When she died in 2014 Nellie (a bottlenose dolphin in Marineland) was 61. No one realy knows what is the maximum lifespan in the wild. Some bowhead whales have

When she died in 2014 Nellie (a bottlenose dolphin in Marineland) was 61. No one realy knows what is the maximum lifespan in the wild. Some bowhead whales have the lifespan over 200 years, and we know nothing about their self-recognition or when it emerges.