5 animals and how long they live. Life expectancy of different animals: features and interesting facts

The lifespan of animals largely depends on the conditions of keeping and feeding the animals. Typically, domestic animals have a longer lifespan than stray animals of the same species. Many animals in zoos live longer than their “free” relatives, thanks to the fact that specialists closely monitor their nutrition and the conditions of their detention. However, it also happens that animals in captivity live less than in nature. This happens with exotic animals, whose owners are often not aware of the rules for caring for them.

The average lifespan of cats is 10 - 15 years. For various reasons, stray cats live much shorter: 3 - 5 years. There are also long-lived cats. Thus, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the spotted cat Ma from the UK and the Granpa Rex cat Alen from the USA lived the longest of all known domestic cats, 34 years each.

Unlike cats, the average lifespan of dogs varies greatly depending on the breed. The shortest life expectancy is for those dog breeds that are large in size, and the longest for “small” breeds. The following data clearly confirms this:

The average lifespan of American Staffordshire Terriers is about 13 years;

English bulldogs - 8 - 10 years;
English spaniels - 10 - 14 years;
Dogo Argentinos - 13 - 15 years;
Bassets - 9 - 11 years old;
Boxers - 10 - 12 years old;
Bolonok - 18 - 20 years old;
Large poodles - 15 - 17 years;
Dogues de Bordeaux - 7 - 8 years;
West Siberian Laikas - 10 - 14 years;
Yorkshire Terriers - 12 - 15 years;
Caucasian Shepherd Dogs - 9 - 11 years;
Pugs - 13 - 15 years old;
Great Danes - 7 - 8 years;
German Shepherds - 10 - 14 years;
Rottweilers - 9 - 12 years;
Dachshunds - 12 - 14 years old;
Toy terriers - 12 - 13 years;
Chihuahua - 15 - 17 years old;
Airedale Terriers - 10 - 13 years old.

The life of rodents is usually not as long as the life of cats and dogs.

Mice live on average 1 - 2 years, although some individuals reach 5 - 6 years;
Rats live 2 - 3 years, there are long-lived rats whose age reaches 6 or more years, however, many rats die young.
Hamsters live 1.5 - 3 years;
Guinea pigs live 6 - 8 years;
Chinchillas live 15 years;
Chipmunks live 10 years or more;
Rabbits live on average up to 12 years.

The average lifespan of horses is 20 - 25 years. The maximum reliably known lifespan of a horse was 62 years. For ponies this figure is lower. The oldest pony was 54 years old.

According to livestock breeders, the life expectancy of cows is about 20 years, some live up to 35, bulls live a little less: 15 - 20 years.

The total lifespan of elephants is 60 - 70 years.

The life expectancy of bears is 30 - 45 years.

The average lifespan of foxes is 6 - 8 years, but in captivity they can live up to 20 years or longer.

The lifespan of beavers is usually 10 - 12 years, although in favorable conditions in zoos they live up to 20 years.

The life expectancy of macaques is from 15 to 20 years; in captivity, however, they can live up to 30 years.

The lifespan of orangutans in the wild is about 35 - 40 years, and in captivity they can live up to 60 years of age.

Chimpanzees are about 50 years old.

Of the vertebrates, turtles live the longest. Most of the information suggesting that their lifespan is slightly more than 50 years refers to individuals kept in captivity. Some species certainly live much longer. Carolina box turtle age ( Terrapene carolina), found in Rhode Island, was almost certainly 130 years old. The maximum lifespan is considered to be about 150 years, but it is quite possible that the real life expectancy of individual individuals is much longer.

The lifespan of red-eared turtles, popular among animal lovers, is 30 (40 - 45) years, European swamp turtles are the same, some of them even reached 80 years.

The total life expectancy of small lizards does not exceed 3 - 4 years, and for the largest (iguanas, monitor lizards) it reaches 20 and even 50 - 70 years, but again, this age is achieved only under decent conditions for keeping reptiles. At home, iguanas often do not live even a year.

