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BIGGEST:

Biggest Animal that Ever Lived: Blue Whale A baleen whale that is the largest animal that ever lived on Earth.

Biggest Land Animal Today: African Elephant The African Elephant is the largest living land animal.

Biggest Land Animal Ever and the Biggest Dinosaur: Argentinosaurus Argentinosaurus was a long-necked, long-tailed plant-eating dinosaur from Argentina. It was from 130-140 feet (40-42 m) long.

Biggest Meat-Eating Dinosaur: Spinosaurus Spinosaurus was a sail-backed dinosaur from Africa.

Biggest Lizard: Komodo Dragon The biggest lizard in the world and a fierce predator.

Biggest Fish: Biggest Shark Whale Shark The largest fish (and the largest shark). It is a shark that is a filter feeder -it eats tiny marine organisms.

Biggest Meat-Eating Shark Today: Great White Shark The Great White Shark is the biggest meat-eating shark.

Biggest Meat-Eating Shark Ever: Megalodon The biggest-known meat-eating shark - it lived between 25 million and 1.6 million years ago. Megalodon was up to 40 feet (12 m) long and its teeth were each the size of a person's hand.

Biggest Land Mammal Ever: Baluchitherium Baluchitherium (now called Indricotherium) is a large, extinct, hornless rhinoceros. It was 8m long and 5m high (at the hips) - perhaps the largest land mammal that ever lived.

Biggest Dog Breed (tie): Mastiff The Mastiff is a huge, intelligent, and powerful dog that is often used as a guard dog. It and the St. Bernard are the biggest dog breeds.

Biggest Dog Breed (tie): St. Bernard A large, muscular, heroic dog originally from Switzerland. It and the Mastiff are the biggest dog breeds.

Biggest Invertebrate: Biggest Squid Giant Squid The Giant Squid is the biggest invertebrate in the world. It has ten arms, and the eyes are the size of basketballs.

Biggest Butterfly (Wingspan): Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Butterfly Queen Alexandra's Birdwing is the biggest butterfly in the world. Its wingspan is about 1 foot (30 cm) wide.

Biggest Insect: Scarab Beetles (Goliathus goliatus, Goliathus regius, Megasoma elephas, Megasoma actaeon, and Titanus giganteus) These massive beetles are up to 8 inches long.

TALLEST/LONGEST:

Tallest Land Animal: Giraffe The giraffe is the tallest land animal today.

Tallest Dinosaur: Ultrasauros Ultrasauros was the tallest dinosaur - it was a huge, long-necked dinosaur that lived during the Jurassic period.

Longest Insect: Stick Insect (genus Pharnacia) This huge walkingstick is up to 22 inches (54.6 cm) long.

SMALLEST:

Smallest Bird: Hummingbird Hummingbirds are the smallest birds. The smallest humingbird is the bee hummingbird, which is 2.5 inches long ( 6.2 cm) weighing only 0.06 oz (1.6 g).

Smallest Mammal Ever: Hadrocodium Hadrocodium is the smallest-known mammal. It was the size of a paper clip and lived about 195 million years ago.

Smallest Insect: Fairy Fly (Prestwichia aquatica) This parasitic wasp is only 1/100 of an inch long.

LOUDEST:

Loudest Animal in the World: Blue Whale A baleen whale that is also the biggest animal on Earth.

Loudest Land Animal: Howler Monkey The Howler's call can be heard up to three miles (4.8 km) away

Loudest Insect: African Cicada (Brevisana brevis). It regularly produces sounds at 106.7 dB at a distance of 50 cm (this is about as loud as a power saw).

FASTEST:

Fastest Runner: Cheetah The cheetah is the fastest running land animal. Or go to a simple cheetah coloring printout (just the image).

Fastest Running Bird: Ostrich The ostrich is the fastest running bird; it can run up to 43 mph (70 kph).

Fastest Running Dog: Greyhound The Greyhound is the fastest breed of dog for short distance runs.

Fastest Running Insect: Australian Tiger Beetle (Cicindela hudsoni). It can run 5.6 miles per hour (2.5 meters per second).

Fastest Diving Bird: Peregrine Falcon The fastest flyers while diving; they prey upon other birds.

Fastest Swimming Fish: Sailfish The sailfish is the fastest-swimming fish. It swims up to 68 mph (110 kph).

Fastest Swimming Sharks: Mako Shark and Blue Shark The Mako Shark and the Blue Shark are the fastest swimming sharks!

LONGEST MIGRATIONS:

Longest Flying Migration: Arctic Tern A small bird that flies from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again each year, flying 20,000 to 25,000 miles (32000-40000 km) each year.

Longest Migration for an Insect: Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria). It migrates from the west coast of Africa to islands in the West Indies and back each year (4500 km each way).

LONGEST-LIVED:

Longest-Lived Animal: Giant tortoise (Testudo elephantopus). Its life span is up to 177 years.

LONGEST INSECT LIFE CYCLE:

Cicada The nymph stage lasts up to 17 years in northern periodical cicadas (Genus Magicicada).

MOST LEGS:

Animal with the Most Legs: Millipede The millipede with most legs is Illacme plenipes, which has 750 legs.

MOST VENOMOUS:

Most Venomous Fish: Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa). A jab from one of the 13 poisonous spines on the dorsal fin of this fish can kill a human.

Most Venomous Spider: Sydney Funnel Web Spider (Atrax robustus). This large, aggressive, black spider has powerful fangs.

Most Venomous Insect: Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex maricopa). They have venom that is the most toxic, as measured by its toxicity to mice.

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