- Many animals can live much longer than their average life expectancies.
- Cockatoos and tortoises have been known to live for 100 years or more, while Greenland sharks can live upwards of 400 years.
- There's even an "immortal" species of jellyfish.
- We've rounded up some of the world's oldest animals.
While humans outlive many other animals, some species put the average human lifespan (about 72 years, according to the World Health Organization) to shame. Giant tortoises, for example, can live more than 100 years, while bowhead whales can reach 200 years of age.
Plus, certain individual animals have blown past the life expectancy of their species, gaining notoriety for the feat.
Here are 12 of the world's oldest animals, ranked by age.