My daughter always gets me! Here's 2days question. What is the longest living thing on earth?
Anyone know?
7:59PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Federer_Blog
probably some tree or plant.
8:01PM Thu, September 15 2011
@barbm218
driving my kids somewhere
cockaroaches? Lol
8:01PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Sosmono
the earth itself :D
8:01PM Thu, September 15 2011
@WeirdArchives
Destin, Florida, USA
Sequoia trees. Supposedly there are some that are a thousand years old.
8:01PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Ejamirocks
Hmm,,turtles and crocs sometimes live to be 100,not sure of actual answer tho
8:01PM Thu, September 15 2011
@SweetPeaLP
Some clams live 400-500 yrs. Some Tortoises live ~ 150 yrs.
8:02PM Thu, September 15 2011
@BriKainalu
Hawaii
I think it's a type of bacteria.
8:02PM Thu, September 15 2011
@shurwitt
Offhand I'd guess redwoods, but I could imagine it being some other plant.
8:02PM Thu, September 15 2011
@dwtumby
Minster, Ohio
reptiles?
8:02PM Thu, September 15 2011
@IanGertler
Good question from your daughter. Re: longest living thing > size or time?
8:02PM Thu, September 15 2011
@jithurockstar
Kerala, India
Its Tortoise....! It lives more than 250 years
8:03PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Adrian_B_Long
Montreal
I guess it's a tree... ;)
8:03PM Thu, September 15 2011
@rocksinsb
cockroach
8:04PM Thu, September 15 2011
@JamaalJazzbo
Edgewater, MD
Some bacteria are claimed to be millions of years old. The Kings Holly in Tasmania around 40k. I googled : )
8:04PM Thu, September 15 2011
@SineadMJ
Toronto, Ontario
a turtle?!?!
8:04PM Thu, September 15 2011
@mattbuckley71
probably a tortoise or turtle.
8:04PM Thu, September 15 2011
@WAJayhawk
Seattle
blue whale?
8:05PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Kess2000
Toronto
Shark?
8:05PM Thu, September 15 2011
@WAJayhawk
Seattle
clam?
8:05PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Momto26
Akron, OH
Turtle
8:05PM Thu, September 15 2011
@seriesandtv
Cordoba - Argentina
Yeah There´s bacterial activity of over 1,5 million yrs on antarctica. There´s a bush in Mojave desert 11,000 yrs
8:05PM Thu, September 15 2011
@CelebrityFind
Twitter
Maybe the tortoises from Galapogos Islands?
8:05PM Thu, September 15 2011
@lafamiliacool
New York, NY
The earth itself. #justsaying
8:06PM Thu, September 15 2011
@scotteiser
I think it's the Great Barrier Reef? Am I right?
8:06PM Thu, September 15 2011
@MazdaTammy45
Earth
trees and germs .longest living things on earth.
8:06PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Vicky_Vic055
Toronto
RT by longest do u mean length or time?
8:06PM Thu, September 15 2011
@BarbaraSadler_
according to google--500,000 year old bacteria!
8:07PM Thu, September 15 2011
@icky8
cross plains, wi 53528
Isn't is one of them joshua tree's? or a giant redwood?
8:07PM Thu, September 15 2011
@LoneWolf907
"longest" is ambiguous. Length: redwood tree, Lifetime: some single-celled creatures split to reproduce and so are immortal.
8:07PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Marco_Cordero
Bristlecone pine trees, found in the White Mountains of California.
8:07PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Kar_lahh
Wilmington, CA
bacteria? lol
8:07PM Thu, September 15 2011
@btiedman
Ohio
I always think sea turtles from finding Nemo
8:08PM Thu, September 15 2011
@tikigirl328
NC
I think the answer is GOD...he's always here and around us...watching over all of us!
8:08PM Thu, September 15 2011
@EdKruczynski
Would that be the giant redwood trees, perhaps?
8:08PM Thu, September 15 2011
@blondbabylon
uk
clams I think ? My children are Always catching me out with Random questions :-)
8:09PM Thu, September 15 2011
@TRILLIUMJS
geoducks can live 160 years. tubeworms 250yrs sea urchins 250 bowhead wales 211 tortoise 221 quahog over 400
8:09PM Thu, September 15 2011
@zachcarter
~I always google everything I need an answer to.
8:09PM Thu, September 15 2011
@tweb1174
bristlecone pine trees, in white mountains I california at least one of the longest
8:10PM Thu, September 15 2011
@smudgiesmom
I'm going to say the blue whale is the longest living thing on earth. Guessing though.
