The world’s oldest known land animal Jonathan It’s a giant tortoise. While some cold-blooded creatures are known to live long, there has been a lack of large-scale research on the subject. While scientists are making up for this shortcoming, some about interesting discoveries also found.

In the international study of 114 scientists, 107 animal communities of 77 different species examined. These examined creatures were selected from reptiles and amphibians. The research was led by Penn State and Northeastern Illinois Universities.

Not only do they live long, they also stay young

One of the scientists’ first findings in this study lizards, crocodiles and turtles It turned out that they age incredibly slowly and have quite a long lifespan for creatures of their size. In addition, it was stated that creatures with grenades or protective armor age more slowly and that the aging of some even becomes insignificant.

Professor of wildlife population ecology, who led the study David Miller, says revealing what slows the aging of these creatures will also play an important role in understanding aging in humans. The next stage examines the difference between warm-blooded and cold-blooded creatures.

On the other hand, some cold-blooded age quickly for their size had been discovered. Scientists stated that living things with fast metabolisms are generally thought to age quickly, but this is not necessarily the case.

If we had armor, would we live longer too? peoples in case they have natural armor It makes little sense to claim that they will live soon. First, we probably wouldn’t have been able to hunt in the early days of mankind, because we are a drag-hunting species.