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WILD LIFE FACTS
MAMMALS REPTILES AMPHIBIANS FISH INSECTS BIRDS

MAMMALS
Largest and Heaviest Blue Whale
Average length 30.5 m
Largest ever recorded 33.58 m
Pregnant female may weigh 203
tones
Smallest Land Mammal Kittis hog-nosed Bat (Found in
Thailand)2
Wing span 16 cm
weight 1.75 to 2 g
Smallest Marine Mammal Probably Heavisides dolphin(Found
in South Atlantic)
Length 1.22 m
Weight 41 kg
Rarest Mammal Rarest Mammal Aspecies of tenrec from Madagascar
is only known from a single
specimen.
Fastest Mammal Cheetah (found in Africa, Middle
East, W. Asia) can run at 100 kph
over short distances.
Pronhorn antelope (Found in USA)
Can run at 60 kph over long
distances.
Slowest Mammal Three-toedsloth (found in South
America) covers about 5 m a minute
in trees, and only 2 m aminute on
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the ground.
Highest Mammal Yak (found in Tibet and China) climbs
to 6000 m to feed.
REPTILES
Largest and Heaviest Estuarine Crocodile (found in Asia,
Australia)
Average length (male) up to 4.3 m
Longest ever recorded 8.23 m
Largest Lizard Komodo dragon (found in Indonesian
Island)
length up to 3 m
largest Turtle Pacific leatherback turtle
Average length (male) up to 2.13 m
weight up to 363 kg.
Fastest Amphibian (On Land) Six-linedracerunner (found in USA)
can run at 29 kph
Fastest Amphibian (In Water) (In Water) Pacific Leatherback turtle
can swim at 35 kph
Longest Snake Reticulated Python (found in India
and South-east Asia)
Average length more than 6 m
Longest ever recorded 10 m
Most Poisonous Snake Sea Snake (found in North West
Australia)
Most Poisonous Land Snake Fierce Snake(found in Australia) has
most toxic venom.
AMPHIBIANS
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Largest Amphibian Chinese gaintsalamander
Average length 1m
Longest ever recorded 1.52 m
Weight 11 to 13 kg.
Largest Frog Goliath Frog (found in Africa)
Length of body 33.5 cm
Largest Toad Probably marinetoad (found in South
America)
Length 22.9 cm.
Largest Newt Ribbed newt (found in Africa)
Length upto 40 cm
Weight 450 g
Highest Toad Common toad
One found in Himalayas at 8000 m
Most Poisonous Kokoiarrow-poison frog (found in
South America)
A tiny amount of toxin is enough to
kill a man.
Smallest Newt Striped newt (found in USA)
length 5.1 cm
BIRDS
Largest Bird (Flightless) North African Ostrich
Height (male) 2.74 m
Weight 156.5 kg
eggs up to 20 cm long
Largest Wing Span Wandering albatross (found in
Southern Oceans)
Average length (male) 3.15 m
Largest ever recorded 3.6 m
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Smallest Bird Helenas humming bird (found in
Cuba)
Average length (male) 5.8 cm
(head and body 1.5 cm)
Weight 2 g
Egg 1.14 cm long
Rarest Bird Mauritius Kestrel (found in
Mauritius)
About 5 are thought to remain.
Fastest Bird Spine-tailed swift (found in Russia
and Himalayas)
flies at 171 kph
Longest Flight Arctic tern
May cover 40,000 km a year
migrating from Arctic to Antarctic
and back.
Fastest Under Water Gentoo Penguin swims at 36 kph
Largest Nest Bald eagles
one was 2.9 m wide and 6 m deep.
FISHES
Largest Fish (Plankton-eating) Whale Shark
Largest ever recorded 18.5 m long.
Largest Fish (Meat Eating) Great white shark (the man-eater)
Average length up to 4.57 m.
Heaviest Bony Fish Ocean sunfish is the heaviest
largest ever recorded 2.28 tonnes.
Longest Bony Fish Russian sturgeon or Beluga
Length up to 8 m
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Fastest Fish Probably Sailfish
fastest ever recorded 109 kph
Most Poisonous Fish Stonefish (foundin Indian and Pacific
Oceans)
Poison carried in spines can cause a
persons death within a few hours.
Most Electric Electric eel (found in South America)
can produce 400 to 500 volts.
INSECTS
Largest Insect Goliath beetle (found in Africa)
Weight (male) 100g
Longest Insect Tropical stick insect
Length up to 33 cm
Largest locust Swarn A Swarn of desert locusts that
crossed the Red Sea in 1889.
Swarn estimated to contain
250,000,000 insects
weighing about 500,000 tonnes and
covering 5,000 sq. km
Largest Butterfly Queen Alexandra bird wing (found in
Guinea)
Wing span 28 cm, weight 5 g
Most Dangerous Ant Black bulldog ant (found in Australia
and Tasmaina)
One bite can kill a man.
Fastest Wing Beat A tiny midge can beat its wings 1000
times a second.

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