worms and moles
70 days
Animals stay safe by running very fast or burrowing underground, at least for those who are more apt to be eaten.
There are many animals that dig holes underground. Frogs dig holes. Moles also dig holes and rabbits can as well. Animals will do this for protection, and to stay cool.
Animals that live underground include many rodents such moles, voles, gophers and shrews. Earthworms also tend to live underground. Some animals, such as prairie dogs, ground hogs and others make underground burrows but do not stay underground all of the time.
The residence time for groudwater is 20,000 years
a few of the sea animals cannot stay under water for a long time.
Meerkat pups stay underground for about three weeks. After that they go above ground and hang out at the burrow with a baby sitter for a few days. Than they can go out learning to forage with all the other meerkats.
Brood 2 cicadas do not get eaten underground. They stay underground for many years and then come up through the ground. The can and do get eaten once they emerge. Animals and birds will eat them.
There is a wide variety of life in the desert if you know when and where to look. Many animals are nocturnal and emerge only after dark. Some animals stay underground during the day to avoid the heat.
Earthworms stay underground to obtain food and to avoid heat above the earth crust .
In the Humane Society, there isn't a time were animals have been there for "too" long. SO the answer is nothing happens. The animals stay til rehoming point.