The earth is full of small and big animals. It is surprising that some of these extraordinary and unbelievable creatures exist on Earth, of which we are also unaware.
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Today we are talking about the world’s incredible animals that you must have seen but you may not know about their specialties, so let’s know about some such creatures:
| FISH | |||
| 1 | Smallest | Pygmy goby | 7.5 mm long |
| 2 | Largest | Whale Shark | 12 m long, 43 tonnes |
| 3 | Longest | Oarfish | 14 m long |
| 4 | Fastest | Sailfish | 10 km/hr |
| INSECTS | |||
| 5 | Longest | Stick insect | upto 400 mm long |
| 6 | Largest | Goliath beettle | 110 mm long, 100 gm |
| 7 | Smallest | Fairy fly | 0.02 mm long |
| REPTILES | |||
| 8 | Largest | Southeast Asian Crocodile | Up to 5 m long |
| 9 | Tallest | Galapagos giant tortoise | 1.2 m tall |
| 10 | Smallest | Gecko | 18 mm long |
| 11 | Biggest lizard | Komodo dragon | 3 m long |
| 12 | Longest snake | Reticulated Python | Over 9 m long |
| BIRDS | |||
| 13 | Biggest | Ostrich | 2.6 m tall |
| 14 | Smallest | Bee humming bird | 57 mm long |
| 15 | Fastest | Peregrine falcon | Upto 350 km/hr |
| 16 | Fastest swimmer | Gentoo penguin | 27 km/hour |
| 17 | Largest wingspan | Wandering albatross | 3.5 m wide |
| 18 | Biggest Egg | Ostrich egg | Up to 20 cm across |
| MAMMALS | |||
| 19 | Biggest | Blue whale | 33 m long, 190 tonnes |
| 20 | Biggest land mammal | African bush elephant | 4 m tall, 12 tonnes |
| 21 | Tallest | Giraffe | 6 m tall |
| 22 | Smallest land mammal | Etruscan shrew | under 50 mm long |
| 23 | Fastest land mammal | Cheetah | 100 km per hour |
| 24 | Fastest marine mammal | Killer whale | 55 km/hour |
| 25 | Smallest marine mammal | Bumblebee bat | Under 2 gm |
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