Top 10
shortest living animals in the world
10. Domestic
Rabbits, 8-12 Years
Rabbits are
small mammal live in various parts of the world. The domestic rabbits only have
an average lifespan of 8-12 years. They found in different size and
colors. But the lovely species only have a lifespan of few years. Fat
deposition and uterine cancer are the main diseases that affect domestic
rabbits. Females are more prone to these diseases than the male rabbit.
Without proper medicare and feeding, they may die soon.
The large feeding of root vegetables and fruits also causes
many health problems in rabbits. They also demand a large amount of water every
day. Rabbits become prolific breeders because of their shorter lifespan.
9.
Guinea pigs are lovable social animals native to South
Africa. The cute
guinea pigs only have the shorter lifespan of 4 years. They are
readily affected by series of diseases. It demands to feed these cute pets at a
right interval of time and to take a veterinary check-up at the right time.
Only the proper care can extend the life span of guinea pigs up to 4 years. But
it seems to be quite hard to keep guinea pigs from the illness like scurvy,
bronchitis, and bumblefoot.
8.
Mosquitofish is one of freshwater fishes native to the United
States. They only live up to two years. But the mosquitofish that live in
households have a longer life than of ones that live in saline water. The
female fishes also have slightly larger lifetime than that of males. The life
of mosquitofishes in saline water protect them a number of predator fishes
because all fishes can’t exist within the saline water.
7.
Panther chameleons only have a lifespan of 1 year. In fact,
it is the shortest lifespan among reptiles and chameleon family. Panther
chameleons are native to Northern and Eastern parts of Madagascar. They show
rapid mating behavior because of shorter life span. Interestingly the entire
adult chameleons disappeared before next generation emerges out from the eggs.
The rapid color changing is the most noticeable characteristic of chameleons.
So that they can blend into the natural environment. The diet of chameleons
mainly includes crickets and worms.
6.
The average lifespan of house mouse is 1 year. But predators
like cats and poisoning will shorten the life span of these small mammals even
shorter. House mouses are also prone to many health problems during hair
growing stage. They are also prolific breeders because of shorter life
span.
5.
There are 5000 different species of dragonflies are in the
world. The maximum lifespan of the beautiful insect is about 4 months. But most
of the dragonflies won’t
live that much time because they can be easily eaten by spiders, birds, lizards
and frogs. The strong wind and other harsh climate conditions also stop them
from coming out as a dragonfly from larvae form.
Dragonflies also can’t fly easily after the completion of
larvae stage. This condition makes them to easily preyed by reptiles and birds.
They also can’t live longer in cold conditions.
4.
Houseflies are most common and one of the irritating insects
found across our residences. The lifetime of houseflies is limited to the only
short period of 4 weeks. The houseflies live in households generally have more
lifespan than ones live in wild environments. Within the shorter life cycle,
every female housefly laid up to 1000 eggs.
3.
Drone ants are the male member within an ant colony. They
have the only life cycle of 3 weeks. Drone ants follow a lazy behavior, won’t
work much. The ant colonies are always established by females. Interestingly
drone ants died fast once they mated with females. Thus, drone ants play an
important role in the existence of ant colonies within their shorter life
cycle.
2.
Gastrotrich are one of the marine microorganisms that are
used to live in marine environments. They grow up to a maximum size of 3
millimeters and have life circle of 3 days. They have transparent body
structure and swim along with currents. They also used to attach with other
water bodies using hundreds of adhesive tubes on the lower part of the bodies.
Gastrotrich possess both male and female organs for reproduction.
1.
Mayflies have the shortest lifespan on Earth. Their life
lasting only for 24 hours. Mayflies also called as ‘one-day insects’ because of
their shortest life span. There are 2500 different species of mayflies in the
world. In fact, some members of mayfly family die within few hours. So mayflies
spend most of their lifetime as nymphs. The one and only purpose of mayflies is
a reproduction. Within this short period of life, they form groups and dance
together on all available surfaces.
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