The longest living creatures on the planet

[Catherine]

I don't know, a thousand years would give you time to do many things. Of course sponges don't do much. Maybe they live so slowly that a thousand years doesn't seem like much.

The opposite is dwarf hamsters. They can die of old age at 18 months so they live life very quickly and very intensely. They always dig through the food bowl to eat their favourite seeds first. Time is short. They don't have time to be sensible.