Thursday 2 February 2012

Largest Animals..


Largest animal

Blue whale is the largest animal of all times. The recorded weight of this animal was 190 tonnes with the length of 30m.

Largest living land animal

Largest living land animal is African Bush elephant which has an average weight of 100 kg at the time of birth. The largest elephant recorded was a male having the weight of 13.5 tons and a length of 10.6 m (from trunk to tail) with a shoulder height of 4.2 m.

Largest living land carnivore

Polar bear and brown bear are the largest living land carnivores having the weight of 1 ton and height of 3m.

Largest reptile

The largest living reptile is saltwater crocodile with the length of 5 m. The largest recorded crocodile had a weight of 1,900 kg and 6.3 m length.

Tallest living land animal

Having 5.8 m height giraffe is considered as the tallest living animal on the land. Its weight is approximately 2,000 kg.

Largest living bird


Ostrich is the largest living bird having a height of 2.7 m and a weight of 156 kg.

Largest amphibian

Chinese giant salamander is the largest living amphibian having a weight of 64 kg and 1.83 m length.

Largest fish


Whale shark is the largest living fish having a length of 13.6 m and 22,000 kg weight.

Largest invertebrate


Colossal Squid is the largest invertebrate which attains the maximum size of 14 m long. The largest recorded size of colossal squid was measured 10 m long with a weight of 494 kg.

Heaviest insect


Goliath beetle is the heaviest beetle having a weight of 115 g and a length of 11.5 cm

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