Is it true that some apes in captivity have lived to be over 700 years old?

Answer 1

Yes, this is very true. They actually live as long as your own grandparents do. My Grandad is 674 yrs old.

Answer 2

No it is not. Some apes, like chimps can live into their fifties, but the only things that live for more than 200 years are trees.

Cheeta, the chimp from the old Tarzan Movies is apparently the worlds oldest primate, at 74.

I stand corrected, morningfoxnorth (down below) has pointed out that there is at least one creature that lives longer than 200 years. Check out the link in his post to confirm that I was talking rubbish.

Hey, it's early, and I haven't had my coffee yet.

Answer 3

Nope. Not even reptiles get that old, captivity or not. Apes and us have about the same lifespan, though gorillas seem to age faster than we do; they're pretty old at maybe forty, and I think the smaller monkeys don't live all that long. Chimpanzees live the longest, along with us.

Answer 4

No, they live almost the same lives as humans. 75-100 years old. I have never heard of anything on this earth that got even close to 700 years old. Our country is just a shade over 200 years old!

Answer 5

perhaps whom ever told you that was thinking if man could live that long so could apes.

Look at the men that seem to have done it in a famous book of fiction that so many people have chosen to follow for about the last 1000 years.

Answer 6

Yes it is true.

There is a flange of baboons who still live in the plot of a substantial victorian terrace in Glyncorrwg, South Wales.

They are on record as having being continually captive residents of the village for at least 743 years.

The patriarch figure, together with some potential female mates, were brought to Britain in the mid 13th century aboard a vessel named "La inspirata" which docked in Southampton in August 1240

The import duty records kept at Winchester clearly show the fee paid as 1-ks (the local currency at the time). The apes were due to be "tranesportyed by laand" as recorded in middle english, to a Sir Guy de Bainsville, a prominent Marcher Lord who owned estates on the border of what was then the inhospitable and frankly, unchartered, land of Wales.

It is believed that Sir Bainsville kept them on his Leominster Estate for a season or so before relocating them to Glyncorrwg in order to maximise the chances of the apes reproducing.

It was obviously a correct, if fortuitous move, as unbeknown to him at the time the valley is watered by a life giving spring which promotes Health and longevity.

The village of Glyncorrwg is also recognised as having the highest average aged residents in Europe. Currently, the oldest human in the town is Gwyneth Pryce, who is aged 106. She regularly drinks from the spring, and is still a keen amateur golfer, and knitting enthusiast.

It is strongly rumoured that once the townsfolk reach their 108th birthday, they are forcibly removed from their homes and relocated in the adjacent valley where they are left to die.

I hope this helps.

Answer 7

The first gorilla to be born in captivity was Colo at the Columbus Zoo (Columbus, OH), and she just turned 50.

Answer 8

Yes, I saw that story too. Its amazing how ensuring the chimp had access to all the right food groups and no 'Junk' foods it lived so much longer. I really think health eating should be promoted more and who knows what else can be acheived.


Nah!, just kidding!, even 70 is pushing it but possible.

Answer 9

Just Bigfoot. Nooooooooooooooooooooooo

Answer 10

Yes. HANUMAN in Hindu Mythology Epic Ramayana lived more than 700 years.