Could a 200-year-old whale offer clues to help humans live longer?
By Michael Casey
Scientists are hoping the fountain of youth might be hidden inside a whale species that can live up to 200 years.
Joao Pedro de Magalhaes and his team at the University of Liverpool sequenced the genome of the bowhead whale ( www.bowhead-whale.org/ ), the longest living mammal on earth. The team wanted to understand why they live so long and don’t succumb to some of the same illnesses as humans do earlier in life …
CBS News – January 5, 2015, 2:37 PM
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Orangutan ruled a “non-human person”, must be released
Sandra the orangutan ruled to be a “non-human person”
In a landmark decision for animals and animal rights activists, a Buenos Aires court has unanimously declared Sandra, an orangutan living in the Argentinian zoo, to be a “non-human person” with an inviolable right to freedom. The zoo has a short time to appeal the decision, but will most likely be ordered to release Sandra to a nature sanctuary. Sandra is a twenty-eight year old orangutan who was born in captivity in Germany before being transferred to the zoo in Argentina in 1994 …
AGBeat – January 5, 2015
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