Statistics for Longest-living Animals

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Maximum Age	Answer	% Correct
255 years	Aldabra giant tortoise	89%
88/89 years	Asian elephant	83%
Over 200 years	Bowhead whale	76%
Between 300-500 years	Greenland shark	76%
122 years	Human	69%
Potentially immortal	Immortal jellyfish	63%
Around 4,265 years	Black coral	45%
Around 140 years	American lobster	30%
Over 80 years	American alligator	28%
65-80 years	Killer whale	28%
507 years	Ocean quahog	28%
Over 10,000 years	Glass sponge	27%
62 years	Horse	23%
210-250 years	Freshwater pearl mussel	15%
Over 200 years	Red sea urchin	14%
155 years	European eel	13%
79 years	Andean condor	11%
At least 66 years	Laysan albatross	11%
Potentially immortal	Hydra	10%
Up to (and possibly over) 100 years	Tuatara	10%
82 years	Major Mitchell's cockatoo	7%
250 years	Orange roughy	7%
Over 250 years	Lamellibrachia luymesi (tube worm)	6%
168 years	Pacific geoduck	6%
205 years	Rougheye rockfish	6%
Around 125 years	Sturgeon	6%
83 years	Greater flamingo	4%
112 years	Bigmouth buffalo	3%
Potentially immortal	Planarian (flatworm)	3%
210 years	Warty oreo	3%