There is a fairly popular misconception that many parrots live over a hundred years. Actually this is not true.

Typically, birds in captivity live several times longer than in the wild, but even in zoos, only some species of parrots have an average lifespan approaching 40 years.

Unlike dogs, parrots have larger bodies and a longer average life expectancy.

Budgerigars and lovebirds live 12-14 years (maximum lifespan up to 20 years).

Gray parrots: 14 - 16 years (maximum 49).

Macaws can live up to 40 - 45 years, the maximum documented age of the red macaw is 64 years. Their average life expectancy is 2 times lower than this figure.

The record holders are cockatoo parrots, living for about 30 - 40 years. There is reliable information about cockatoos 60 - 70 years old.

Crows also live long. The maximum lifespan of ravens in captivity is 75 years. While in the wild, crows live on average 10 - 15 years.

The average lifespan of passerines is 20 years, for owls 15 years, for diurnal birds of prey 21 - 24 years, for copepods 20 years, for ducks 21 years, for herons 19 years, for waders 10 years, for gulls 17 years, for ratites 15 years, for pigeons 12 years, for chickens 13 years. For domestic chickens, a maximum life expectancy of 30 years is noted (of course, this is the exception rather than the rule).

From the order of owls, eagle owls lived to 34, 53 and 68 years. For daytime raptors, the following data is known: the buffoon eagle lived 55 years, the condor 52 and more than 65 years, the golden eagle 46 years, and according to other, but not very reliable information, more than 80 years, the griffon vulture more than 38 years.

Proper feeding and care significantly influence the lifespan of an animal in captivity, which means that animal owners need to pay special attention to the health of their pets!

Not only schoolchildren, but also adults often ask questions about the life expectancy of certain animals. If in relation to domestic animals it is relatively simple to answer this question, then in relation to wild animals the available information on life expectancy is far from complete, sometimes insufficiently accurate and contradictory, with the exception of a few cases of long-term observation of wild animals kept in captivity. Therefore, facts about the life expectancy of animals, conscientiously and carefully collected not only by specialists, but also by amateurs, are of undoubted scientific value.

The problem of animal life expectancy is of interest both for theory and practice. Indeed, the question of how long the life expectancy of a particular wild animal (both beneficial and harmful) and a domestic animal of a particular breed is, cannot but interest scientists and practitioners.

The information presented in this essay, drawn from extensive scientific and educational literature, without claiming absolute accuracy for the reasons stated above, nevertheless gives a real idea of the diversity of life expectancy and life cycle in various animals.

In 1737, in the Indian Ocean, on Egmont Island, a specimen of one of the species of giant turtles was caught, the age of which was determined by scientists to be 100 years old. This turtle was taken to England, where it lived for a long time with an amateur, and then was transferred to the London Zoo, where it continued to live in the twenties of this century, and perhaps still lives. If zoologists’ calculations about its age at capture were correct, then the animal is now over three hundred years old and the turtle can be considered the oldest animal known to us.

Other cases of turtles living in captivity for up to a hundred years or more have been described., and not only giant ones, but also such ordinary ones as the Greek tortoise, which lives in the countries of the Mediterranean coast, and in the USSR, in places in the Caucasus and Transcaucasia. It would be interesting to obtain data on this issue for the widespread steppe and marsh turtles. It is very likely that they also have a long life expectancy.

Crocodiles reach no less respectable age, which, according to some sources, live up to 300 years of age. In some areas of Africa, they talk about individual crocodiles that have survived several generations of people. Since the growth of crocodiles, although very slow, continues until old age, the size of old crocodiles can be very large.

Previously, much was said about the exceptionally long life expectancy of whales and elephants, supposedly reaching 400 years or more, but this turned out to be incorrect, and at present The age limit for whales is set at 50, and for elephants - about 70 years. There have been cases of elephants living up to 100-120 years in captivity, but this appears to be rare.

