Wild Life
Highest, Longest, Tallest, Smallest, Heaviest, Fastest of Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Insects, Fishes..
Largest and Heaviest | Blue Whale Average length 30.5 m Largest ever recorded 33.58 m Pregnant female may weigh 203 tones |
Smallest Land Mammal | Kitti's hog-nosed Bat (Found in Thailand)2 Wing span 16 cm weight 1.75 to 2 g |
Smallest Marine Mammal | Probably Heaviside's dolphin (Found in South Atlantic) Length 1.22 m Weight 41 kg |
Rarest Mammal Rarest Mammal | Aspecies of tenrec from Madagascar is only known from a single specimen. |
Fastest Mammal | Cheetah (found in Africa, Middle East, W. Asia) can run at 100 kph over short distances. Pronhorn antelope (Found in USA) Can run at 60 kph over long distances. |
Slowest Mammal | Three-toedsloth (found in South America) covers about 5 m a minute in trees, and only 2 m aminute on the ground. |
Highest Mammal | Yak (found in Tibet and China) climbs to 6000 m to feed. |
Largest and Heaviest | Estuarine Crocodile (found in Asia, Australia) Average length (male) up to 4.3 m Longest ever recorded 8.23 m |
Largest Lizard | Komodo dragon (found in Indonesian Island) length up to 3 m |
largest Turtle | Pacific leatherback turtle Average length (male) up to 2.13 m weight up to 363 kg. |
Fastest Amphibian (On Land) | Six-linedracerunner (found in USA) can run at 29 kph |
Fastest Amphibian (In Water) | (In Water) Pacific Leatherback turtlecan swim at 35 kph |
Longest Snake | Reticulated Python (found in India and South-east Asia) Average length more than 6 m Longest ever recorded 10 m |
Most Poisonous Snake | Sea Snake (found in North West Australia) |
Most Poisonous Land Snake | Fierce Snake(found in Australia) has most toxic venom. |
Largest Amphibian | Chinese gaintsalamander Average length 1m Longest ever recorded 1.52 m Weight 11 to 13 kg. |
Largest Frog | Goliath Frog (found in Africa) Length of body 33.5 cm |
Largest Toad | Probably marinetoad (found in South America) Length 22.9 cm. |
Ribbed newt (found in Africa) Length upto 40 cm Weight 450 g | |
Common toad One found in Himalayas at 8000 m | |
Kokoiarrow-poison frog (found in South America) A tiny amount of toxin is enough to kill a man. | |
Striped newt (found in USA) length 5.1 cm | |
Largest Bird (Flightless) | North African Ostrich Height (male) 2.74 m Weight 156.5 kg eggs up to 20 cm long |
Largest Wing Span | Wandering albatross (found in Southern Oceans) Average length (male) 3.15 m Largest ever recorded 3.6 m |
Smallest Bird | Helena's humming bird (found in Cuba) Average length (male) 5.8 cm (head and body 1.5 cm) Weight 2 g Egg 1.14 cm long |
Rarest Bird | Mauritius Kestrel (found in Mauritius) About 5 are thought to remain. |
Fastest Bird | Spine-tailed swift (found in Russia and Himalayas) flies at 171 kph |
Longest Flight | Arctic tern May cover 40,000 km a year migrating from Arctic to Antarctic and back. |
Fastest Under Water | Gentoo Penguin swims at 36 kph |
Largest Nest | Bald eagles one was 2.9 m wide and 6 m deep. |
Largest Fish (Plankton-eating) | Whale Shark Largest ever recorded 18.5 m long. |
Largest Fish (Meat Eating) | Great white shark (the man-eater) Average length up to 4.57 m. |
Heaviest Bony Fish | Ocean sunfish is the heaviest largest ever recorded 2.28 tonnes. |
Longest Bony Fish | Russian sturgeon or Beluga Length up to 8 m |
Fastest Fish | Probably Sailfish fastest ever recorded 109 kph |
Most Poisonous Fish | Stonefish (foundin Indian and Pacific Oceans) Poison carried in spines can cause a person's death within a few hours. |
Most Electric | Electric eel (found in South America) can produce 400 to 500 volts. |
Largest Insect | Goliath beetle (found in Africa) Weight (male) 100g |
Longest Insect | Tropical stick insect Length up to 33 cm |
Largest locust Swarn | A Swarn of desert locusts that crossed the Red Sea in 1889. Swarn estimated to contain 250,000,000 insects weighing about 500,000 tonnes and covering 5,000 sq. km |
Largest Butterfly | Queen Alexandra bird wing (found in Guinea) Wing span 28 cm, weight 5 g |
Most Dangerous Ant | Black bulldog ant (found in Australia and Tasmaina) One bite can kill a man. |
Fastest Wing Beat | A tiny midge can beat its wings 1000 times a second. |
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