TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kenney,Karen Latchana
TI  - Extreme longevity: discovering Earth's oldest organisms 
SN  - 9781541538207
AV  - RA776 .E987 2018
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - Twenty-First Century Books
KW  - Longevity
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Animals
KW  - Physiology
KW  - Aging
KW  - Genetic aspects
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction : The whale that got away --; Slow, cold, and old : Bowhead whales --; Arctic ancients : Greenland sharks --; Near immortals : Hydra and Turritopsis --; Aged colonies : Glass sponges and stromatolites --; Reptile relics : Tuatara --; Persistent plants : King clone and Pando --; Inside DNA : searching for longevity genes; 2; b
N2  - "Some creatures can outlive humans by centuries. Readers will learn about these extreme examples of longevity in the animal kingdom, how aging happens, and what genes help animals to live so long."--
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