Art, you forgot the bristlecone pine (20,000+  years old and still going)of
California's Sierra Nevada Mountain range.
As for the carp brains thing , carp are about as intelligent as a redwood,
actually it's not a nice thing to say about redwoods . Ferreter
-----Original Message-----
From: Art Weil <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: Conchs and cones


>Good, Ferret;-
>        If there is no limit to life other than predation, there must be a
few
>individuals out there in their thousands of years. We know that desert
>tortoises live close to 200, maybe Galapagans as well. I heard that carp
>will grow almost forever. Redwoods can live till they fall over, as much
>as 3000 years. the 21st century may offer us a way to put all this
>together. Hope you and me are still here dining on Carp brains and
>Sequoia slivers----covered with Cool-Whip, of course.
>        Art
>