While we all love the average pet in our household, there is a good shot that they will die years before you do. It is common for animals to die before us. However, there are a number of exceptions to the rule. In fact, some of the longest-living animal species on the planet can live decades longer than a human can. The oldest human being recorded in biblical history, Methuselah, was 969 when he finally passed away. The Bible, as well as the Torah and Qur’an, are filled with stories about people living for hundreds of years. However, there are very few first-century historians, and those we do have never seemed to mention most religious figures.
Therefore, we do not go off of these people for maximum human lifespan possibilities. Instead, we go off of the actual data from recorded knowledge. Thus, the oldest human ever was much younger than those from religious texts. The oldest human ever recorded is a French woman named Jeanne Calment. She lived from 1875 to 1997 and managed to age to 122 years, 164 days. To be honest, there are countless examples of animals that have lived longer than this. We’ll be going over a lot of examples of this below. A few things to keep in mind. This list will strictly involve those that can be considered actual animals and not plant-like beings. If it has a cell wall, vacuoles, and chloroplasts, then it’s a plant. If it does not give off carbon dioxide but absorbs it, then it’s a plant. All other beings are considered animals according to science. Oh, and we are not including humans for obvious reasons.