'Jonathan' is the oldest land animal on Earth(www.404media.co)

46 pointsby gumby5 hours ago8 comments

scunan hour ago
> The results revealed that Jonathan has “unique gene variants in most aging pathways” including DNA repair, insulin regulation, mitochondrial function, and “low entropy” methylation, reports the study.
min-maxing longevity vs speed and charisma
- luipugs38 minutes ago
  I dunno, I think he's pretty charismatic. He has all these researchers wanting to spend time with him.
  - scun17 minutes ago
    Sure but biologists will talk to anything. You know what happened to the other tortoises? Bored to death.
antonvs6 minutes ago
> Stephen Clark, an aging researcher
Shouldn’t they find a younger researcher?
samudrijanan hour ago
In the Leftovers people think living in Jarden is why they were left. Maybe St Helena is the new Jarden.
Ancalagonan hour ago
He doesn't look a day over 90!
verdverm27 minutes ago
he's so old, he's completely lost the hare /j
dyauspitran hour ago
Interesting so the oldest land animal hasn’t cracked 200 but stuff that lives in the sea can go for five or 600 years or more.
- epolanskian hour ago
  There's sharks out there that are much older than the United States.
  And sponges older than pyramids.
repeekadan hour ago
> the samples were delivered from Saint Helena to Florida by the U.S. Space Force.
...why space force?
- sublinear35 minutes ago
  It's a remote area and USSF has operations in nearby Ascension Island.
pil0uan hour ago
Can't we just appreciate that exceptionality as it is?
Somehow, I wish we would leave that creature alone. For once.