Lesson Learned

[Arthur Little]

Rabbits jump ... and can live for 8 years.


Dogs run ... and [some hardy breeds] survive for an average of 15 years.

BUT

Turtles engage in neither of those physical activities ... yet they're capable of being around for anything up to 180 years.

So ... ... go figure!

[grahamw48]

Rabbits can live for more than 12 years... if looked after properly.

I had a mouse who lived 4 years (suppose to only make it to 2 years).

Smaller breeds of dogs tend to be the longest-lived (presumably less strain on heart and other organs, joints, bones).

Great Danes and other heavy giant breeds may only live 8 or 9 years.

I know there was a Border Collie listed in one of my Guinness Book of Records as having lived 28 years.

Cats generally live 3 or 4 years longer than dogs.

Many bird species are long-lived too... also many fish and reptile species (other than Tortoises and Turtles, which you've already mentioned).