About how many years do turtles live up to?
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It depends on the kind of turtle it is. Some can live for a hundred years.
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(m)\n\nThe life span of mosquito varies from species to species. Some male mosquitoes may live only 10 to 20 days, but a female may live 30 days or more. The females of some species live through the winter in barns, garages, houses, caves, or in the bark of logs. Some species spend the winter as eggs or as larvae. They develop into adults in spring.
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I guess about a maximum of 2 years. Of course it depends on the living conditions and food supplies (flies).
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"Old" mice would be about 2 or 3 years old...in the wild they die from predation.  In captivity, they usually die of natural causes...they just don't live that long in the first place.  They can die from diseases as well.
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The average life span of an adult butterfly is one to two weeks, but it can be as brief as two days or as long as a year
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They symbolize persistence and perseverance.  They can also be seen as nomadic since they carry their house around with them.\n\nMany cultures also view them as being very wise because they look old, even if they are young, and appear not to act too hastily.\n\nTurtles live to a very old age and so are often associated with long life. Slow and steady, the turtle grows old with grace and lives in harmony with its surroundings.\n\nThe turtle can make a home anywhere and does not become attached to any one place. It can teach us to seek out new experiences and opportunities. It is able to survive on both land and in water, and teaches us the lesson of self sufficiency in this way.
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it depends on what kind of fly it is.  some flys life expectancy is 24 hours,  i do believe that a normal house fly though will typically live 48 hours.
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You can 'guess-timate' a turtle's age by counting the rings on the scales (scutes) on the belly (plastron). Note that this does not work on very young animals (no rings yet), very old animals (too many rings crowded too closely to count well), turtles that have very smooth plastrons (Snappers, softshells), or turtles whose plastrons are very worn.\n\nThis works because they add one ring every time they shed a scute- usually one per growing season. Even the tropical species only tend to have one rowing aseason per year.  \n\nThe technique is to count the rings on at least four different scutes. Whichever number you come up with the most often is the approximate age.\n\nIt is only an APPROXIMATE age because they can easily skip a year or two (especially when fully grown), or shed a few times a year (especially when young and growing fast). In a bad year, the rings might be hard to see, or a 'false ring' may develop because of a disease, etc.\n\nSome researchers have created a chart that works for some species, sorta. For example I have seen one for some species of Box turle that treats the first five rings as two years, then rings after 10 as two years each- all of which assumes that the rings are reasonably regular and a certain space exists between them, etc.\n\nSome species develop strong rings in the scutes of the back (carapace). These rarely match up with the plastron count.\n\nNow, except for natural curiosity, there is not much reason to know the actual age of a turtle. With most species, you determine adulthood more by size than a guesstimated age. \n\nThere is also a tendency to think that most turtles are really old- but the average lifespan of many turtles is well under 20 years. The really old turtles are generally tortoises and almost always live in very protected places. The last documented longevity record for a Painted turtle that I have seen, for example, is only 22 years- and it was born and raised in a zoo.
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I dont think they live too long, I found an article that say the life cycle is about 14 days and as little as 4 days.
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Yes. up to several hours. dead turtles can snap you also.
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No it is not true. The only law for a snapping turtle that I could find was one stating they can longer be run down by motorists. And that one is just sick!\n\nSnapping turtles aren't exactly an endagered species either.
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They can live for 50 years.  These links will help answer all your other questions:\nhttp://www.aolsvc.worldbook.aol.com/wb/Article?id=ar303960&sc=-1\nhttp://www.nature.ca/notebooks/English/komodo.htm\nhttp://www.honoluluzoo.org/komodo_dragon.htm
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Ducks can live from 7-20 years, depending on the species of duck. There are wild ducks and there are domestic ducks bred for meat and eggs. The parks & recreation departments have an animal control department that picks up road kill and other dead wild & domestic animals that are reported by the public. My pet duck has a blog. You can check it out if you like at http://www.mrflapper.com
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Some live for up to a year while others live only a couple of weeks!
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Tube worms can live 200+ years
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It might have been an Alligator Snapping Turtle, the largest snapping turtle in the world. It lives 20 to 70 years with 100 thought entirely possible.The Common Snapping Turtle are actually even more aggressive than this one. They live 50 years or more. When they are pets they show remarkable intelligence for a reptile and can even recognize specific people and show a preference of the company of one individual over another.
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The Short Tailed Albatross can live 12-45 years.