Fish are distinguished by significant durability. Popular science books about animals and zoology textbooks indicate that in the Moscow region in 1794, while cleaning the Tsaritsyn ponds, a pike was caught with a gold ring threaded through the gill cover, on which was engraved: “Planted by Tsar Boris Fedorovich.” Since the reign of Boris Godunov took place in 1598-1605, it follows that The pike lived in the pond for about 200 years.

There is also a story about a pike caught in Germany in 1497 with a ring on which the date of its landing was engraved: 1230. So this pike lived more than 267 years. However, a number of modern experts doubt the reliability of these facts, still believing that pike can live up to 70-80 years. The data presented in the literature on the hundred-year (or more) life expectancy of carp and some other fish also need to be verified.

Cases described in the literature life in captivity for catfish up to 60 years, eel up to 55 years, goldfish up to 30 years. Based on the method developed at the beginning of this century for determining the age of fish by bones and annual rings on scales, it has been indisputably established that beluga can reach more than 100 years of age.

Regarding amphibians, quite recently a report appeared in one of the foreign scientific journals about extraordinary longevity giant salamander that lived in captivity for up to 130 years. Among birds, the raven is distinguished by its longevity. There are cases when this bird in captivity lived up to 70 years of age, and according to some reports, even twice as long.

Birds of prey live long. So, for example, according to Golden eagles live in captivity for 80 years or more. The oldest resident of the Moscow Zoo, the American condor Kuzya, has lived in the Moscow Zoo since 1892. A nocturnal predator, an eagle owl, lived in one of the zoos for 68 years. Falcons reach the age of one hundred years, and among non-predatory birds - parrots. Among the latter, even a 140-year-old specimen was described.

Life expectancy of various animals.

The longevity of the swan has long been noted for waterfowl. In this regard, it is not without interest to cite the case of a mute swan being caught in England in 1887 with a ring dated 1711-1717. If the described case is reliable, then this is a record life expectancy for birds. Of poultry, they are especially durable geese living to 40, and possibly more years. Chickens live up to 20 years. A domestic pigeon lives up to 30 years.

Of the invertebrate animals, the most durable, apparently, should be considered the huge, weighing up to 300 kilograms, mollusk of the Indian Ocean - the giant tridacna, the maximum age of which is determined at 80-100 years. According to some data, European pearl mussels, mollusks of much smaller size - 12-14 centimeters in length, can reach almost the same age.

It is interesting to note, by contrast, that many tree and shrub plants live much longer than the most durable animals. Even such small shrubs and shrubs as rose hips, blueberries, lingonberries and blueberries can live up to 300 years. Pears, cherries and cherries reach the same and even greater age. Juniper, spruce and pine live up to 400 years, linden up to 500 years or more, oak up to 1000 years. The maximum age of the American sequoia, or Mammoth tree, is determined by various authors to be 2500-4000 years with a trunk height of over 100 meters and a diameter of over 10 meters. According to some data, Mexican cypress trees live up to 10 thousand years, and Australian macrosamia from cycads reaches a record age of 12-15 thousand years.

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Which animals have the shortest life expectancy? Usually, the insect mayflies are cited as an example, flying in masses on spring and summer evenings over rivers, lakes and ponds. Indeed, these truly ephemeral creatures live only a few days, and some mayflies live only a few hours. Apparently, one of the stanzas of the famous poet A. N. Maikov refers to the mayfly, and not to the moth: “But my life is short, it is no longer than a day.”

During this period, the named insects undergo fertilization and lay eggs in the water, after which they die, littering the surface of the water with their corpses and thereby providing rich food for fish. But the fact is that only the adult (winged) stage of this insect is brief here. The larvae that hatch from the eggs develop in the water not for several days, but for several years. Thus, the entire life cycle of the mayfly lasts not days, but years, and here we can talk about the extraordinary shortness of only one of the stages of its life.

