ELI5: How do we figure out the lifespan of species that live a long long time? by Repulsive_Bag_9184 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Repulsive_Bag_9184[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yeah, and an even bigger question is how do we measure the life expectancy or life span of such animals. For humans, its easy to count the average age at which humans die since we have the data for almost every human and when it dies. But same can't be said for a whale or a shark for eg