What animal has the shortest?
2007-01-15 21:20:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The giant tortoise lives the longest, about 177 years in captivity
the gastrotrich (a minute aquatic animal) lives the shortest — three days.
2007-01-15 21:25:59 · answer #1 · answered by Yoav D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Galapogos Land Tortoise may well be the logest at 193 years (see link).
The shortest is probably some sort of bacteria, assuming you're talking about all types of animal, not just mammals. The odd thing about bacteria is 'If it reproduces by dividing into 2 new bacteria, has it actually died and has it's lifespan come to an end?'.
2007-01-15 21:29:44 · answer #2 · answered by ricochet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Giant tortoise longest some can live 200yrs and the opossum has a short life span of only one to two years. Obviously there are some insects or marine life w/ shorter spans but some I wouldnt really consider them as animals
2007-01-15 21:26:29 · answer #3 · answered by BJtheGreat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The giant tortoise lives the longest, about 177 years in captivity
2007-01-15 21:24:00 · answer #4 · answered by tnbadbunny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think of the respond you're searching for is as follows: The animal with the slowest metabolism, with the main effective skeleton(or an entire loss of one) ... like the tortoise. Squids, understanding little or no approximately them, are theory to stay properly over 200 years interior the super depths of the sea.... the place there are not any actual predators.
2016-12-12 12:31:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some bacteria have been re-animated after being frozen in ice for thousands of years, although this is not really continual life.
It has been postulated that bacteria could survive on a commet through outerspace for millenia, though the conditions would require them to be frozen (shut down) for the duration, until they reach conditions that are more favourable.
2007-01-15 21:28:06 · answer #6 · answered by djessellis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the shortest is the fruit fly (24hrs), and the longest I think is the coral reef or the giant turtle.
2007-01-15 22:50:05 · answer #7 · answered by maidmaz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tortoise
2007-01-15 21:52:09 · answer #8 · answered by sg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The longest is a Coral reef, its a living organism and lives ( unbothered ) for hundreds of years.
2007-01-15 21:24:47 · answer #9 · answered by Matthew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say the turtle...one just die in Australia and apparently she had been offered by Darwin himself...she was in the more than 100 years big time
2007-01-15 21:26:22 · answer #10 · answered by andre 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