Were some animals actually created to live forever ?

[Precision]

     

 

Interesting article  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/7-immortal-animals-that-can-basically-live-forever/ss-AAutShP?li=BBnb7Kz

[Tortuga]

5 minutes ago, Precision said:

     

 

Uncle Frank still looks pretty good for his age...

[Stormswift]

thought it was you tort ... should get some lessons from him

[New World Explorer]

So, If someone likes Doctor Who and is looking for a pet .. I recommend this one

[Stormswift]

Looks like a vacuum bag with claws. 

 

So its down to the eradication of predators we see as natural now and disease ... then these animals would indeed live forever.  I wonder with other groups of animals if you took the disease/predator factor out of it - would they too live at least longer than they do at present?

Edited November 6, 2017 by Stormswift

[Vinnie]

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Some are so attached to their pets, they treat them like family.  Is that what Jehovah intended? Hard to say imho. Some animals do provide companionship to a certain degree. And we grieve when they die.  Do we give animals undo attention?  Why do turtles live so much longer than a cat or a dog?  I'm a cat person and I've lost so many cats to death and so forth over the years that I don't want to get another cat. it's too heart breaking. Maybe that's imperfection talking but for now, it is what it is.

 

[hatcheckgirl]

3 hours ago, Gregexplore said:

looking for a pet .. I recommend this one

 

Tardigrades, often called water bears or moss piglets, are near-microscopic animals with long, plump bodies and scrunched-up heads. They have eight legs, and hands with four to eight claws on each. While strangely cute, these tiny animals are almost indestructible and can even survive in outer space.

 

It is "strangely cute", but what an unusual creature!  It really is indestructible - this article explains it's arsenal to staying alive no matter what.  

https://www.livescience.com/57985-tardigrade-facts.html

 

Maybe our pets can be engineered with similar properties as the moss piglet in the new world? 

[Tortuga]

On 11/6/2017 at 9:32 AM, Stormswift said:

thought it was you tort ... should get some lessons from him

Did you see me in this months broadcast?

[Pjdriver]

On November 6, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Gregexplore said:

 

Doesn't even look real.    "Vacuum bag". 

 

 

 

 

On November 6, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Tortuga said:

 

Uncle Frank still looks pretty good for his age...

Doesn't look a day over 300. 

[Stormswift]

5 hours ago, Tortuga said:

Did you see me in this months broadcast?

 

LOL ... I guess one has to be grateful for even the smallest roles.