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Bowhead Whale
Balaena mysticetus
The bowhead whale is the longest-lived mammal on Earth. Stone and ivory harpoon points from the nineteenth century have been recovered from the blubber of living animals, and chemical dating of the lens of the eye has produced age estimates well beyond two hundred years, which m…
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- Bowhead Whales are among the few mammals known to live over 200 years, with some confirmed individuals estimated at more than 211 years old.
- It is the longest-lived mammal known — harpoon points from the 1800s have been pulled from living whales, and some are estimated at over two hundred years old. Its blubber is the thickest of any animal, approaching half a metre. It breaks breathing holes up through sea ice using a massive reinforced skull. Its resistance to cancer and ageing has made its genome a serious target of longevity research.
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