Show DURATION OF LIFE The Scientific American gives the following follow-ing estimates of the duration of the life of various animals Elephants 100 years and upward rhinoceros 20 camel 100 lion 25 to 70 tigers leopards jaugers and hyenas in confinement about 25 beaver 50 deer 20 wolf 20 fox14 to 16 lamas 15 chamois 25 monkeys and baboons 16 to IS hare 8 squirrel 7 rabbit 7 swine 25 stag under 50 horse 30 ass 30 sheep under 10 cow 20 ox 30 swans parrots and ravens 200 eagle 100 geese 80 hens and pigeons 10 to 16 hawks 30 to 40 crane 24 blackbird 10 to 12 petcock Pet-cock 20 pelican 40 to 50 thrush 8 to 10 wren 2to3 nighmgale 15 blackcap linnet 14 to 23 goldfinch 20 to 25 redbreast red-breast 10 to 12 skylark 10 to 30 titlark 5 to 0 chaffinch 20 to 24 starling 10 to 12 carp 70 to 150 pike30 to 40 salmon > 10 codfish H to 17 eel 10 crocodile 100 tortoise 100 to 200 whale estimated 1000 I queen beoz live 4 years i drones 4 months worker bees 6 months II |