A recently killed whale has been found with a whaling lance made in the 1890's lodged in it's body, showing the whale to be over 100 years old. And apparently, that's not the oldest recorded age either:
Calculating a whale's age can be difficult, and is usually gauged by amino acids in the eye lenses. It's rare to find one that has lived more than a century, but experts say the oldest were close to 200 years old.
link and image: Yahoo News via Boingboing
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