Which animal can go the longest without drinking?

The camel is indeed the animal best known for going several weeks without drinking, but a small North American rodent, the kangaroo rat (genus Dipodomys), does even better: it can go its entire life without ever drinking a drop of free water, thanks to a metabolism that produces the water it needs.

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