Microscopic animal organisms - ciliates and amoebas - live for days, days and even hours, which, as is known, reproduce by division, in which instead of the so-called “maternal individual” two “daughter” ones are formed. As a separate individual, ciliates and amoebas live only in the interval between two divisions. This interval, and therefore life expectancy, is measured in days and hours; for example, in the ciliate slipper and amoeba rhizome it is equal to one day. And here the record figure belongs to plant organisms - bacteria. The individual life of many of them is only 15-60 minutes.

The transparent goby apparently has the shortest life expectancy among vertebrates.- a small fish, several centimeters long, that lives for less than a year and dies soon after the eggs are fertilized. It must be said that all representatives of the goby family are distinguished by the short duration of their life cycle.

Let us give some data on the life expectancy of other animals.

Dragonflies live 1 - 2 months as adults, and in the larval stage, which takes place in water, up to 3 years. This period is significantly extended in the North American seventeen-year cicada. Its larva lives in the ground for 17 years, and the adult form only 10 - 20 days. Worker bees bred in the spring or summer live 6 weeks, and worker bees bred in the fall live 6 months. The queen bee is much more durable and can live up to 5 years.

It is assumed that frogs and newts live about 5 years in the wild, but cases of a grass frog living in captivity for up to 18 years, a newt for up to 28 years, and a bullfrog for up to 16 years have been described. One lover's toad lived even longer - 36 years.

Many snakes live for decades. So, Boa constrictor anaconda, cobra, and common snake live up to 25-30 years. Some lizards lived in captivity for up to 10 years. The legless spindle lizard lived in one zoo for 33 years.

Birds live long compared to other vertebrates, but the largest ones do not always live longer. For example, the largest bird is African ostrich, lives only up to 30 - 40 years. On the other hand, small songbirds: canaries, starlings, goldfinches - survived in captivity for 20-25 years.

Among mammals, it is interesting to note the estimated age limit of the great apes - gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans: it is 50 - 60 years. Other small monkeys survived in captivity for up to 20 years, and baboons - up to 45. Large predators such as bears and tigers live up to 40 - 50 years. Lions live somewhat shorter: about 30 years; leopards and lynxes 15 - 20 years. Smaller predators - the wolf and the fox, are less durable: the maximum age of the first does not exceed 15 years, and the second - 10 - 12 years.

Of the ungulates, deer and elk live about 20 years, roe deer - 15. Hippos and rhinoceroses in the zoo lived for 40 years. Rodents live much shorter lives, especially small ones like mice and rats, whose age limit does not exceed 2-3 years. The muskrat lives 4 years, the guinea pig - 8 years, squirrels and hares - up to 10 years. Among rodents, only the beaver stands out for its durability. Professor S.I. Ognev points out that these animals live almost until... 35 and even 50 years of age.

The most durable of domestic animals is the donkey, living up to 50 years; a horse and a camel live up to 30, a cow - up to 25, a pig - up to 20, a sheep - up to 15, a dog - up to 15, a cat - up to 10-12 years. There is information in the literature about horses that lived to be 62-67 years old, as well as about a cat that lived in the same family for 38 years. It should not be forgotten that farm animals are usually used to an age well below the age limit.

When viewing the above figures, it is surprising that approximately the same life expectancy of completely different animals, such as an earthworm and a fox, a toad and a horse, a crayfish and a lynx, a tridacna clam and a falcon, a raven and an elephant, etc. Thus, there is no direct proportionality between the complexity of the organization of the animal, the size of its body and life expectancy. Life expectancy still needs further careful study. At present, it can only be stated that the life span of animals and plants of various species represents the same amazing variety as their size.

Literature: Entertaining zoology. Ya.A. Zinger. Moscow, 1959

There are a great variety of animals in the world - domestic and wild, known or not yet known to science. Every year, scientists discover some new species, and some representatives of the fauna become extinct. In total, according to scientific sources, there are more than one and a half million species of them on the planet. The life expectancy of different animals living on land and under water differs - sometimes by several times. Let's compare just some data.

