World's Shortest Gestation!
Quick post today with something really interesting I learnt recently.
You have probably heard about elephants and their long gestation periods that last a whopping 18 to 22 months. Yeah...imagine being pregnant for almost 2 years. 🤪
But have you ever wondered what's the record for the shortest gestation?
Well...the winner is this little cute fella:
This mouse thingie is commonly known as the striped-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura). It is a small, Australian, nocturnal, marsupial mouse, part of the family Dasyuridae and is found in much of inland central and northern Australia. Australia huh? Color me surprised 😂
On average their gestation lasts a mere 11 days! The litter size varies to a maximum of eight joeys which is equal to the number of teats. Then they stay in the pouch for about another 40 days.
As for the second place, the record goes to this ugly little fella:
The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), also known as the North American opossum.
This one comes really close with the average gestation lasting just 12 days!
And finally the bronze medal goes to the golden or syrian hamster, scientifically described as Mesocricetus auratus:
The species gestation period clocks at an average of 16 days whereas most other hamsters are at about 20 days.
If today's post piqued your interest you may want to visit this Wikipedia entry covering the gestation period of all kinds of animals, from shortest to longest.
Ok, this is it for today friends. As always, see you soon with more strange wonders from mother nature 😁
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STOPI have read that the gestation period of living things is proportional to their body weight. But I learned detailed information about creatures whose pregnancies are short-term. Thanks for the interesting information.
I had some hamsters in the past, yeah it is very quick! hehehe
Cute little fuckers 😂
Haha, had the same reaction !LOL.
It's like insane less than 2-3 weeks is crazy...Curious if they do give birth to only one at a time?
That I don't know 😍
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Que loco como se pueden gestar tan rápido.. por lo general su ciclo de apareamiento de repite 2 veces por año.
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That is pretty fast. Then again, I guess things like rodent and other things kind of rely on numbers to survive. Gestation is only 11 days but some of them stay in the pouch for like 40 days so it evens out.
That's a good point!
Wow, this is amazing.
Do you say, it is ugly fella?
No, it is fine and i like it.
No.
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The first time I heard that elephant gestitational period is 22 whole month I was scared and shocked, I felt for it, what will life be like for it for 22 whole months.