Because most of the world’s water was locked up in ice, sea level is estimated to have been as much as 500 feet lower than it is today. During this time, most of North America was covered in glaciers, but conditions in what’s now the Yukon were too dry for glaciers to form. They are descended from the last waves of ancient people who journeyed over the Bering Land Bridge from what is now Siberia at least 15,000 years ago-before the crossing flooded at the end of the last glacial period.Ĭommonly known as the last Ice Age, the last glacial period began about 100,000 years ago. Though moose outnumber people by almost twofold, the Yukon has a bustling mining industry and 14 First Nations groups have thrived on the land for thousands of years.
For the most part, only moss, lichen and shallow-rooted shrubs can grow in the tundra. Winters in this northwest corner of Canada are harsh, but the warm summer months are illuminated by sunshine until midnight.Įven further north, however, rests the treeless alpine tundra where frigid temperatures permanently keep the ground frozen. You are never too old to start something new! At the age of 100 years, Jeanne still rode on her bicycle.In Canada’s Yukon territory, towering pine and spruce forests drape over rolling hills and the Yukon River and its winding tributaries cut valleys into the landscape. At the age of 85 she started to learn fencing. She lived from 1875 to 1997 and became 122 years old. Currently, the French lady Jeanne Calment is the oldest human being that has ever lived. The average life expectancy in Germany is about 80 years. Shortly after her death it became known that Harriet’s male conspecific Adwaita, which had been living on the Seychelles, was even older and died at the age of 256 years in 2006. She was born in 1830 and died at the age of 176 years in 2006. When she died in 1965, the giant tortoise Harriet seemed to hold the record as the oldest tortoise. She stayed with the royal family of Tonga and obviously enjoyed such a good life there that she reached an incredible age of 188 years. This was even more difficult with the female radiated tortoise Tu'i Mailia.
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This makes us wonder how to provide for them in the future, when we are gone. Not an exciting life, but a long one.Īldabra Giant Tortoise - Photo: underworld/Shutterstock Example: Tortoisesĭomestic tortoises can get between 60 and 80 years old. Giant tortoises also do not have a lot of action when munching away on the grass from the ground. A bowhead whale just unhurriedly swims through the ocean and filters food from the water. Big animals often have less enemies and prefer food that does not move too quickly. The bigger and less active, the older the animal can get. The size and the activity of an animal seem to matter. So far there are no detailed insights, but only some hints. They hope to use their findings to prolong our lives as well. Scientists are particularly interested to find out how animals can get that old. Yet, the exact age of the animal is still controversial. It was discovered during an expedition in the years 1908-1910. joubini and lives on the ground of the Antarctic Ocean. Meanwhile it has reached an age of more than 10,000 years. The oldest giant sponge (yes, it is also an animal) is still alive and kicking. Tuatara - Photo: dudlajzov/ The Oldest Animal in the World, Still Living
** Could be 512 years as well scientists are unsure about this It has been swimming around with this piece of metal for 120 years.
* In 2007, a bowhead whale was discovered with the tip of a harpoon from 1880 in its body.
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