Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1890 — Life Periods of Animals. [ARTICLE]

Life Periods of Animals.

A bear rarely exceeds 20 years. A tortoise has been known to live to the age of 107. » t , • ; A squirrel or hare lives 6 or 8 years; rabbits. 7 years.' 4 A dog lives 20 years; a wolf 20; a fox 14 to 16 yea (A ' 1 Elephants have been known to live to the age of 400 years. Sheep seldom exceed the age of 10 r and cows live about 15 years. Camels sometimes live to the age of 100; stags are long-lived. A swan has attained the age of 200 years ; pelicans are long-lived. Cuvier considers it probable that "whiles sometimes live 1,000 years. A horse has been known to live tothe age of 62, but averages from 20 to 30. . ; Insects, as a general-rule, are shorts :lived, ‘though there are a good;many exceptions to the rule.— MinneapolisTribune.