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Infographic of the shortest-lived animals on Earth, showing a mayfly on a reed by a stream with callouts for mayflies, gastrotrichs, the pygmy goby, Labord's chameleon and the male antechinus

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Oct 19, 2026

Shortest-Lived Animals on Earth: Top 10

The shortest-lived animals on Earth include a mayfly whose adult life can last five minutes, a fish dying within 59 days and a lizard that lives month…