Animal With The Shortest Lifespan. This time around we figured we’d take a look at the opposite side of the spectrum by listing 10 animals with the shortest lifespans. Greenland shark lives over 270 years.
We often hear that mayflies, like the whiteflies of the susquehanna river, have the shortest lifespan of any animal on earth, just 24 hours for many species. Mayfly has the shortest lifespan on earth — 24 hours or less. Panther chameleons only have a lifespan of 1 year.
Panther chameleons only have a lifespan of 1 year.
Panther chameleons have the shortest lifespan of all reptiles, a fact that causes them to mate with rapidity. Dragonflies are of the same species, they transform from larva to insect, and females are capable of creating thousands of eggs in a 24 hour period. From shortest to longest, let us look at the average lifespan on these animal species. Greenland shark lives over 270 years.