Gulf of Mexico tube worm among longest living animals: Study
Tube worms living up to 3,300 metres deep in the Gulf of Mexico are among the longest living animals in the world, US-based researchers have found. An average 50-centimetre-long tube worm can live for 202 years, while some might live 300 years, researchers said. The longest-lived land vertebrate ever recorded was a 177-year-old tortoise, while 211-year-old whales were longest-lived mammals.