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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 6:52:21 GMT
Interesting list of the average life span of all sorts of animals. Some of them are quite surprising. How long do animals live? |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 11:58:24 GMT
This is fascinating. The tortoises and reptiles,parrots I knew. But the swan! Had no idea that long a span. And aren't they monogamous as well?
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Post by bixaorellana on May 20, 2009 13:39:05 GMT
Just amazing!
The buzzard lives for 118 years, but the toucan only six? What was nature thinking?
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 15:39:19 GMT
There's a few that haven't taken into account my cats,like the poor anoles they love to torture.
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Post by bjd on May 20, 2009 18:58:37 GMT
I don't know where the list comes from, but it seems exaggerated to me -- for cats they give 25 years, dogs 22. Blackbirds 18. I don't believe it. I would like to see some scientific bibliography for those claims.
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Post by Kimby on May 21, 2009 5:50:58 GMT
It makes a difference if this an average life span or a maximum life span. (I couldn't get the link to open, so apologize if my reply is misinformed.) Humans have an average life span of around 78 years, but a maximum of about 124 years. The oldest cat, I believe was over 30 years old. Ours lived to be 20 years old, which most people seem to think is very old for a cat.
And do these numbers represent life span for animals in the wild, or in captivity where they are protected from many of the things that kill their wild cousins?
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Post by bjd on May 21, 2009 11:15:23 GMT
The title is vague "The life span of animals: how long do animals live?"
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Post by happytraveller on May 22, 2009 5:37:34 GMT
Link doesn't work for me  |
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Post by spindrift on Jun 1, 2009 8:23:50 GMT
I was taught that life expectancy can be calculated on heart-beat per minutelifetime. Read this interesting blog: tammystwocents.blogspot.com/2009/01/one-billion-heartbeats.htmlOf course you can also goodle 'heartbeats/life expectancy/animals/humans'... The smaller the animal or bird, the quicker its heartbeat, the less time it lives. 1 billion heart-beats for them,. The average human has 2.5billion heartbeats in an average lifetime. Reason given in the blog. |
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Post by happytraveller on Jun 3, 2009 6:12:27 GMT
I have heard about this too spindrift.
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