The oldest creatures on earth exist today.
La Llareta , with a lifespan of up to 3000 years, distributed in the Atacama desert, Chile. The tree is a relative of coriander, which looks almost mossy but is essentially a shrub growing in the Atacama desert, at an altitude of 15,000 feet. Diameter of each dust is about 8-10 feet. It lives on a smooth surface, around the rocks. Microscopically, it is a dense mass consisting of thousands of small branches, each end with a green bud, forming a large mass.
Welwitschia Mirabilis is the only member of the Welwitschiaceae family and is one of the quite exotic plants living on the planet. With a lifespan of about 2,000 years, they are distributed mainly in the desert of Namib Naukluft, Namibia.
Bristlecone Pine - Growing on a white ridge in the White Mountains, California, USA, this single tree is named Methuselah, which has now become the oldest living thing on the planet.
Siberia Actinobacteria , about 400,000 - 600,000 years old, belongs to Niels Bohr Research Institute, Copenhagen. This specimen was collected from permafrost and is currently stored in Copenhagen. They live in permafrost and die as soon as the ice melts.
Jomon Sugi , Japanese cedar has a lifespan of 2,180 to 7,000 years old, distributed in Yaku Shima, Japan.
Spruce Gran Picea is 9550 years old in Fulufjället, Sweden.
Lich R. Geographicum 3000 years old in Alanngorsuaq, Greenland, Denmark.
12,000-year-old Bush Creosote in the Mojave desert, CA.
Sagole Baobab 2,000 years old in the province of Limpopo, South Africa.
Pando , the next generation of Quaking Aspens has a life expectancy of 80,000 years, Ho Ca, UT.
Underground forest in Pretoria , South Africa. Botanists believe this 13,000-year-old underground forest is a product of long-term evolution, adapted to forest fires. All you can see today is the constellation of trees protruding from the soil, but in fact, below the ground are all the branches and roots of the trees in the forest.
This is an 18-foot brain coral off the coast of Speyside, Tobago's east is 2,000 years old.
Mojave Yucca is more than 12,000 years old, distributed in the Mojave Desert, California.
