Show J U Cn L L r t r t f t In tn lift n inn U C ii How Long LA ANIMALS lM LS and TREES TRE S LI LIVE I V O long animals and trees may survive H HOW is one of the curious questions which can be answered only approximately because because- of or the var varying ing observations made by scientists th the world over The Psalmist has has' said that mans man's prescribed life is seventy years yet the average is not over three thirty and some men m have havo been said to have lived laved to be re years s oM oMin ct in modern times while tho the Methuselah of th the Bible was given years yem An odd legend 1 ii fj told of him that when he was nearly yean rear yearn old an angel told him that be he should build a n new W house Methuselah then asked how long he heto lead had to live and when told not more than OO years year he replied that it w was wag hardly worth while 1 The table tabla given here hue suggests many f fand id and must mast bo be considered aa u largely verified hy by itch id- observation is fly Day 24 hours May bug 6 weeks May-bug May larvae 3 yrs Ba Butterfly 2 months Flea 2 months Fly my 4 3 months Mosquito 6 months Ant 1 year Grasshopper 1 year Bee 1 year Hare 6 10 years Rabbit 8 years yean Sheep 8 10 years Dog 12 10 years Viper 10 years Nightingale 12 years Wolf 12 16 years Cat 15 12 years Frog 15 years Bison 15 years Canary 20 15 years Toad 20 years Goldfinch 18 years Ox 25 years Horse 30 25 years Eagle 30 years yean d Stag Stag- 40 30 years yean x Swan 40 86 years yean Camel 40 35 years yaw l Orang Orang 40 yeses yean t Salamander 40 0 years yean n Heron 50 yearn year Lion 60 50 years Bear 50 60 years t Raven RaTen 80 yean yeah 4 Pike years Carp years yean Elephant years yean i Sturgeon years yean Parrot years yeatS Turtle years yean o TREES TREE r t Ivy Yea years Elm yesa Acacia yean year Oak years eIJo it Larch years Linden 1000 yen a Fir 1200 years yem Yew 2 years rears F Baobab 2 Y yean f r tree Dragon ce 3 yn i 1 e s |