8:11PM Thu, September 15 2011
@hasheemobaid
USA
asked my 8 yr old daughter - whale shark
8:11PM Thu, September 15 2011
@pantherz77
arvada,colorado
the longest living species r alligators, tutles and some whales. All r thought to be around during the dinosaur ara
8:11PM Thu, September 15 2011
@FreshwaterHaida
Alberta, Edmonton
Redwood trees! Tortoise's live an extremely long time too...
8:13PM Thu, September 15 2011
@ScottVDub
flint, mi
The giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta. the largest specimens in the Caribbean estimated to be in excess of 2,300 years.
8:13PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Climber84
San Diego
I'm going to go with Sequoia Redwoods.
8:14PM Thu, September 15 2011
@october007
its a redwood tree
8:15PM Thu, September 15 2011
@MommyConnectEDS
I know turtles live a long time.....
8:15PM Thu, September 15 2011
@nohrad
Ecuador
Galapagos turtles ! 100 years or more ! And you may teach her where Galapagos Islands are also !!!
8:15PM Thu, September 15 2011
@KristenL516
Central NJ
a redwood tree?
8:15PM Thu, September 15 2011
@brays04
Cape Girardeau, Mo
my son said dinosaurs !!
8:16PM Thu, September 15 2011
@engelsonmom
my guess is a tortoise or crocodile?
8:17PM Thu, September 15 2011
@acrisgonzalez
mmmm tortoise george or "solitary george" from the galapagos islands
8:18PM Thu, September 15 2011
@naibeatreelz
Los Angeles
Joan rivers
8:19PM Thu, September 15 2011
@helkel
castle rock, co
I think it's some kind of turtle.
8:20PM Thu, September 15 2011
@stellard
Canada
I'm not sure what type, but I would say a tree or plant.
8:21PM Thu, September 15 2011
@mbmgreglevine
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
probably a tree somewhere. Good question!!
8:21PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Arts62
Where the Lord leads me :)
I bet it's a disgusting, makes my skin crawl, disease caring cock roach! They've been around 4ever eek :)
8:23PM Thu, September 15 2011
@doogie1976
I think it's a turtle.
8:24PM Thu, September 15 2011
@livyloorose
Boston
redwood tree? ...I think.
8:24PM Thu, September 15 2011
@MLeeJohnson
longest living thing on earth? MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
8:25PM Thu, September 15 2011
@PattzoStl
St.Louis Mo.
alligator.....
8:27PM Thu, September 15 2011
@MeLiis2a
Victoria, Australia
crocodiles?
8:27PM Thu, September 15 2011
@ASimien
Texas
my guess would be birds? They were part of the dino age :)
8:28PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Wendy_Irene
Northern, Idaho
a tree?
8:29PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Smathew89
Methusalah 969 years.
8:30PM Thu, September 15 2011
@CloudyStarBrand
New York
They say it could be the Jhomonsugi Tree on Yaku island Japan?
This living fossil could be as old as 7,200?
8:30PM Thu, September 15 2011
@jessiejsm
12.90002,100.92...
# I guess mother in law!!
8:30PM Thu, September 15 2011
@kimber516
Right Here!
prob a tree or if she wants an animal... Maybe a tortoise (sp?) just guessing!
8:30PM Thu, September 15 2011
@tiana_miss
Wouldnt that be Larry King?
8:32PM Thu, September 15 2011
@ntc650
A guess would wood
8:33PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Pinki521
South Philly
A Sea Turtle!!! (Finding Nemo lol)
8:33PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Julesfete
ÜT: 39.973588,-...
tell her Love!!!
8:34PM Thu, September 15 2011
@SkinnyMinnys
hermosa beach & gardena
it has to be a tree or something. does that count? I say sequioa tree! (Check for mispelling) haha
8:35PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Latanyacalloway
Atlanta, Georgia
my 13 year old daughter said Betty White...I had to laugh.
8:35PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Wbahriii
St. Louis, MO
bacteria?
8:36PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Nanckat
a turtle?
8:39PM Thu, September 15 2011
@karen_mounts
connecticut
dragonflies date back prehistoric :-)
8:39PM Thu, September 15 2011
@SeanMcCartan
The first thing God talks about creating are birds!
8:40PM Thu, September 15 2011
@JohnnyRD7
Tree?@brookeburke
8:41PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Lindseyjane09
Manchester
tortoise or turtle ! X
8:42PM Thu, September 15 2011
@ntc650
Bristlecone pine trees are 4,000 years which live in California
8:43PM Thu, September 15 2011
@VerdoNails
Parnell Auckland
trees maybe! We have kauri trees in Nz that are 100 of years old
8:43PM Thu, September 15 2011
@kishalawson
ÜT: 33.78219,-7...
turtle or whale
8:44PM Thu, September 15 2011
@JohnBballer
43.652523,-79.3...
Sycamore trees?
