The land mullet is a large terrestrial skink up to 70 centimeters long. It lives in the forests of eastern Australia, moves on the ground, and feeds mainly on plants.
The land mullet is distinguished by its large heavy body and very dark shiny scales. It is important for the forest because it disperses plant seeds and serves as food for predators.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Immature form that undergoes metamorphosis before adulthood.
Offspring
Worker
Elders
Foraging among accumulated fallen leaves on the forest floor.
Tail size
Bro
birth time
Taxons
seeds, berries, fruits
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Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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age
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
birth date
Head size
Legs count
Close
was
days
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
Warm summer
The basics
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
climbing
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
adult
Maturity
primary food sources
plant
fungi
Coconut
burrow
insects
Potential Habitat
About health
Very hot summer
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Repro interval
results
Mass
young shoots and leaves of plants
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
summer warm, winter not very cold
leaf litter
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
Colors
Sex
summer very hot, above +25…+30 °C
{name} birthday
Upcoming jubilees
Tongue color
Gremllins
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Food is gathered directly from leaf surfaces.
Uses an excavated underground tunnel or chamber for refuge or nesting.
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Trophic type
Filters
On the map
Female ♀
all life stages
Upcoming birthdays
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
leaf
birth year
Maturity
rains almost always, very humid
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
Age (from birth to death)
sq mm
yr
Wanderers
How similar?
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Male ♂
until the celebration
Warm summer and frequent rains
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Neither
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Moving up vertical surfaces like trunks or rocks to reach food.
fruits
Lifespan average
nectar
What do they eat?
leaves
Where do they live?
Regeneration
early young
summer warm, rains frequent
leaf litter
forests on land — tropical, temperate, boreal
What do they look like?
Maturity
water often floods the land, lots of grass
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
mycophagy, feed on fungi
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
Temperate mixed forest
end of acceleration
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Duration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
live insects
This is me
from 0.5 to 0.8 kilograms, 0.5 – 1 meter
Always very wet
foraging for food on forest litter and eating plants
Gamers
Pets
How are they built?
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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My age?
terrestrial shrubland
wk
My size?
terrestrial
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
sweet nectar and flower pollen
Scales color
{name} jubilee
Asexual
swap
terrestrial shrub habitats — maquis, chaparral, bush
cm
Old-timers
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islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Rascals
Where do they take shelter?
Warm summer and lots of rain
terrestrial forest
Tail color
Flooded grasslands
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Litter size
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
world of Australasia
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
foraging
°C
Not specified
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
Where are they found?
embryo
summer warm, many oaks, birches, maples
herbivore
Length
kg
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
Observations
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