by Daydreamer on June 1st, 2005

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Which animal has the shortest lifespan?

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  • by lynnenorth on November 27th, 2005

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    Depends on whether you consider bacteria to be "animals". If you do, then you will have to consider a wide variety of bacterial species with a life cycle of 15-20 minutes.

    If you don't, then a case can alternatively be made for the male of the mite Acarophenax tribolii -- which develops inside the body of its mother, fertilises its female siblings, and then dies before it is even born, all within the space of a couple of hours.

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  • by jenniferprofitt on June 2nd, 2005

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    The gastrotrich (a minute aquatic animal) lives the shortest--as short as a three days.

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  • by rohitvip on May 15th, 2009

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    Micro organisms does have the shortest lifespan than in animal kingdom.

    But when you're talking about animals. There is one insect called 'Mayfly'. It's lifespan is only ONE day.

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  • by dorothy on October 22nd, 2009

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    Insects have very short lifespans too, Adult mayflies, depending on the species, have life spans ranging from half an hour to a whole day!

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  • by Samuel Prasanna on June 19th, 2006

    Samuel Prasanna

    example of any animal which can be seen out of the microsope ?

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  • by RondoRedux on October 21st, 2009

    RondoRedux

    Animals? The chipmunk only lives 3-5 years. A guinea pig maybe 6-10.

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  • by maraphillipsa on May 29th, 2011

    maraphillipsa

    I jsut thought you should know that mayflys actually live for an average of 3 years... they start out in a Larva/Nymph stage... and all through that stage they are considered to be living.
    Found my answer at: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_metamorphosis

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