The ins and outs of the lifecycle
Animal kingdoms are knitted together by how they reproduce – but while the process is the same, building a life from mammal to mammal couldn't be more different.
HUMAN
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Age of Sexual Maturity: 12 years
Pregnany Duration: 9 months
ORCA
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Age of Sexual Maturity: 11 years
Pregnany Duration: 16,5 months
ELEPHANT
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Age of Sexual Maturity: 11 years
Pregnany Duration: 22 months
CHIMPANZEE
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Age of Sexual Maturity: 9 years
Pregnany Duration: 7,5 months
DOLPHIN
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Age of Sexual Maturity: 13,5 years
Pregnany Duration: 11 months
POLAR BEAR
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Age of Sexual Maturity: 5 years
Pregnany Duration: 7,5 months
GIRAFFE
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Age of Sexual Maturity: 3,5 years
Pregnany Duration: 15 months
GERMAN SHEPERD
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Age of Sexual Maturity: 0,6 years
Pregnany Duration: 2.2 months
HORSE
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Age of Sexual Maturity: 2.5 years
Pregnany Duration: 11 months
SHEEP
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Age of Sexual Maturity: 1.5 years
Pregnany Duration: 5 months
PIG
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Age of Sexual Maturity: 0.5 years
Pregnany Duration: 3.5 months
MOUSE
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Age of Sexual Maturity: 0.12 years
Pregnany Duration: 0.63 months
RABBIT
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Age of Sexual Maturity: 0.7 years
Pregnany Duration: 1 months
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Veröffentlicht am 01.10.2026
Credits
Design:
Katja Günther, Daniela Scharffenberg, Klaas Neumann, Jakub Chrobok
Research:
Juliane Grebin
Text:
Sabine Devins
Quellen
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- 03Human development, Britannicahttps://www.britannica.com/science/human-development/Hormones-and-growth
- 04Norwegian Orca Surveyhttps://www.norwegianorcasurvey.no/about-orcas
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- 06Elephant, National Geographichttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/a/african-elephant/
- 07Elefanten, Brockhaushttps://brockhaus.de/ecs/enzy/article/elefanten
- 08Chimpanzee, HAGRhttp://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Pan_troglodytes
- 09Chimpanzee, ADWhttps://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Pan_troglodytes
- 10Dolphin, ADWhttps://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Delphinus_delphis/
- 11Polar bear, HAGRhttp://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Ursus_maritimus
- 12Polar bear, ADWhttps://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ursus_maritimus/
- 13Giraffa, ADWhttps://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Giraffa_camelopardalis/
- 14Giraffa, HAGRhttp://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Giraffa_camelopardalis
- 15Deutscher-Schäferhundhttps://www.deutscher-schaeferhund.net/welpe.html
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- 17Deutscher Schäferhund, Biologie Schulehttp://www.biologie-schule.de/deutscher-schaeferhund.php
- 18Horse, HAGRhttp://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Equus_caballus
- 19Sheep, ADWhttps://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ovis_aries
- 20Sheep, HAGRhttp://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Ovis_aries
- 21Schwein, Biologie Schulehttp://www.biologie-schule.de/schwein-steckbrief.php
- 22Schweine, Spektrumhttps://www.spektrum.de/lexikon/biologie/schweine/60216
- 23Mouse, HAGRhttp://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Mus_musculus
- 24Mouse, ADWhttps://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Mus_musculus
- 25Rabbit, HAGRhttp://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Oryctolagus_cuniculus
- 26Rabbit, ADWhttps://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Oryctolagus_cuniculus/
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