Shellfish

The largest was recorded among mollusks. Indeed, the Oceanic Venus, found off the coast of Iceland (2007) at a depth of eighty meters, lived for more than 400 years. Scientists determined its age by the lines on its shell (like the rings on the cut of a tree trunk). The animal, which “remembers” ancient eras, was nicknamed Ming, in honor of the ruling dynasty of emperors that was in power in China when it was born. And the previous record also belonged to one mollusk who lived 374 years.

Sea bass

Despite the commercial importance of this fish species, some individuals live quite a long time - up to 200 years. Such specimens were found in the Pacific Ocean at depths of up to 500 meters. The thing is that this fish grows very slowly and becomes sexually mature late. And, as a result: a significant life expectancy (of course, if the ubiquitous fishermen do not have time to catch it).

Sea urchin and others

The lifespan of different animals, as a rule, is largely determined by their habitat. Thus, among marine and oceanic species there are quite a lot of long-livers. The red sea urchin, for example, can live up to 200 years if it succeeds. In general, it has been living in the depths of the sea for 450 million years.

Bowhead whales also live more than two hundred years. The oldest known specimen is 245! They are joined by koi carp, the oldest caught is 226 years old (although the average age of the species does not exceed 50).

Turtles

The lifespan of different animals also depends on their lifestyle. Thus, turtles are generally known for their advanced years and can rightfully be included in the list of long-lived fauna. The oldest known land turtle reached the age of 250 years.

"Eternals"

Sponges, which according to the corresponding classification are also animals, ensure their longevity with low mobility and extremely slow growth. An Antarctic sponge, studied by scientists, lived for more than one and a half thousand years!

And one of them, as it has become known recently, is practically ageless. Since an animal at a certain period of its development can “turn back time”, returning to the “teenage” stage of the polyp and begin to develop again. Thus, these specimens are potentially immortal.

Wildlife animals

What about representatives of wild fauna?

As a rule, the optimal lifespan of various animals of the mammalian class is limited to 100 years or less. Only some whales and elephants take longer. Horses can live more than 50 years. A brown bear, on average, lives up to 45 years, while small rodents live only a few years.
Some insects live their entire lives in a day. These include mayflies or, for example, bag butterflies (here the minutes count). In bees, the queen lives up to 5 years, and simple worker bees - up to forty days (that’s really true: class injustice)! Some beetles live for three years. But female ants, for example, can live up to 15 years (males - several days).
Among reptiles there are species that reptile for a very long time. Everyone knows that these are turtles. Small species of reptiles usually live no more than three years. Large snakes - up to 25. Iguanas - more than 50.
Crows, among many species of birds, can live up to 40-50 years in captivity. The average life of passerines is up to 20, gulls - 17, owls - up to 15, pigeons - 12.

Life expectancy of pets

It often depends on the living conditions of the animals. Feeding them properly and following a daily routine. Roughly speaking, the lifespan of domestic animals depends on how a person takes care of them after taming them.

Some domestic chickens can live up to 30 (but who can tell them)! The average lifespan of cows, according to livestock breeders, is up to 30 years. Bulls live less - up to 20. Horses in good living conditions can live up to 50-60! But they usually don’t live to see 30.
Among pets: rabbits - 12 years, hamsters - 3 years, mice - 2 years, rats - up to 5. It depends dramatically on the breed. On average, from 7 to 15. Some cats live up to 25 (usually up to 15 years).

Lifespan of animals. Table

As you can see, some animals live quite a long time. Some, on the contrary, take several days and even hours. Scientists still cannot find the exact criteria according to which this or that life expectancy of animals exists. The table below only states the facts (of course, they are approximate).

It remains to add that a person, as a representative of the class of mammals, may well live more than a hundred years if he leads a healthy lifestyle and gets rid of bad habits.

