Animal Lifespans

[pallidin]

Allow me to re-post this extraordinary vid...

 

[Duke Wellington]

7 minutes ago, pallidin said:

Allow me to re-post this extraordinary vid...

 

Have you ever seen an old looking animal in the wild? Or any in towns/cities like pigeons and seagulls?

They dont eat sugar like we do so I suspect unless they are fed sugar (like in captivity) they dont visibly age. They just drop dead at some point.

[pallidin]

6 minutes ago, RabidMongoose said:

...They just drop dead at some point.

Hahahahahaha!!!, that's too funny, stop it!!

[HandsomeGorilla]

We have a Galapagos tortoise at my workplace who's claim to fame is that he was actually brought here when Charles Darwin was first exploring the Galapagos islands. Think about that for a second.

A lady made me laugh the other day when she was watching them. She said, "Oh there he is, I thought that was a rock! So that's how they survive so long... They pretend to be other stuff"

[openozy]

On 19/05/2019 at 7:00 AM, RabidMongoose said:

On 19/05/2019 at 6:51 AM, pallidin said:

 

Have you ever seen an old looking animal in the wild?

Yeah,see plenty of old roos here, also a few old rabbits which is surprising as everything eats them.They must be the smart or extremely lucky ones.

[Still Waters]

It just goes to show how long some animals are capable of living for. That is if they can keep away from trophy hunters etc. 

[oldrover]

On 19/05/2019 at 1:16 AM, Not Your Huckleberry said:

We have a Galapagos tortoise at my workplace who's claim to fame is that he was actually brought here when Charles Darwin was first exploring the Galapagos islands. Think about that for a second.

Please reassure me you don't work in a restaurant. 

[XenoFish]

11 minutes ago, oldrover said:

Please reassure me you don't work in a restaurant. 

He works at a zoo.