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    What is the third largest animal in the world?

    Question #27907. Asked by eve.

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    The third largest land animal is the Southern White Rhino

    http://www.nczoo.org/press_release/Endangered.htm

    Feb 10 03, 4:46 AM
    Kainantu

    The jury is out between the hippo and the rhino.
    Lots of conflicting evidence. Excellent research here. You choose:
    http://members.aol.com/HippoPage/hrquest.htm

    Feb 10 03, 5:30 AM
    Kainantu

    It depends whether you classify largest as heaviest, tallest or longest.
    Even then there are conflicting answers.

    Largest Animal blue whale (110 feet long, 209 tons)
    http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/animals2.html

    The fin whale is the second largest whale reaching lengths of up to 27 meters (88 feet) and weighs up to 69 metric tonnes (76 tons).
    http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/faq/fishfaq9.html

    Third largest whale is the sperm whale with a maximum-recorded length of 18.3 meters. Male sperm whales can weigh from 40 to 52 tons.
    http://www.shsonline.org/IIIDR_Whale_Research/IIIDRSpermWhale.html

    Giant squid 20 metres long. Tentacles may reach a length of 10-12 metres
    1999 Smithsonian Institution.
    http://hometown.aol.com/smsjjh/myhomepage/huntfish.html

    Largest land Animal African bush elephant (13 feet high, 8 tons)
    http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/animals2.html

    The jury is out between the hippo and the rhino.
    Lots of conflicting evidence. Excellent research here. You choose:
    http://members.aol.com/HippoPage/hrquest.htm

    The white rhinoceros is the largest of all five rhinoceros species at
    about 1.7 metres tall and up to three and a half tonnes in weight. ...
    www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/rhino.htm

    The White rhino is the secondm largest land animal after the elephant.
    www.acapworldwide.com/rhino1.htm

    Hippopotamus amphibius. ... Height: 4.6ft. Weight: Male - 3,500 to over 7,000 lbs www.chaffeezoo.org/animals/hippo.html


    Feb 10 03, 5:37 AM

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