Talk:List of long-living organisms
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[edit] Candidates
The following links should be worked into the article somehow:
Melchoir 10:20, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
...and a few other articles that now link here. Melchoir 10:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
- done--sin-man 04:54, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Clone colony one plant?
In a discussion on the science ref desk someone pointed out that clones are no more alike than identical twins. In which case the clonal colonies can hardly be regarded as one plant. I don't suggest removing them, but if the comparison makes sense it might make sense to make it in the article because it rather puts things in perspective. DirkvdM 19:15, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Clonal colonies are one plant. They are physically contiguous, like your body. So it's more like conjoined twins, although in the case of plants there is no meaningful distinction between two and one if they're connected and genetically identical. In animals there is.
[edit] Some other long-lived organisms
I understand that for certain freshwater fish -- for example,
- sturgeons -- if they manage to live past a certain age, they, in effect, become immortal & can only die from accident or the intervention of man. (Sorry, no cite)
- Oliver Rackham claims that the Queen's Oak at Huntingsfield, Suffolk is "about a thousand years old" -- as well as "the wonderful pollards of Winsdor Great Park -- while some coppice stools in the Bradfield Woods, Suffolk, are "among the oldest living things in Britain (at least a thousand years)". (Trees and woodland in the British landscape [London: Phoenix Press, 2001], pp. 14f.)
- I've also seen mention that Baobab trees are very long-lived, easily over a thousand years. Does anyone have more information? -- llywrch 00:53, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Long-lived species?
Is there a comparable list for long-lived species? I can't find one but it would surely be of interest & would add relevant context for this list. --lquilter 01:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
