The whale's life is very long, generally can live for decades to one hundred years.
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这使得它们的寿命超过了弓头鲸,之前一直认为寿命在211岁左右的弓头鲸是最长寿的脊椎动物。
That would make them older than the bowhead whale, which earlier was believed to have been the oldest vertebrate at about 211 years old, according to the Associated Press.