The shortest recorded human marriage was between two ants
In 1999, a team of scientists observed a pair of ants, one male and one female, mate for 9.7 seconds in a controlled laboratory setting. The brief union was the shortest recorded human (or ant) marriage, with the male ant dying shortly after mating. This unusual phenomenon was documented by Dr. Deborah Gordon and her team at Stanford University, providing a unique glimpse into the mating habits of the red wood ant species.