{"id":1968,"date":"2017-02-24T15:25:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T15:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1968"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:38:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:38:46","slug":"what-are-the-oldest-living-animals-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1968","title":{"rendered":"What are the oldest living animals in the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:15px;background-color:#21212170\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/coral-acropora.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"[aggregator] downloaded image for imported item #1968\" style=\"border-radius:15px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/coral-acropora.jpg 960w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/coral-acropora-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/coral-acropora-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/coral-acropora-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)) 100vw, min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)\" title=\"What are the oldest living animals in the world?\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Scientists now believe that some corals can live for up to 5,000 years, making them the longest living animals on Earth.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/oldest-living-animal.html\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This  was originally published on https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/oldest-living-animal.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Scientists now believe that some corals can live for up to 5,000 years, making them the longest living animals on Earth. Continue reading \u2192 \u00a0 This was originally published on https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/oldest-living-animal.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1969,"parent":280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1968","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1968"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2025,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1968\/revisions\/2025"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}