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The average lifespan for aquatic turtles is around 40-50 years old. The level of care while in captivity greatly affects the lifespan of a domesticated turtle. Both turtles and tortoises live long ...
The leatherback sea turtle is the largest sea turtle, reaching 1.4 to more than 1.8 m (4.6 to 5.9 ft) in length and weighing between 300 and 640 kg (661 to 1,411 lbs). [11] Other sea turtle species are smaller, ranging from as little as 60 cm (2 ft) long in the case of the Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest sea turtle species, to 120 cm (3.9 ...
The largest known turtle was Archelon ischyros, a Late Cretaceous sea turtle up to 4.5 m (15 ft) long, 5.25 m (17 ft) wide between the tips of the front flippers, and estimated to have weighed over 2,200 kg (4,900 lb). [10]
A stylised sea turtle nicknamed "Sir Turtle" is the mascot of the national airline Cayman Airways [99] and is part of the livery of its aircraft. A ki'i pÅhaku of a green sea turtle (or honu) can be found on the Big Island of Hawaii in the Pu'u Loa lava fields.
Though its potential lifespan in the wild is unknown, the alligator snapping turtle is believed to be capable of living to 200 years of age, but 80 to 120 is more likely. [33] In captivity, it typically lives between 20 and 70 years.
According to the Animal Aging and Longevity Database, the list of animals with negligible aging (along with estimated longevity in the wild) includes: [12] Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) – 77 years; Olm (Proteus anguinus) – 102 years; Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) – 138 years
“I actually did some calculations years ago and found that if we could cure human aging, average human life span would be more than 1,000 years,” he tells Scientific American. “Maximum life ...
The researchers discovered that while humans have gained about 30 years of life expectancy over the 20 th century, improvements in overall life expectancy have slowed—and actually declined in ...