Most people would choose the Methuselah Tree (5,000y) or the King Clone creosote plant in California (11,000y) or the Tasmanian King's Holly (40,000y).
But what about those bacteria endopores that were found in New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns in a 250million y old salt formation that were revived in 2000? They didn't exactly die and they survived for that long, I mean the revived ones are probably dead now but the spores that aren't revived could still be considered alive couldn't they?
It also makes me think that life is impossible to destroy.
But what about those bacteria endopores that were found in New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns in a 250million y old salt formation that were revived in 2000? They didn't exactly die and they survived for that long, I mean the revived ones are probably dead now but the spores that aren't revived could still be considered alive couldn't they?
It also makes me think that life is impossible to destroy.