What is the oldest living creature and how they survive?

Question

men, animals and plant

Answer 1

water bear.

Answer 2

If you are asking about linage of current creatures with the least evolutionary modifications, I would nominate:

The cockroach cuz he's a survivor. They can go ridiculous periods without water or food and survived Nuclear Blasts.

A lesser critter would be the Ammonites existing today as the Nautilus. They've been around about 400 million years. Originally they were straight but curled up to preserve heat when volcanic activity decreased and the oceans cooled down.

They've recently discovered squid were from the same family but had the intelligence to abandon the shell using mobility and camouflage for survival.

Sounds weird but they've also recently discovered the Hippo's nearest relative is the Dolphin and Killer Whale. They even have a similar language. So any thing's possible.

Answer 3

The oldest recorded human being documented was Jeanne Calment. Guinness Records certified that at her death (in August 4, 1997), she was 122 years old. During her life, she met Van Gogh(she said he smelled of alcohol), lived through 2 world wars, and outlived her children and grandchildren. Reasons for her longetivity include genetics (many in her family lived into their nineties), very good health (she still rode a bicycle at 100), and a sense of humor (when asked what kind of future she would expect to have, she replied "a very short one."

The Icelandic cyprine, a type of clam is the oldest reported animal ever, with a maximum recorded lifespan of 374 years.
The oldest reptile (confirmed) is Tu'i Malila, a radiated tortoise, died at 188 or 192. Adwaita, an Aldabra giant tortoise, died at an unconfirmed age of 256.

The oldest plant (non clonal) is the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine Methuselah at 4,838 years of age. A huge strand of the sea grass Posidonia oceanica in the Mediterranean Sea could be 100,000 years old, but this is a clonal colony (the original plant itself is long gone, but genetic 'copies' are still living).

Answer 4

The oldest living organisms known are plants. Or more specifically trees. I think many have been recorded at being over 1,000 yrs old.

Answer 5

Oldest living animal is a Galapagos land tortoise named Harriet (175 years), Oldest known animal was Galapagos land tortoise named King of Tonga (188 years), oldest living plant is the Methusela tree, a bristlecone pine (4,838 years), oldest known tree, nicknamed Prometheus, was at least 5000 years old, however it was cut down in 1964. Oldest human was Methusela (969 years). Oldest verified living person is 114-year-old Yone Minagawa of Fukuoka, Japan, born on 4 January 1893.

Answer 6

oldest animal: a clam called quagog can live longer than a sea turtle-roughly 200+years
oldest trees: large ones, especially redwoods can live more than 4000years

Answer 7

Survive with plenty of yogurt. Dannon yogurt.

Answer 8

I would say trees, or whales, appearantly some whales just don't really age like normal, as in they don't get old and frail.

Answer 9

Certain trees.. some are over 4000 years old...

Answer 10

humans, tortises, redwoods