What's the oldest living creature on the planet?

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What's the oldest living creature on the planet? Well, Timmy, it's a worm at over 42,000 years old. Yes, Timmy, that's older than your mom.

Originally shared by Zohreh Jafari

Now at over 42,000 years of age, the pair of roundworms are the oldest living organism on the planet.
https://www.ibtimes.co.in/ice-age-roundworms-frozen-47000-years-wake-start-eating-if-nothing-happened-776230

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Sibyl L said…
All right, I could see this being a pitch for the next blockbuster horror movie: Aliens from Out of Time -- after 40000 years on ice, they look like worms, eat like worms, and move like worms, but unbenownst to the scientists who defrosted them, they are the last living DRAGON LARVAE.
July 27, 2018 at 5:15 PM
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