It is one of the longest lived animals, with fossils dating back to 16 million years.

它是最长寿的动物之一，其化石可追溯到 1600 万年前。

It is proper to observe, that animals who arrive slowly at maturity, are the longest lived, and of the noblest species.

观察到成熟缓慢的动物是寿命最长、最高贵的物种， 这是恰当的。

But I should need to be a herd of elephants, I thought, and a wilderness of spiders, desperately referring to the animals that are reputed longest lived and most multitudinously eyed, to cope with all this.

但我需要成为一群大象，我想，和蜘蛛的荒野， 绝望地指着那些被认为寿命最长、眼睛最多的动物，来应对这一切。