Squirrels Live Longer than Thought!!!

A squirrel in a San Diego Zoo lived for 23 years. Usually, squirrels can only live for around 12. But this is in captivity. I always thought that the lifespan of squirrels in the wild was only 1 year. I think somebody lied to me when I was little or something, but I really believed they only lived that long. After further research, it seems that squirrels in the wild live for 5 years. Thus, the mean of average lifespan for all squirrels seems to be 8.5 years. The median is also this many years.