Giraffes have an unusually long lifespan compared to other ruminants, up to 25 years in the wild.

The Dragon debuted in June 1976, and Gygax commented on its success years later: " When I decided that The Strategic Review was not the right vehicle, hired Tim Kask as a magazine editor for Tactical Studies Rules, and named the new publication he was to produce The Dragon, I thought we would eventually have a great periodical to serve gaming enthusiasts worldwide ... At no time did I ever contemplate so great a success or so long a lifespan.

Like most seabirds, they have a long lifespan.

The government-mandated responsible and well-adjusted lifestyle of the Betans results in a long natural lifespan ( 120 years ), while the Cetagandan haut class prolong not only life but the appearance of youth.

European bison have lived as long as 30 years in captivity, although in the wild their lifespan is shorter.

Byrd's exceptionally long lifespan meant that he lived into an age in which many of the forms of vocal and instrumental music which he had made his own had lost their appeal to most musicians.

Hedgehogs have a relatively long lifespan for their size.

Alternatively, auks may have split off far earlier from the rest of the Lari and undergone strong morphological, but slow genetic evolution, which would require a very high evolutionary pressure, coupled with a long lifespan and slow reproduction.

With its long lifespan of 70 years or more, and slow rate of reproduction, the dugong is especially vulnerable to extinction.

Their lifespan in captivity ranges from 30 to 55 years, though it is unlikely that they live this long in the wild.

Like its contemporaries, the Mini, the Citroën 2CV, and the Fiat 500, the Type 1 has long outlasted predictions of its lifespan.

Locking himself in his Impregnium shielded lair, Atoman seems to be out of the reach of the law, and Irma Geddon laments that even if he were to be convicted, Atoman's long lifespan would allow him to walk free, even with consecutive murder charges.

When the character of Lazarus Long is introduced in Methuselah's Children, he is 213 years old, and the breeding experiment that created the Howard Families has proven to be a success, with most " Howards " enjoying a lifespan of approximately 150 years and changing identities periodically to conceal their long lifespans.

In addition, gas-powered motors rarely if ever require tuning and have a very long lifespan.

Over the course of its long lifespan, the company produced many notable designs for both the civil and military markets.

Since the supply roll is plastic, the lifespan of a used roll can be years or decades long, permitting image recovery long after disposal.

The castle thus functioned as a hospital during a long period of massive upheaval in Germany, from slightly after the Napoleonic Wars destroyed the Holy Roman Empire and created the German Confederation, throughout the lifespan of the North German Confederation, the complete reign of the German Empire, throughout the First World War, and until the beginnings of the Weimar Republic.

This trait makes them somewhat like a pioneer species, despite the fact that their long lifespan is characteristic of R-selected species.

Additional animal experiments have suggested that growth hormone may generally act to shorten maximum lifespan ; knockout mice lacking the receptor for growth hormone live especially long.

The breed has a reputation for being healthy with a long lifespan.

Lifespan for this bird is unusually long for a bird of such rather small size, with an average of 20 years and a maximum recorded lifespan of 36 years.

It is rather likely, however, that this phenomenon also occurs in other members of the Procellariiformes, which all have a rather long lifespan compared to their size.

The Cockatiel's lifespan in captivity is generally given as 15 – 20 years, though it is sometimes given as short as 10 – 15 years, and there are reports of Cockatiels living as long as 32 years, the oldest confirmed specimen reported being 36 years old.

In captivity, a maximum lifespan of 70 years is recorded, and it is generally believed that the life expectancy of a bird that survives long enough to fledge is as high as thirty years or more, which is comparable to more famously long-lived birds like the Wandering Albatross.

Venetia formed for a long time the eastern part of the land portion ( Domini di Terraferma, or Land Dominions ) of the Republic of Venice, including current Veneto and Friuli ; while Gorizia and Trieste were always under Austrian emperors ' rule but for a few years in the early 16th century.

Andronikos was now formally proclaimed as co-emperor before the crowd on the terrace of the Church of Christ of the Chalkè, and not long afterwards, on the pretext that divided rule was injurious to the Empire, he caused Alexios II to be strangled with a bow-string ( October 1183 ).