Some are just curious how long do different animals live?. This page will answer all these questions.

Here we present a table that presents a comparative description of the life expectancy of certain animals. It is known that a huge number of different animals greatly exceed humans in life expectancy.

The secret of animal longevity depends on the conditions in which it lives. Therefore, it is very important to know what conditions are good for your pet. I suggest you find out more how many years do animals live.

Name	Lifespan (average number of years)	Maximum (long-lived, exception to the rule)
decorative rabbits
decorative rats
Djungarian hamsters
pet turtles
pet rat
		in captivity - up to 16 years
snakes (viper)
dwarf rabbits


castrated cats	2-3 years longer than non-castrated
		34 years old (cat Ma from England and cat Granpa Rex Allen from the USA.
red-eared turtles




Guinea pigs

Persian cats
gerbils

Siamese cats
land turtles





turtles
chinchillas

How many years do dogs live

(the average lifespan of dogs varies greatly depending on the breed)

Name
Afghan Hound
American Staffordshire Terrier
English bulldog
English cocker spaniel
English Springer Spaniel
English toy spaniel
English Setter
Dogo Argentino
Basset Hound

Bearded Collie
Bedlington Terrier
Bernese Mountain Dog

Border Collie
Border Terrier

Bull Terrier

Bullmastiff


Big poodle
Dogue de Bordeaux
Hungarian Shorthaired Pointer
Weimar pointer
Welsh Springer Spaniel
West Highland White Terrier

Greyhound
Deerhound
Doberman pinscher
Dolmatin
Jack Russell Terrier
West Siberian Laika
Golden retreat
Irish Setter
Irish Wolfhound
Yorkshire Terrier
Caucasian Shepherd
Dwarf dachshund
Miniature Poodle
Cairn Terrier
Cocker Spaniel

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Labrador retrievet


German dog
German Shepherd
German Shorthaired Pointer
Norfolk Terrier

Rottweler
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Standard Poodle
Scottish Terrier
Samoyed husky
Setter Gordon

Toy Terrier
toy poodle
Tibetan Terrier
Fox terrier
Chihuahua



Airedale

How many years do birds live

Name	Life expectancy (average number of years)	Maximum (long-livers, exception to the rule)
budgies





canaries



lovebirds


gray crane

How many years do wild animals live?

Name	Life expectancy (average number of years)	Maximum (long-livers, exception to the rule)



camels



crocodiles
		in captivity up to 20 years



Monkey: orangutans chimpanzee

How many years do insects live?

How many years do fish live?

Results

As you can see, with all the diversity of animals, the difference in life expectancy is very large. Due to the deterioration of the climate, the established level began to fall. This suggests that each individual has its own characteristics, which must be carefully monitored and try to avoid health problems.

In this article you will find the answer to a very popular question: what is the average life expectancy of different animal species?

Of course, the life expectancy of animals largely depends on the conditions of keeping and feeding the animals. Typically, domestic animals have a longer lifespan than stray animals of the same species. Many animals in zoos live longer than their “free” relatives, due to the fact that specialists carefully monitor their nutrition and conditions of their maintenance. However, it also happens that animals in captivity live less than in nature. This happens with exotic animals, whose owners are often not aware of the rules for caring for them.

The average lifespan of cats is 10-15 years. For various reasons, stray cats live much shorter: 3 - 5 years. There are also long-lived cats. Thus, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the spotted cat Ma from the UK and the Granpa Rex Alen cat from the USA lived the longest of all known domestic cats, 34 years each.

