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How long do animals live?

Long-lived species are found at different stages of the evolutionary development of animals.

Of multicellular animals, sponges live up to 10-15 years, coelenterates in some cases up to 70-80 years (anemones), representatives of various groups of worms from 1-3 to several decades, spiders 4-5, sometimes up to 20 years (female tarantulas) , crustaceans - from a few weeks (daphnia) to 50 years (lobsters).

Insects in the imago stage (characterized by the full development of wings and the presence of sexual appendages at the end of the abdomen) usually do not live long, but some are homoptera up to 40-60 years.

The life expectancy of laminabranch mollusks is up to 100 years, however, many species of mollusks live for several months or even weeks.

From vertebrates: sturgeons live up to 50-100 years, giant salamander - over 50 years, toads and newts - up to 25-30 years, frogs - up to 12-13 years, crocodiles and turtles live up to 50-150 years.

From birds: eagle owls, crows, golden eagles, white pelican, parrots live up to 50-70 years, gulls, cranes, condor, African ostrich - up to 30-40 years.

Some mammals - up to 70-110 years. The maximum life expectancy within a class usually differs by several dozen times, and within a detachment by several times. So, in mammals, small rodents (mice, rats) live up to 3-4 years, predators (cat, leopard, lion, dog, wolf) - up to 25-30 years, artiodactyls (pig, sheep, cow, deer, elk) - up to 15-30 years, equine (donkey, zebra, horse, elephant) - up to 30-70 years, monkeys (orangutans, chimpanzees) - up to 25-45 years. The record holder for longevity among mammals is the bowhead whale, whose life expectancy can reach 150 years.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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