I started off with the turtle or more specifically, the giant tortoise.
image from http://ladywildlife.com
Reason for creation: to raise human's life expectancy.
The giant tortoise is the longest living vertebrate on earth. The oldest one on record is the 255 year Adwaitya. Their average age is above 150 years old.
Secrets to long life:
-they can survive for very long periods of time without water or food.
-low energy requirments, it doesn't take much for them to live.
-low metabolism.
-they move extremely slow or can go for very long periods without moving.
-they are very large.
-they have an armored shell for protection against enemies.
-they have natural protection from predators because of theri living habitats(isolated tropical islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans).
-they need to live longer in order to reproduce since it's hard for them to reproduce on a regular basis in the unpredictable or harsh environments that they live in.
Although these are logical reasons for tortoise to have high life expectancy, we cannot make a definite conclusion that a tortoise can live up to 255 years old because it moves slow or because it has a shell. Thus, if we make a person slow or add a shell to him, it does not mean he will live over 150 years scientifically.
However, since no one really knows what would happen if a human cells and giant tortoise cells are combined together, I can still make belief that a part human and part giant tortoise creature can live longer than normal human beings.
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