The average lifespan of American Staffordshire Terriers is about 13 years;
English bulldogs - 8-10 years;
English spaniels - 10-14 years;
Dogo Argentino - 13-15 years;
Bassets - 9-11 years old;
Boxers - 10-12 years old;
Bolonok - 18-20 years old;
Large poodles - 15-17 years;
Dogues de Bordeaux - 7-8 years;
West Siberian Laikas - 10-14 years;
Yorkshire Terriers - 12-15 years;
Caucasian Shepherd Dogs - 9-11 years;
Pugs - 13-15 years old;
Great Danes - 7-8 years;
German Shepherds - 10-14 years old;
Rottweilers - 9-12 years;
Dachshunds - 12-14 years old;
Toy terriers - 12-13 years old;
Chihuahua - 15-17 years old;
Airedale Terriers - 10-13 years old.

The life of rodents is usually not as long as the life of cats and dogs.

Mice live on average 1-2 years, although some individuals reach 5-6 years;
Rats live 2-3 years, there are long-lived rats whose age reaches 6 or more years, however, many rats die young.
Hamsters live 1.5-3 years;
Guinea pigs live 6-8 years;
Chinchillas live 15 years;
Chipmunks live 10 years or more;
Rabbits live on average up to 12 years.

The average lifespan of horses is 20-25 years. The maximum reliably known lifespan of a horse was 62 years. For ponies this figure is lower. The oldest pony was 54 years old.

According to livestock breeders, the life expectancy of cows is about 20 years, some live up to 35, bulls live a little less: 15-20 years.

The total lifespan of elephants is 60-70 years;

The lifespan of bears is 30-45 years;

The average lifespan of foxes is 6-8 years, but in captivity they can live up to 20 years or longer;

The lifespan of beavers is usually 10-12 years, although in favorable conditions in zoos they live up to 20 years;

The lifespan of macaques ranges from 15 to 20 years; in captivity, however, they can live up to 30 years;

The lifespan of orangutans in the wild is about 35-40 years, and in captivity they can live up to 60 years of age;

Chimpanzees are about 50 years old.

Of the vertebrates, turtles live the longest. Most of the information suggesting that their lifespan is slightly more than 50 years refers to individuals kept in captivity. Some species certainly live much longer. Carolina box turtle age ( Terrapene carolina), found in Rhode Island, almost certainly reached 130 years. The maximum is considered to be about 150 years, but it is quite possible that the actual lifespan of individual individuals is much longer.

The lifespan of red-eared turtles, popular among animal lovers, is 30 (40-45) years, European swamp turtles are the same, some of them even reached 80 years.
The total life expectancy of small lizards does not exceed 3 - 4 years, and for the largest (iguanas, monitor lizards) it reaches 20 and even 50 - 70 years, but again, this age is achieved only under decent conditions for keeping reptiles. At home, iguanas often do not live even a year.

There is a fairly popular misconception that many parrots live over a hundred years. Actually this is not true.

Typically, birds in captivity live several times longer than in the wild, but even in zoos, only some species of parrots have an average lifespan approaching 40 years.

Unlike dogs, parrots have larger bodies and a longer average life expectancy.

Budgerigars and lovebirds live 12-14 years (maximum lifespan up to 20 years)

Gray parrots: 14-16 years (maximum 49)

Macaws can live up to 40-45 years, the maximum documented age of the red macaw is 64 years. Their average life expectancy is 2 times lower than this figure.

The record holders are cockatoo parrots, living for about 30-40 years. There is reliable information about cockatoos 60-70 years old.

Crows also live long. The maximum lifespan of ravens in captivity is 75 years. While in the wild, crows live on average 10 - 15 years.

The average lifespan of passerine birds is 20 years. in owls 15 years, in diurnal birds of prey 21-24 years, in copepods 20 years, in ducks 21 years, in herons 19 years, in waders 10 years, in gulls 17 years. in ratites 15 years, in pigeons 12 years, in chickens 13 years. For domestic chickens, a maximum life expectancy of 30 years is noted (of course, this is the exception rather than the rule).

If you search on the Internet, you can find the average lifespan of almost any type of animal, but even from the data presented in this note it is clear that proper feeding and care significantly influence the lifespan of an animal in captivity, which means that animal owners need to pay special attention to the health of their pets !

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