TOP 10 BIGGEST ANIMALS

Animals take many shapes and forms and come in a great diversity of sizes.

Some may think the biggest animal is the heaviest, others the longest, or the tallest. Whichever way you measure size there’s no denying that some animals are absolutely huge. Here is a selection of the biggest animals on earth.

10.Goliath Beetle

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

9.Colossal Squid

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

8.Whale Shark

The Whale shark is the largest living fish having a length of 13.6 m and weighing in at 22,000 kg.

7.Chinese Giant Salamander

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

6.Ostrich

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

5.Giraffe

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

4.Saltwater Crocodile

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

3.Brown Bear

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

2.African Elephant

The largest living land animal is the African elephant which can weigh up to 6,350kg and a length of 10.6 m from trunk to tail with a shoulder height of 4.2m. 

1.Blue Whale

The Blue whale is the largest animal of all time, reaching a weight of about 180 tonnes and a length of 30m. Their tongues alone can weigh as much as an elephant and their hearts as much as a car. 



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