Some species though, have found a few tricks to help them play the aging game and extend their natural lifespans.

Males may live quite a bit longer (maximum known natural lifespan of 13 years).

Yet there is at least one example of a fisher kept in captivity that lived to be ten years old, well beyond its natural lifespan.

The natural lifespan is not known although one captive individual reached 17 years of age.

This little girl, this supposed child, had lived a natural human lifespan and then some.

The natural lifespan of a pig is 10-12 years.

The natural lifespan of a plant appears to range from 25 to 60 years.

It can have a natural lifespan of over 70 years.

Its natural lifespan is between two and five years.

Their natural lifespan is between two and five years; the larger species tend to live longer than the smaller.