When people were shopping, they suddenly encountered a reporter asking: What is the longest-lived animal in the world?
At this time, the first thing most people think of is definitely a turtle.
The so-called tortoise of a thousand years and the tortoise of ten thousand years often symbolize longevity in China.
But the actual lifespan of a turtle is not as long as thousands of years.
The most reliable record at present is that of an Aldabra giant tortoise named Advita who lived for 256 years. He was born around 1750, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and died at the Calcutta Zoo in 2006.
On the list of long-lived animals, the lighthouse jellyfish ranks first all year round, which can continuously repeat between the polyp stage and the mature stage. As long as there are no external influences, the lighthouse jellyfish can achieve true immortality.
So besides the lighthouse jellyfish, are there any animals that live longer than turtles?
The answer is, yes.
But when people hear that the animal with a longer lifespan than a turtle is a snake, almost everyone thinks this is nonsense.
The lifespan of snakes generally ranges from 2 to 20 years, with the larger the snakes, the longer they live.
Pythons can live up to 30 to 40 years or even longer.
However, even if a python can live for decades, it is still far inferior to a tortoise that can live for hundreds of years.
So it makes sense that most people don't believe that snakes live longer than turtles.
So in the history of the world, is there any kind of snake that lives longer than a turtle?
The Aldabra giant tortoise, which lived for 256 years, is an anomaly among tortoises.
In fact, there are such special cases among snakes.
When Chen Xuan and Zhang Zhicheng went to the Miao border area to find Granny Tao, they encountered a super giant python deep in Leigong Mountain, in the valley where the ancient witch sect was located.
The giant python was three stories tall when standing, and its body was at least twenty meters long.
At that time, Chen Xuan visually determined that the giant python was at least a hundred years old and had become spiritually enlightened.
Even if Chen Xuan knew animal language, he couldn't control a super giant python like this.
But even if the giant python in Leigong Mountain really lived for more than a hundred years, it would still not be as good as the 256-year-old turtle Advita.
Of course, the giant python is not in historical records.
At present, the snake that is the most popular and has the longest lifespan is the green velvet snake.
In 1978, scientists on board the Eagle Nation research ship "Challenger" accidentally captured an extremely rare snake, the green velvet snake, during a sampling expedition in the Mariana Trench in the South Pacific.
The snake has a total of 1,867 rings from head to tail. Experts have determined that the rings on the snake's body are just like the annual rings of trees, representing age.
In other words, the green velvet snake captured by the expedition team lived for a full 1867 years!
And 1867 is still in its infancy!
According to scientists' estimates, the green velvet thread snake is likely to live for more than 200,000 years.
This is a very surprising discovery.
However, more than 40 years have passed since the discovery of the longest-lived snake, and the scientific community is still divided and there is no definite conclusion.
Many people even think that the green velvet thread snake is fictional.
Because the first-hand information was sent by the "Challenger", no one else saw the green velvet thread snake with their own eyes, and there is no record of the green velvet thread snake in world history.
Chen Xuan once believed that the so-called Green Velvet Thread Snake was a fiction, until he entered the White Snake Shrine and opened the clairvoyant pupil.
In the gloomy main hall of the shrine, a pair of huge, blood-red vertical pupils slowly opened.
Seeing this, Chen Xuan couldn't help but gasp.
too big!
Less than twenty meters away from him and Tang Qiuling, deep in the main hall, there was a terrifying white snake whose whole body could not be seen!
The white snake has densely packed rims, at least 300 or more.
Sensing someone coming in, the white snake's vertical pupils, which were like blood lamps, showed a violent, cold, cold-blooded look, and then spit out the snake letter.
Chen Xuan was not sure whether this white snake was the legendary green velvet thread snake.
He only knew that this giant snake was definitely more dangerous than the giant python he encountered in Miao territory last time!
Of course, he is stronger now than when he was in Miaojiang.
But according to the rules of the game, if he could not circulate the immortal energy, Chen Xuan was not sure that he could kill this white snake in a short time.
Tang Qiuling also discovered the existence of the white snake, and when she was stared at by the pair of bloody vertical pupils, she felt that her whole body was cold and she almost screamed.
She knows that there are many giant animals in this world that are beyond human imagination.
But this was the first time she had seen such a large white snake.
"Chen, Chen Xuan..." Tang Qiuling hadn't felt scared for a long time, and her first reaction was to grab Chen Xuan's arm.
"Don't be afraid. If the white snake attacks us, I will break the rules and use my fairy energy."
Of course Chen Xuan would not follow the rules of the game foolishly, otherwise his life would be lost here.
However, whenever a strange beast appears somewhere, it is likely to be guarding some kind of treasure.
Coupled with the snake-eyed monster outside, this White Snake Shrine can be said to be one of the most important places in Kirigakure City.
Therefore, Chen Xuan is almost 100% sure that one of the three ghost Buddhas is hidden here.
There may even be something more important hidden inside.
But being blocked by the White Snake, they could not bypass the main hall and explore other halls of the shrine, such as the Coin Hall, the Worship Hall, the Kagura Hall, etc.
Fortunately, the white snake just stared at them quietly, and it seemed that as long as they did not cross the line, the white snake would not attack.
This made Chen Xuan feel a little relieved.
He scanned the main hall again and found a large space above the main hall.
Upon seeing this, Chen Xuan immediately made a bold decision.
He planned to jump on the beam of the main hall, open the window and jump to the eaves outside, passing through the roof of the hall, so that he could bypass the white snake.
Although this method is risky, it is completely feasible.
"Qiuling, jump with me!" Before Chen Xuan finished speaking, he grabbed Tang Qiuling with his right hand and led her to jump up!
"hiss!"
As soon as Chen Xuan and Tang Qiuling moved, White Snake's vertical pupils were filled with anger!
The moment the two people jumped on the beam, the white snake's huge head bit towards the beam very fast!
Chen Xuan had long expected that the White Snake would launch a sudden attack, but no matter how fast the White Snake was, it was still too big and not as agile as Chen Xuan.
With his toes slightly on the crossbar, Chen Xuan and Tang Qiuling escaped the White Snake's attack.
The next moment, the two of them came to the window, opened the window and jumped out.
Immediately afterwards, the huge snake head instantly smashed the window into pieces!
Seeing the snake head so close at hand, Tang Qiuling shuddered.
"Hurry up, it can't catch up with us!" Chen Xuan found that the speed of the white snake was not that terrifying, but the pressure brought by its huge size was too strong.
After jumping on the roof, Chen Xuan and Tang Qiuling quickly crossed the main hall and jumped to the Coin Hall at the back.
The main halls in Japan are very small in scale and very low in height, so the white snake's head can jump out of the window in an instant.
It's just that the white snake wanted to leave the main hall to pursue Chen Xuan, but it sensed two people entering the main hall, so it had to extend its snake's head back.
