What animal lives for 1 year?

Species: Panther chameleon
Panther chameleons, endemic to Madagascar, have the shortest lifespan of them all. Typically they live for around a year. Due to the brevity of their lives, the entire adult generation dies before the new generation has even hatched from their eggs.
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What animal has a 1 year lifespan?

Ephemeral mayflies

We often hear that mayflies, like the whiteflies of the Susquehanna River, have the shortest lifespan of any animal on Earth, just 24 hours for many species.
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What animals have a 2 year lifespan?

Hamster Lifespan

Hamsters can live from 1 to 2 years on average.
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What animal only lives for 6 months?

Dragonfly Nymphs

The nymph only lives for six months. The entire lifespan of some dragonflies, from birth to adult death, can be as short as six months. This depends on environment more so than species.
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What animal only lives for 5 years?

Chameleon Lifespan Info

Average: 5 years.
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The Shortest and Longest Lifespans of Animals



What animal only lives for 1 day?

#1: Mayfly — The Shortest Lifespan of Any Known Animal

These insects are the shortest living animals on the planet, as the adult lifespan of a fly from this species is only 24 hours.
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What bug only lives for 24 hours?

Mayflies only live for 24 hours and hold the record for the shortest living life cycle on earth. This might be good news to anyone who hates bugs, but not all bugs have short lifespans. There are a few bugs that can live for years, even decades.
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What animal only lives for 2 months?

#4 Housefly: Two Months

It is the most common fly species found in houses. Houseflies live wherever humans do.
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Can hamsters live for 5 years?

The average lifespan varies for each hamster breed. The longest lived hamster breed is the Roborovski Dwarf (up to 4 years), while the shortest is the Chinese Dwarf ( a little under 2 years). Of course, there are hamsters who can outlive the average, like cases of Syrian hammies living for 5-6 years in captivity.
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How long does a rabbit live?

Rabbits, just like other domesticated animals, have an average lifespan which can help an owner keep their bunny in optimum health in every stage of life. Unlike their wild relatives, who live for an average of one to two years, domesticated rabbits can live between eight to 12 years.
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What animal lives for 5 minutes?

Researchers believe the record for shortest adult life span belongs to the female mayfly called Dolania americana. After spending a year or more living on the bottom of a stream in its aquatic nymph form, it emerges as a flying adult — and lives for less than five minutes.
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What insect only lives for 3 days?

Those whose adult life is typically measured in days, such as the Hessian fly with a span of about 4 days (Bergh et al. 1990) and the parasitic wasp Acmopolynema hervali which lives as an adult for 3 days or less (Boas & Andrade 1991).
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Which creature has shortest lifespan?

Top 10 shortest living animals in the world
  • 8 Mosquitofish, 2 years.
  • 7 Chameleon, 1 Year.
  • 6 House Mouse, 1 years.
  • 5 Dragon Fly, 4 months.
  • 4 Houseflies, 4 Weeks.
  • 3 Drone Ants, 3 Weeks.
  • 2 Gastrotrichs, 3 Days.
  • 1 Mayflies, 24 hours.
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What animal is immortal?

To date, there's only one species that has been called 'biologically immortal': the jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii. These small, transparent animals hang out in oceans around the world and can turn back time by reverting to an earlier stage of their life cycle.
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How old is the oldest rabbit?

The oldest rabbit ever recorded was an Australian rabbit named Flopsy, who lived to be 18 years, 10 months, and 3 weeks old. Flopsy was caught by her owner in 1964 in the wilds of Tasmania, and lived out her life as a beloved pet.
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Do bunnies bite?

'Healthy, happy rabbits aren't generally aggressive,' Rosie says. 'Sometimes, though, even if your bunnies are well looked after, they may lunge, bite or give a sharp nip. To understand this behaviour, you first need to get to grips with your bunnies' nature.
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