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guanaco
Lama glama guanicoe
Guanaco is a wild mammal from the camel family. It lives in South America and is a relative of the domestic llama.
Guanaco differs from vicuña by its larger body and less valuable wool. It is important for the nature of South America as food for pumas and other predators.
grazing feeding with teeth
trophic:herbivore
#fafafa
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The guanaco sheds its wool in spring. The old wool falls out in clumps.
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meadows, prairies, forb glades on land
homogamy, reproduction always with fertilization, no alternation of generations
Worker
Were {name} like {animal}, then:
birth time
very cold, short summer, lots of moss
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Map
will celebrate their {n} birthday
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summer mild, +15…+20 °C
Polar tundra
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
days
South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
Warm summer
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
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.
adult
Maturity
Refrigerator
South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
About health
milk
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
Repro interval
results
protection from predators
lichens — a mixture of fungus and algae on rocks and trees
summer warm, winter not very cold
Colors
Cool summer
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
mo
rains are very rare, almost a desert
Trophic type
Filters
grass
Upcoming birthdays
Winter with snow
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
high in the mountains, cold, lots of grass and shrubs
Height
Desert and dry shrubs
rains almost always, very humid
young are born live on land, not hatched from eggs or roe
Age (juvenile)
Age (from birth to death)
Age (embryo)
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Wanderers
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
dry, cold winter, lots of grass, few trees
Ears size
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Lifespan average
leaves
grasses
Montane grasslands
live birth
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
grazing feeding with teeth
end of acceleration
very dry and cold, very little snow and rain
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
very cold, lots of snow and ice
Pets
terrestrial shrubland
Legs size
{name} jubilee
terrestrial shrub habitats — maquis, chaparral, bush
cm
Old-timers
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turns
Rascals
Cold desert
terrestrial grassland and steppe
terrestrial herbaceous
Flooded grasslands
drink mother's milk in childhood
shrub leaves
hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
Ears count
Litter size
mosses, liverworts and other terrestrial bryophytes
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
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
grazing
°C
Not specified
Where are they found?
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
steppe
herbivore
Feeds by cropping or nibbling low-growing vegetation or algae.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
leaves and stems of grasses and other herbaceous vegetation
Bro
Very cold
normal sexual
Taxons
if born as {name}
cold, short summer, almost no trees
lichens
age
birth date
Palearctic realm
no permanent shelter
rest
Fur color
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
Neotropical realm
moss
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
Neotropical realm
teeth
after transformation until death
Potential Habitat
lots of grass, few trees, rains are rare
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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
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
Gestation
land
{name} birthday
Nearctic realm
No results found
North America and Greenland, from tundra to forests
On the map
mosses
Pleasant summer
Female ♀
all life stages
Cold and almost dry
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.
birth year
lots of grass, few trees, rains occur
Maturity
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
sq mm
yr
comfortable summer, +20…+25 °C
How similar?
Neck size
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
Tundra
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?
Very dry
Neither
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
What do they eat?
dry and cold almost all year round
Where do they live?
much snow in winter, cold
Ears color
Hard dental structures used to bite, tear, or scrape food.
water often floods the land, lots of grass
world of Afrotropics
Very hot and dry
Duration
This is me
Toes count
Steppe
Always very wet
Gamers
How are they built?
Temperate steppe
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
Link copied
My age?
wk
My size?
very hot during the day, cold at night, almost no rain
terrestrial
Asexual
swap
Who among us will transform as if by magic and become like {animal}?
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
Denotes a grassland or steppe habitat preference.
inhabit and develop on land, outside water bodies
celebrated their {n} birthday
open grassy spaces — steppes, savannas, prairies
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Cold steppe
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
47 to 74 kilograms, 1.2 – 2.8 meters
Hermaphrodite ⚥
embryo
Length
kg
very hot and dry, rare rains, cacti live
Observations
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