Some people say life is short. Others say it is the longest thing we’ll ever do.The longest a human has ever lived is 122 years， according to Guinness WorldRecords2. But did you know that there are a few animals that can live even longerthan we do？

有人說人生短暫，還有人說這是我們能做的最長久的一件事情。根據(jù)吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄，人類最長壽命為122 歲。但是你知道有一些動(dòng)物比我們活得還長嗎？

The giant tortoise3 is one of the most famous old animals. According toGuinness， a Seychelles giant tortoise is the oldest living land animal. He is olderthan 190. A parrot4 called Cookie was thought to be 83 when he died in the US in2016. Cookie is thought to be the oldest bird ever. And according to Guinness， achimpanzee5 named Cheeta made it to the age of 80.

巨型陸龜是最著名的長壽動(dòng)物之一。根據(jù)吉尼斯紀(jì)錄，塞舌爾巨型陸龜是現(xiàn)存最長壽的陸地動(dòng)物，它有190 多歲了。2016 年，一只名叫庫奇的鸚鵡在美國去世，享年83 歲。庫奇被認(rèn)為是有史以來最長壽的鳥。根據(jù)吉尼斯紀(jì)錄，一只名叫契塔的黑猩猩活到了80 歲。

But for the really old animals， we have to look under the sea. The oldestanimal ever found is estimated6 to be 507 years old， Guinness says. It wassomething called a quahog clam7， found in 2006 on the seabed close to Iceland.At first， researchers8 looked at the rings on the shell and estimated that itwas about 405 years old， but later people found that it was actually morethan 500！ That means it was sitting on the seabed in the early 16th century！ Coldwater seems to help some animals live for hundreds of years， scientists9 say. But youthink that’s old？ There’s also a type of small jellyfish10 that can make its body youngagain when needed—which might make it able to live forever！

但是說到真正長壽的動(dòng)物，我們就必須去海底尋找了。吉尼斯稱，迄今發(fā)現(xiàn)最長壽的動(dòng)物估計(jì)有507 歲，是2006 年在冰島附近海底發(fā)現(xiàn)的一種叫做圓蛤的物種。起初，研究人員看著貝殼上的年輪估計(jì)它大約有405 歲，但后來人們發(fā)現(xiàn)它實(shí)際上超過了500 歲！這意味著它自16 世紀(jì)初就躺在海底了！科學(xué)家們說，冷水似乎能幫助一些動(dòng)物存活數(shù)百年。但你覺得那就算長壽了嗎？還有一種小水母可以在需要的時(shí)候讓軀體恢復(fù)年輕———這可能讓它長生不老！

（英語原文選自：engoo.id）

▏Notes

1. human 人；人類

2. Guinness World Record 吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄

3. giant tortoise 巨型陸龜

4. parrot 鸚鵡

5. chimpanzee 黑猩猩

6. estimate 估計(jì)；判斷

7. quahog clam 圓蛤

8. researcher 研究人員

9. scientist 科學(xué)家

10. jellyfish 水母；海蜇