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CREATURES
ANIMALS
NOISIEST:-
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BLUE
WHALES |
|
188 DECIBELS |
|
THEIR
NOISES CAN BE DETECTED 850 KM AWAY |
STRONGEST
(IN PROPORTION TO THEIR SIZE):-
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BEETLES
OF THE SCARABAEIDAE FAMILY |
|
FOUND
IN THE TROPOCS |
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CAN
SUPPORT 850xTHEIR OWN WEIGHT |
STRONGEST
BITE:-
|
SHARK
CARCHARHINUSOBSCURUS |
|
PRESSURE
EXERTED BY ITS JAWS IS EQUIVALENT TO 3 TONNES PER CENTIMETRE SQUARED |
MOST
DANGEROUS (EXCLUDING MAN):-
|
MALARIAL
PARASITES CARRIED BY MOSQUITOES PLASMODIUM |
|
HAVE
KILLED 50% OF ALL HUMAN DEATHS SINCE THE STONE AGE |
SLOWEST
GROWTH:-
|
TINDARIA
CALLISTISORMIS |
|
TAKES
ABOUT 100 YEARS TO REACH A LENGTH OF 8MM |
|
IT'S
FOUND IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC |
MAMMALS
LARGEST:-
|
BALAENOPETREMUSCULUS,
KNOWN AS THE BLUE WHALE OR SULPHUR-BOTTOM WHALE |
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BABIES
WEIGH ABOUT 3 TONNES |
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WEIGHT
CAN INCREASE BY 23 TONNES IN 2 YEARS |
|
WEIGHT
CAN REACH 190 TONNES |
SMALLEST:-
|
SAVI'S
WHITE-TOOTHED PIGMY SHREW |
|
BODY
LENGTH= 36-52 MM |
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MASS=
2 G |
FASTEST:-
|
ACINONYXJUBATAS,
KNOWN AS CHEETAH OR HUNTING LEOPARD |
|
SPEED=
96-101KM/H |
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LIVES
IN AFRICA, IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN |
OLDEST:-
|
MAN |
|
ALMOST
120 YEARS |
INSECTS
HEAVIEST:-
|
GOLIATH
BEETLES |
|
70-100
GRAMS |
|
LIVES
IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA |
LONGEST:-
|
POLAPHUSLEOPOLDI
OR STICK-INSECTS |
|
400
MM |
FASTEST
FLYING:-
|
DEER
BOT-FLY |
|
CLAIMED
BY SOME SCIENTISTS TO HAVE REACHED A SPEED OF 1316km/h! |
OLDEST:-
|
SPLENDOUR
BEETLES |
|
47
YEARS |
PLANTS
OLDEST:-
|
LARREATRIDENTATA |
|
CALIFORNIA,
USA |
|
11,700
YEARS OLD |
MOST
MASSIVE:-
|
QUAKING
ASPEN TREES |
|
6000
TONNES |
LARGEST
FLOWERS:-
|
RAFFLEISAARNOLDI
OR STINKING CORPSE LILY |
|
91
CM WIDE |
|
1.9
CM THICK |
|
WEIGH
UP TO 7KG |
LONGEST
ROOTS:-
|
WINTER
RYE PLANT |
|
622.8
KM! |
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