Rachel Sussman: The world's oldest living things

http://www.ted.com Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world's oldest continuously living organisms -- from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago's coast to an "underground forest" in South Africa that has lived since before the dawn of agriculture.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

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[gordinidesigns]

Wow!!!!! This is one of the best TED talks I have seen, & I have watched at least 30 of them. It inspires awe. Yes, please protect these.

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[Natalie Chubet]

Rachel:The tree is actually a male and immortal.-People just sit and stare- Rachel:Get it? -People laugh-

[klesks8686]

I love this new youtube spam tactic; please have a slow painful death.

[Frank Porcaro]

Amazing. I can't imagine the amount time, patience, and research this took.

[Juergen Czwienk]

I am totally impressed with Rachel Sussmans work. Very impressive.

[ZwolfZki]

Misread. I thought this was about the oldest profession.

[kapil ayyawar]

seems ligit

[WatchmenDrManhattan]

I am amazed that science today is not interested in prolonging life

[kwaal]

That you don't get the joke doesn't make me a moron. It was a reference to The Onion's brilliant Ted Talk parody, which this - despite it's interesting content - made me think of. Jesus, I know this is the internet, but why the hostility?

[TaylesLeeder]

you're standing on it you moron