To be adjusted according to the normal lives of such other animals/insects.
Why should it be a homo sap? Isn't that being very prejudiced partisan bigoted racist?
Try it. We might like it! What is the longest any non-homo sap
animal ever lives standardly?
A bear? A wascally wabbit? Rats? Sharks? Whales? Eagles? Bulls? Cows? Why limit our picks to homo saps? There is a whole world out there of other sentient beings. Pick one of them. Test drive the pick.Give it a trial run. A probationary period of say one year. Something good could happen! You won't know unless you try. You can't win if you don't play. Whaddaya say hey hey hey?
Didn't I read somewhere that a dog or cat or goat was elected mayor of some city awhile ago?