The Kaveri garra is a small freshwater fish from the carp family. It lives in fast rivers and streams of southern India and uses a sucker on its head to firmly hold onto stones in strong currents.
The Kaveri garra stands out with its powerful sucker, which allows it to live in very fast rivers where other fish cannot hold on. It is important for nature because it cleans stones from algae and serves as food for larger fish.
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
scraping with suction mouth
Worker
Elders
Bro
scraping
birth time
Taxons
Heavy rains in summer
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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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Map
will celebrate their {n} birthday
Oral sucker size
g
age
t
When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
birth date
no permanent shelter
Close
detritus, eat dead remains of plants, animals and all kinds of organic debris on the bottom
was
days
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
suction
Oral sucker color
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?
Rasping or abrading food surfaces with teeth or mouthparts.
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
very heavy rains in summer, almost no precipitation in winter
Captures food by straining water or substrate through specialized structures.
adult
Maturity
organic debris
primary food sources
Fins count
Potential Habitat
About health
suction
Searches for food on or among rocks and stony surfaces.
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
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
biofilm on stones and surfaces in water — algae, bacteria, protozoa (afvukhs)
Colors
Sex
{name} birthday
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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Trophic type
Filters
On the map
all life stages
Female ♀
Body color
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
Height
birth year
Maturity
Fins size
Age (from birth to death)
rock
sq mm
yr
Wanderers
How similar?
algae
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
periphyton and biofilm
Male ♂
until the celebration
age as {name}
How do they breed?
Draws prey or water into the mouth by creating negative pressure.
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
Mouthpart modified to create suction for ingesting food or anchoring.
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Lifespan average
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
early young
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
world of Afrotropics
end of lifespan
hot, there is a dry season, trees shed their leaves
Freshwater
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
Share
Duration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
filter feeding
Fins color
Freshwater
Oral sucker count
hot, uneven rains, lots of grass and trees
This is me
rocky
freshwater
Gamers
aquatic plants and algae
Pets
How are they built?
all rivers and lakes
Indomalayan realm
Primary oral structure used to seize, manipulate, or ingest food.
mm
Theoretical lifespan
Indomalayan realm
ml
Stars
Link copied
My age?
wk
My size?
Tropical dry broadleaf forest
fast flowing
{name} jubilee
Asexual
swap
freshwater environment — rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps
cm
Old-timers
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Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
mouth
turns
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
celebrated their {n} birthday
hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Litter size
Daddies
Tropical savanna
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
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.
Grape
Where are they found?
8 to 11 grams, 1.5 – 8 centimeters
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
embryo
all rivers and lakes
herbivore
Length
kg
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
Observations
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