Joseph II granted Salieri permission to take a year long leave of absence ( later extended ) thus enabling him to write for La Scala and to undertake a tour of Italy.

Baker's abandoned World War II runway, long, is completely covered with vegetation and is unserviceable.

The second, named Fatih Sultan Mehmet ( Bosphorus II ) Bridge, is long, and was completed in 1988 about north of the first bridge.

Sellenraad describes his long association with Burroughs Adding Machine Company, and the impact of World Wars I & II on the sales and service of calculators, and adding and bookkeeping machines in Europe.

When the revolt broke out, it was supported by intellectuals, the army, and almost all the ethnic minorities of the Empire, and forced Sultan Abdul Hamid II to re-adopt the long defunct Ottoman constitution of 1877, ushering in the Second Constitutional Era.

Charles II of England was concerned by the unregulated copying of books and passed the Licensing of the Press Act 1662 by Act of Parliament, which established a register of licensed books and required a copy to be deposited with the Stationers ' Company, essentially continuing the licensing of material that had long been in effect.

One of the most powerful guns to see service in World War II, it was capable of destroying any Allied tank at very long ranges.

Following World War II, Denmark ended its two-hundred year long policy of neutrality.

In fact, the cars produced by Nissan already used the Datsun brand name, a successful brand in Japan since 1932, long before World War II.

* The DOS operating system was the primary operating system for the Apple Computer's Apple II family of computers, from 1979 with the introduction of the floppy disk drive, until 1983 with the introduction of ProDOS ; many people continued using it long after that date.

A nine month long war ended on December 16 of 1971, when the Pakistan Armed Forces overran in Dhaka, ultimately signing the instrument of surrender which resulted the largest in number of prisoners of war since World War II.

The long reign ( 900 – 942 / 3 ) of Causantín ( Constantine II ) is often regarded as the key to formation of the Kingdom of Alba.

" King Priam's Treasure " was found in the Troy II level, that of the primitive Early Bronze Age, long before Priam's city of Troy VI or Troy VIIa in the prosperous and elaborate Mycenaean Age.

In 611, Sassanid Persia invaded the Byzantine Empire and, after a long siege, Chosroes II captured Jerusalem in 614, with Jewish help, including possibly the Jewish Himyarite Kingdom in Yemen.

According to Serge Klarsfeld, since the now complete and constant publicity which the artworks got in 1996, the majority of the French Jewish community is nevertheless in favour of the return to the normal French civil rule of prescription acquisitive of any unclaimed good after another long period of time and consequently to their ultimate integration into the common French heritage instead of their transfer to foreign institutions like during World War II.

Neither partner was faithful: beginning in 1503, Lucrezia enjoyed a long relationship with her brother-in-law, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua as well as a love affair with the poet Pietro Bembo.

The anatomist Camillo Golgi grouped neurons into two types ; type I with long axons used to move signals over long distances and type II with short axons, which can often be confused with dendrites.

The Schwimmpanzer II was a modified version of the Panzer II which, at 8. 9 tons, was light enough to float with the attachment of long rectangular buoyancy boxes to either side of the tank's hull.

Bismarck believed that as long as Britain, Russia and Italy were assured of the peaceful nature of the German Empire, French belligerency could be contained ; his diplomatic feats were undone, however, by Kaiser Wilhelm II, whose policies unified other European powers against Germany in time for World War I.

Out of this arose the renowned corps of Janissaries, which was considered the scourge of the Balkans and Central Europe for a long time, until it was abolished by Sultan Mahmud II in 1826.

Drawing from Spengler ’ s thesis, Yockey maintains that in the long run it would have been better for Europe if World War II had gone the other way.

Charles of Salerno, the Angevin pretender, who was still held captive by the Sicilians, finally grew tired of his long captivity and signed a contract on 27 February 1287 in which he renounced his claims to the kingdom of Sicily in favour of James II of Aragon and his heirs.