There are lots of stories about animals that live long. Some people say snakes can live for hundreds of years. Some say birds can sleep for years. After they wake up, they are living! These stories are very interesting for us to read.
But do you think they are true? No! Most animals don't live as long as people do. Of course, it's hard to know an animal's age, because animals can't say, “I'm... years old.” But here are some animals.
An elephant is very old at 60. A horse is old at 60. Bears can live to be about 30. Monkeys can live to be about 20. The oldest birds are parrots and eagles(老鹰). They can live to be about 50.
There's one animal that lives longer than people. That's the tortoise(乌龟). One tortoise is said to have lived to be 200 years old. Maybe it's true, because it doesn't like to move(移动).
