from a 190-year-old tortoise to a jellyfish that has found a way to never grow old at all. 00:00 A shark older than your country 00:35 How we actually measure age 01:12 #10 Giant Tortoise — 190 years 01:52 #9 Red Sea Urchin — 200 years 02:33 #8 Bowhead Whale — 211 years 03:14 #7 Koi — 226 years 03:50 #6 Greenland Shark — 400 years 04:29 #5 Ocean Quahog Clam — 507 years (born 1500) 05:11 #4 Deep-Sea Coral — 2,742 years 05:48 #3 Black Coral — 4,265 years 06:22 #2 Glass Sponge — ~11,000 years 07:00 #1 The Immortal Jellyfish 07:43 So which one really wins? 08:01 Why aging isn't a law of nature More strange, deadly and extraordinary wildlife on the channel: ▶ The 10 Strongest Bites on Earth — [LINK] ▶ The 10 Deadliest Animals on Earth — [LINK] Subscribe for new wildlife countdowns every week. Music: "Echoes of Time v2" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Footage: Pexels & Pixabay (royalty-free).