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.

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