World’s oldest animal captured alive, on video
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By , on April 6th, 2009 4 comments   Conservation & Environment, Coral, Organisms, Pictures and Movies, Vessels and Equipment   , , , , , , ,  

Deep Sea News has been following the story of the world’s oldest living animals, the deep-sea Leiopathes black corals and Gerardia gold corals from 300m depth in Hawaii. Both are zoantharian or “zoanthid corals” that excrete a strong proteinaceous axis. The branches of these corals suggest gold coral colonies can be as old 2700 years, . . . → Read More: World’s oldest animal captured alive, on video

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Worlds oldest animal aged to 4000 years
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By , on February 18th, 2008 4 comments   New Research   , ,  

Age and growth studies of deep-sea gold corals and black corals indicate these animals live between two and four millennia. Deep-sea biologists get excited about this because marine invertebrates record archives of environmental conditions in their growth rings, the same way trees do. . . . → Read More: Worlds oldest animal aged to 4000 years

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