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World Records: Nature & Animals

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The biggest, longest and heaviest record-holders in the natural world.

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What is the largest animal currently alive?

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  1. 1What is the largest animal currently alive?
    The blue whale - maximum recorded weight of 190 tonnes for a specimen measuring 27.6 meters (91 ft)
  2. 2What is the longest non-colonial animal?
    The lion's mane jellyfish (120 ft / 36.6 m)
  3. 3What is the largest living land animal?
    The African bush elephant - males weigh about 6 tonnes on average
  4. 4What was the largest elephant ever recorded?
    A male shot in Angola in 1974 - 10.67 m from trunk to tail, 3.96 m shoulder height, weighing 10.4-12.25 tonnes
  5. 5What is the average mass of an adult blue whale?
    110 tonnes, with maximum recorded at 190 tonnes
  6. 6What is the largest living reptile?
    The saltwater crocodile - adult males typically 3.9-5.5 m (13-18 ft) long
  7. 7What was the largest confirmed saltwater crocodile on record?
    6.32 m (20.7 ft) long, weighing about 1,360 kg (3,000 lb)
  8. 8What is the largest living lizard?
    The Komodo dragon - can grow to over 3 meters (9.8 feet) and weigh approximately 166 kg (366 pounds)
  9. 9What is the largest living bird?
    The common ostrich - can reach 2.8 m (9.2 ft) in height and weigh over 156 kg (344 lb)
  10. 10What is the largest egg in the world today?
    Ostrich eggs - can weigh 1.4 kg (3.1 lb)
  11. 11What was the largest bird in the fossil record?
    The elephant birds (Aepyornithidae) of Madagascar - Vorombe could reach 732 kg (1,614 lb)
  12. 12What was the heaviest bird ever capable of flight?
    Argentavis magnificens - wingspan up to 5.5 m (18 ft), body weight of at least 71 kg (157 lb)
  13. 13What is the largest living amphibian?
    The South China giant salamander - up to 64 kg (141 lb) and almost 1.83 m (6.0 ft)
  14. 14What is the largest frog in the world?
    The African goliath frog - can weigh 3.8 kg (8.4 lb) with a snout-to-vent length of 39 cm (15 in)
  15. 15What is the largest toad in the world?
    The cane toad - maximum mass of 2.65 kg (5.8 lb) and up to 33 cm (13 in) from snout-to-vent
  16. 16What is the largest fish of all time?
    Likely Megalodon - estimated to have reached sizes of 14.3-24.3 meters (47-80 ft)
  17. 17What is the largest living fish?
    The whale shark - largest individual had a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft)
  18. 18What is the largest extant bony fish?
    The giant sunfish - largest recorded individual weighing 2,744 kg (6,049 lb)
  19. 19What were the largest dinosaurs?
    The plant-eating, long-necked Sauropoda - the largest animals to ever live on land
  20. 20What is the tallest and heaviest sauropod known from a complete skeleton?
    Giraffatitan - 12-13.27 m (39.4-43.5 ft) tall and weighed 23.3-39.5 tonnes
  21. 21What is the longest complete dinosaur specimen?
    A 25 m (82 ft) long specimen of Diplodocus discovered in Wyoming
  22. 22What is the estimated size of Patagotitan?
    37-40 m (121-131 ft) long, 20 m (66 ft) tall, weighing 69-77 tonnes
  23. 23What is the largest theropod dinosaur known from a nearly complete skeleton?
    Tyrannosaurus rex 'Sue' - 12.3 m (40 ft) long, weighing over 9,500 kg
  24. 24What is the largest marine reptile ever discovered?
    Ichthyotitan severnensis - estimated 30-35 m (98-115 ft) in length, potentially rivaling the blue whale
  25. 25What is the second largest land animal after the African bush elephant?
    The Asian elephant - averaging 4.5 tonnes, with a maximum of 7 tonnes
  26. 26What is the heaviest land mammal to reach rank #6?
    The hippopotamus - averaging 1.8 tonnes, with a maximum of 4.5 tonnes
  27. 27What is the largest member of the giraffe family?
    The giraffe itself - averaging 1 tonne, with a maximum of 2 tonnes and 5.15 m (16.9 ft) length
  28. 28What was the largest extinct land mammal?
    Paraceratherium orgosensis (a rhinoceros relative) - up to 4.8 m (15.7 ft) tall, 7.4 m (24.3 ft) long, weighing about 17 tonnes
  29. 29What was likely the largest non-mammal synapsid?
    Lisowicia bojani - 4.5 m (15 ft) long, 2.6 m (8.5 ft) high, weighing 9 tonnes
  30. 30What was the largest snake to have ever lived?
    Titanoboa - could grow up to 12.8-14.3 m (42-47 ft) and weigh 730-1,135 kg (1,609-2,502 lb)

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