NOISIEST:-

	BLUE WHALES
	188 DECIBELS
	THEIR NOISES CAN BE DETECTED 850 KM AWAY

STRONGEST (IN PROPORTION TO THEIR SIZE):-

	BEETLES OF THE SCARABAEIDAE FAMILY
	FOUND IN THE TROPOCS
	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
	BABIES WEIGH ABOUT 3 TONNES
	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
	MASS= 2 G

FASTEST:-

	ACINONYXJUBATAS, KNOWN AS CHEETAH OR HUNTING LEOPARD
	SPEED= 96-101KM/H
	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!