TIL of a plant called Welwitschia, a living fossil, which existed before South America split from Africa (200m years ago), can live more than 2000 years and keeps the same two leaves its entire life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwitschia
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@todayilearned Calling something a living fossil makes no sense to me... They are **not** the same species as what was around 200m years ago. At best they resemble it, but over that period of time it is almost certain they couldnt interbreed even if superficially they might look similar.
