Why Don’t These Bats Age? The Difference Appears To Be With The Telomers
Unlike in humans, the telomeres of long-lived bats do not appear to shrink with age. In 2005, scientists in Siberia captured a live Brandt’s bat, a species found across Europe and Asia, that was 41 years old. A house mouse, by comparison, is about twice as big, but might live to a ripe old age … Read more