HIGH LATITUDES, HIGH LIFE EXPECTANCY

A study on the fundamental patterns in the evolution of animal life has discovered that by living closer to the Earth’s poles, certain marine animals actually have a longer lifespan than other members of their species located elsewhere. Bivalves such as oysters, clams, scallops and mussels – marine molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell comprising of two hinged parts – live longer if they reside in the North or South Pole, compared to the tropics.

Cephalopods possess a set of traits that allow them to adapt to changing oceans