Biggest animal ever to live?: The blue whale
Biggest animal on land today?: The African elephant
Tallest animal?: The giraffe
Fastest land animal?: The cheetah
Fastest bird in a dive?: The peregrine falcon
Fastest fish?: The sailfish
Largest bird alive?: The ostrich
Smallest bird?: The bee hummingbird
Bird with the biggest wingspan?: The wandering albatross
Largest fish?: The whale shark
Largest reptile?: The saltwater crocodile
Largest big cat?: The tiger
Largest bear?: The polar bear
Largest rodent?: The capybara
Largest primate?: The gorilla
Largest deer?: The moose
Largest frog?: The goliath frog
Largest snake by weight?: The green anaconda
Longest snake?: The reticulated python
Largest octopus?: The giant Pacific octopus
Largest insect by weight?: Some giant weta, a cricket-like insect from New Zealand
Animal with the longest neck?: The giraffe
Mammal that sleeps the most?: Some bats and opossums sleep up to 18 or more hours a day
Slowest mammal?: The sloth
Only mammal that truly flies?: The bat
Mammal that lays eggs?: The platypus and the echidna
Fastest flying insect?: Dragonflies are among the fastest
Bird that can hover backward?: The hummingbird
Bird that cannot fly but runs fast?: The ostrich
Animal with the loudest call on land?: The howler monkey is one of the loudest
Longest migration of any bird?: The Arctic tern, it flies from pole to pole
Animal that can live the longest?: Some sea creatures, like the ocean quahog clam, live hundreds of years
Longest-living land animal?: The giant tortoise
Animal with the biggest eyes?: The giant squid and the colossal squid
Animal with the biggest ears?: The African elephant
Animal with the longest tongue for its size?: The chameleon
Animal with the most legs?: Some millipedes have hundreds
Animal with the strongest bite?: The saltwater crocodile
Best digger among animals?: The giant armadillo and the aardvark are famous diggers
Which animal has the biggest heart?: The blue whale, about as big as a small car
Animal that can run on water?: The basilisk lizard, called the Jesus lizard
Which animal is the loudest in the sea?: The sperm whale clicks and the blue whale calls are among the loudest
Animal that can change color to hide?: The chameleon and the octopus
Animal that never stops growing teeth?: Rodents like beavers and rabbits
Tallest dog breed?: The Great Dane
Smallest dog breed?: The Chihuahua
Most popular pet in many homes?: Dogs and cats
Tallest bird?: The ostrich
Which animal has the longest horns?: The water buffalo is among the longest
Animal with the longest hibernation?: Some ground squirrels and bears sleep through much of winter
Fastest swimming bird?: The gentoo penguin
Which animal has the most teeth?: Snails can have thousands of tiny teeth on their tongues
Which animal builds the biggest structure?: Coral polyps build the Great Barrier Reef
Which insect lifts the most for its size?: The ant can carry many times its own weight
Biggest cat in the Americas?: The jaguar
Largest owl?: Eurasian eagle-owl and Blakiston's fish owl are among the largest
Animal with the thickest fur?: The sea otter, about one million hairs per square inch
Which animal can jump the highest for its size?: The flea

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