From Oldest to Strongest Living Thing
We revisit the oldest organism on Earth and meet the strongest.
Trees are old 鈥� they transcend human generations 鈥� but are they the oldest living things on Earth? This story began in June 2017 when we explored a question sent in from CrowdScience listener William. Many of you got in touch after the programme with questions of your own. So we鈥檙e revisiting our trees programme but also exploring another question from listener James, who wants to know what, pound for pound or gram for gram, is the strongest animal alive on Earth today? Marnie Chesterton wrestles with one of them and 鈥� spoiler alert 鈥� it鈥檚 not a gorilla.
Presenter: Marnie Chesterton
Producers: Jen Whyntie
(Photo: Kumbuka, a 15-year-old western lowland gorilla. Credit: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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