The Top Ten Shortest Living Animals In The World | 10 Animals With Incredibly Short Lifespans

Watch The Top Ten Shortest Living Animals In The World 10 Animals With Incredibly Short Lifespans

1.Mayflies, 24 hours : 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.

2.Gastrotrichs, 3 Days : Gastrotrichs 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. Gastrotrichs possess both male and female organs for reproduction.

3 .Drone Ants, 3 Weeks : 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.

4.Houseflies, 4 Weeks : 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.

5.Dragon Fly, 4 months : 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.

6. House Mouse, 1 years : 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.

7.Chameleon, 1 Year : 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.
8.Mosquitofish, 2 years : 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.
9. Guinea Pigs, 4 Years :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.

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.

[lr]

1 year not 1 years, 1 fish, 2 fish; not 1 fish 2 fishes....

[remington]

thanks, this helped me with my science project.

[ELGlueckert]

I think you meant that the guinea pig comes from South America, not South Africa.

[Raul]

It sounds robotic because of its short life span.

[balasubrahmanyamambady]

YOU FORGOT BUTTERFLY, ASIAN AND JAPANEESE GIANT HORNETS, HONEYBEES, PIGION, BALD FACE HORNETS, MOSQUITO AND ETC

[jamenneel]

How is the rabbit in the top ten? I didn’t even watch the whole video, I just skipped every 15 seconds.

[OGutuber]

Panther Chameleons live 2-3 years. Other ones can live 5-10 years

[mathiasebbesen]

nr 1: 24 hours
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nr 10: 8-12 years

[ourempire]

If you Google may fly lifespan word for word says what the narrative was on this video..if thats all it takes im going to start making list videos

[anthonybrown]

wrong on the chameleon they can live up to 15 years BUSTED.

[wrinklygrandpa]

you do realize mayflies live 2-3 years underwater? it is ionly after they sprout their wings that they live for as little as an hour lmao get ur facts together