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(Images from research on Bowhead Whales in the Arctic)īowhead whales have a number of claims to fame. Distribution: Arctic and sub-Arctic waters.This little rodent, which belongs to the muridae family, is found across South East Asia.Īlthough it can live for longer in captivity, in the wild it generally lives for around six months. From According to the longevity records, a comprehensive database of animal lifespans, the shortest living of all the mammals is the Muller’s Giant Sunda Rat. Distribution: Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand.Nevertheless, the longest recorded lifespan (255 years) belongs to Adwaita, who lived in Kolkata Zoo in India from 1750 to 2006. There have been many claims through history as to which was the oldest tortoise, but such claims are difficult to verify because the tortoises tend to outlive their human observers! As well as being one of the largest tortoises, they are also the longest living reptile. By Ivan Hlobej | Īldabra giant tortoises take their names from the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. Typically they live for around a year.ĭue to the brevity of their lives, the entire adult generation dies before the new generation has even hatched from their eggs.Īldabra giant tortoise on Curieuse island, Seychelles. Panther chameleons, endemic to Madagascar, have the shortest lifespan of them all. There are around 200 distinct chameleon species, all of which live in tropical, temperate climates. Madagascan Panther chameleon on the move. They grow at a rate of around 1 cm per year and hit sexual maturity at around 150 years of age! Reptiles Widely distributed across the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean, these sharks are slow developers. Distribution : North Atlantic and Arctic OceanĪccording to a study in 2016, the Greenland shark can live for up to 400 years, making it the longest-lived vertebrate on Earth.Scientific name : Somniosus microcephalus.In the remaining couple of weeks, the female still manages to lay around 400 eggs. This minute reef-dwelling fish reaches sexual maturity just 40 days after hatching. By Cigdem Sean Cooper | įor the dwarf pygmy goby, as with the mayfly, time is of the essence. They grow up to 8 cm in length and, at their prime, they can give birth to a massive 30,000 eggs per day ! FishĪ dwarf pygmy goby in the coral reef. Having founded a colony, the queen can live for up to 50 years. The record for insect longevity is also held by a female, the queen of the African mound-building termites. Distribution: Europe, Asia and North America.It’s remarkable the species has survived, as the female must mate and lay her eggs before her short time is up. However, the adult life of a female Dolania americana lasts a matter of minutes. Most species of mayfly, also known as Canadian Soldiers in the US, live for about a day. Distribution: Southeastern United StatesĬlose-up of a mayfly resting on a blade of grass.To demonstrate this we’re going to delve into the shortest and longest lives of the natural world – from insects and fish to reptiles and mammals. Even between species that belong to the same class of animal, the difference in how long they live can be enormous. No two lives are the same and, looking around the animal kingdom, we see massive variation in lifespans.
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(People ageing from baby to 100 years old) Shortest and longest living animals The findings suggest that there may be a ‘mortality plateau’, which could imply that there is no limit to human longevity. A recent study published in Nature, followed 4,000 ‘super-elderly’ people (105 and older) in Italy. In fact, even for humans, there may be no maximum lifespan. A handful of species, including the aptly named immortal jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii, are capable of passing back and forth between sexual maturity and immaturity. There are cases of biological immortality in the animal kingdom.