The common carp, which is related to the existence of carp that live more than 70 years, is known as a long-lived fish. There are fish that live for decades, but the oldest age of carp is literally rustic. There will be many people who are surprised when they hear that age. Some carp have lived much longer than humans and have been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
In addition, carp is considered to be a fairly large freshwater fish, and the carp family also has the world’s largest freshwater fish.
How long does the carp live in this weed? I will introduce how big carp there are.
There is a carp that lives more than 70 years.
There was a carp that has lived since the Edo period.
carp is known to have a long life among fish due to its strong vitality. The average life expectancy is said to be 20 to 30 years, but there are times when people live longer than 70 years. The Guinness-certified carp named “Hanako” of Higashi Shirakawamura, Gifu Prefecture, was born in 1751 and lived until 1977.
If this is true, he is 226 years old, which is 10 times the average life expectancy of carp. Hanako is said to have been raised for seven generations since the Edo period. In a pond like Hanako, five carps over the age of 140 were raised.
It is questionable whether it is the exact age because it lives too long for the average age, but there may be a legend that such a long life can be a dragon.
For your information, there is a way to estimate the age of carp by its appearance. It is known that tree rings appear on the scales of carp like trees. We can estimate the age to some extent by looking at this.
In addition, the annual rings appear in the stones and vertebrae near the eyes, so it is possible to estimate their age by looking at them. However, it is only an estimate and the exact age is not known. It is said that there are many errors depending on where they are measured.
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