{"id":211367,"date":"2025-12-30T12:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/211367\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T12:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:38:07","slug":"5-animals-that-live-centuries-longer-than-humans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/211367\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200b5 animals that live centuries longer than humans\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greenland sharks live in Arctic waters, living up to 400-500 years, which is also the longest for vertebrates. Cold slows their metabolism, letting them mature late, females breed at 150 years of age. A 2016 Science study discovered one at 392 years using lens proteins. Humans max at 122, paling beside these sluggish giants. Their secret is that frigid homes curb ageing.<\/p>\n<p>Greenland sharks live in Arctic waters, living up to 400-500 years, which is also the longest for vertebrates. Cold slows their metabolism, letting them mature late, females breed at 150 years of age. A 2016 Science study discovered one at 392 years using lens proteins. Humans max at 122, paling beside these sluggish giants. Their secret is that frigid homes curb ageing.<\/p>\n<p>Adding a touch more human warmth: Imagine sharing a life with a creature that grows old on purpose, taking slow, deliberate steps through the world. In those icy depths, time feels almost a luxury, and every moment together would be a quiet, patient celebration of endurance and resilience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greenland sharks live in Arctic waters, living up to 400-500 years, which is also the longest for vertebrates.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[117820,117824,85,46,117822,117821,141,117823,386],"class_list":["post-211367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals-that-live-for-centuries","tag-creatures-that-outlive-humans","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-long-lived-animals","tag-longevity-animals","tag-science","tag-secret-of-longevity","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}