8:46PM Thu, September 15 2011
@ipodawatomi
iPhone: 43.5295...
Quahog (marine clam) 200 years and tortoise at 150 years -top 2 longest living animals
8:58PM Thu, September 15 2011
@babettessugar
THANK YOU, RENEE!!!!!! :D
9:00PM Thu, September 15 2011
@msdeemarie102
Cleveland
my son's response is an amoeba?
9:04PM Thu, September 15 2011
@thr656
cock roach?
9:04PM Thu, September 15 2011
@MGM726
Dallas, TX, USA
a bull whale I think.
9:15PM Thu, September 15 2011
@La_Ashleigh
Texas
HAPPY B-DAY!!!
9:15PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Marc_Ann07
Monroe, LA
tortoise I think
9:16PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Dj_S_Teutonic
ÜT: 43.66882,-7...
a tree?
9:20PM Thu, September 15 2011
@MamaNhel
Philippines
9:23PM Thu, September 15 2011
@MamaNhel
Philippines
_I think it's a tortoise so I goggle it........The life span of a Galapagos land tortoise is 193.
9:27PM Thu, September 15 2011
@nunonen2
Toronto
I was told its the silver fish
9:27PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Chiildpleaze
... brook I think that would be a whale.. and they live long lives.
9:30PM Thu, September 15 2011
@squeaky_kleen
Denver, Colorado
-The cockroach!
9:38PM Thu, September 15 2011
@mrsike459
Oceanside, CA
maybe a tree of some sort?
9:45PM Thu, September 15 2011
@MaddoxAt3
Right here silly
Answer from my 4yr old "A snake mommy! Silly. Oh wait. Maybe it's the ladder on my firetruck?"
9:46PM Thu, September 15 2011
@La_Ashleigh
Texas
you're welcome :)
10:01PM Thu, September 15 2011
@SGWyatt
South Louisiana
human species?
10:04PM Thu, September 15 2011
@SGWyatt
South Louisiana
tree?
10:07PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Dimms37
Canada
depends on what your talking about but I believe it is a strain of bacteria about 40million yrs old.
10:08PM Thu, September 15 2011
@jprobi1115
Florida
Roaches
10:18PM Thu, September 15 2011
@HalfSunArts
Merriam, KS
Certain ancient bacteria, but I couldn't tell you the names!
10:30PM Thu, September 15 2011
@katisjewell
Boston, MA
there is a tree in the tundra that can live to be thousands of years old...but I forgot the name!
10:39PM Thu, September 15 2011
@degebrecht
birds and reptiles!
10:44PM Thu, September 15 2011
@Beckajohn
DC
Sequoia Trees. Just a guess v
11:04PM Thu, September 15 2011
@drjeffmb
Time, because it is always moving and never standing still
11:30PM Thu, September 15 2011
@AnsilAtoms
Washington State
I believe that's the Bristlecone Pine.
12:19AM Fri, September 16 2011
@CeliaRWeiner
Probably fossils OR glaciers...
12:30AM Fri, September 16 2011
@oldsouth_jim
Arkansas
hmm...redwood tree?
12:31AM Fri, September 16 2011
@justinmarillier
sa
a whale is the longest living thing. Especially in the morning when its stretching lol
12:49AM Fri, September 16 2011
@linhttruong
Los Angeles
God's love
12:52AM Fri, September 16 2011
@ggrigoriadis
Some of the oldest living things on earth are Bristlecone pine trees
12:56AM Fri, September 16 2011
@ololadest
lagos state
,a female tortoise, over 140 years
1:37AM Fri, September 16 2011
@MVQZ525
Los Angeles, California
sequoias
2:13AM Fri, September 16 2011
@tim_marion
#It takes three seconds to say “I love you”, three hours to explain it , and a lifetime to prove it.
5:23AM Fri, September 16 2011
@97eclipse
Terre Haute Indiana
I would have to say rocks
6:06AM Fri, September 16 2011
@a14bacchus
Toronto
my guess: tree(s)
7:44AM Fri, September 16 2011
@stellak81
Saskatchewan
dirt? Lol
10:24AM Fri, September 16 2011
@alicenicolai
I think tortoises, Brooke!!
10:43AM Fri, September 16 2011
@AndyL
near Boston, Massachusetts
trees
11:45AM Fri, September 16 2011
@ChewyMento
there is a Bristlecone Pine in the White mountains. It's age is around 4,700 years! It is nicknamed the Methuselah tree. :)
1:34PM Fri, September 16 2011
@CelebrityFind
Twitter
LOL! I just re-booted because I just woke up, thinking my new answer to your daughter's "quiz" is "The Great Barrier Reef" :)
1:18AM Sat, September 17 2011
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