The Secret of Long-Living Creatures Solved

World’s oldest known land creature Jonathan It’s a giant tortoise. Although some cold-blooded creatures are known to live long, there was a lack of large-scale research on the subject. While scientists are completing this deficiency, some on interesting discoveries also found.

In the international study carried out by 114 scientists, 107 animal communities from 77 different species examined. These examined creatures were selected among 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 first findings of scientists 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 shells or protective armor age more slowly, and that the aging of some even becomes insignificant.

Professor of wildlife population ecology, who was at the head of the study David Miller, says that revealing what slows down the aging of these creatures will also play an important role in understanding aging in humans. In the next stage, the difference between warm-blooded and cold-blooded creatures will be examined.

On the other hand, some cold-blooded aging fast for their size was discovered. Scientists stated that it is generally thought that living things with a fast metabolism age quickly, but this does not necessarily have to be this way.

If we had armor, would we live longer too? Peoples in case they have natural armor It doesn’t make much sense to claim that they will live fast. First of all, we probably wouldn’t have been able to hunt in the early years of humanity, as we are a drag-hunting species.