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    Animal Records

    Which bird has the longest beak?More Animal Records (minch)

      a pelican. The Australian pelican has a beak that can measure from 13-18.5 inches.

    What is the smallest mammal?More Animal Records (minch)

      a bat. The bumblebee bat from Thailand is the world's smallest mammal. The smallest non-flying mammal is a pygmy shrew.

    What is the slowest mammal?More Animal Records (minch)

      sloth. The sloth has a ground speed of about 6 to 8 feet per minute. They're a little faster in the trees.

    What is the most dangerous bird to humans?Animal Records (minch)

      cassowary. A cassowary has powerful legs and knife like claws and has been known to kill humans.

    What is the longest jump by a flea?More Animal Records (minch)

      13 inches.

    What is the largest marsupial?More Animal Records (minch)

      kangaroo. Both the red, or woolly kangaroo and the giant, or great gray kangaroo can grow to a body length of five feet.

    What is the largest mammal?Animal Records (minch)

      blue whale. It can be up to 100 feet long.

    What is the largest in weight (not length) snake?Animal Records (minch)

      anaconda. Some sources say the reticulated python is longer, but the anaconda is the largest.

    What is the largest fish?Animal Records (minch)

      whale shark. It can be over 40 feet in length.

    What is the largest bird?Animal Records (minch)

      Ostrich. It can stand 8 feet tall.

    What is the largest beetle?Animal Records (minch)

      Goliath beetle. The Goliath beetle is 4 inches long and has a wing span of 8 inches'. Note - a tarantula is not an insect.

    What is the fastest land animal?Animal Records (minch)

      cheetah.

    What is the fastest fish?More Animal Records (minch)

      sailfish. The cosmopolitan sailfish can go as fast as 68 mph over a short distance.

    What is the biggest reptile?More Animal Records (minch)

      salt water crocodile. These have been known to grow to 23 or more feet in length.

    What animal has the largest eye?More Animal Records (minch)

      a squid. The Atlantic giant squid has a very large eye up to 20inches in diameter.

    What animal has the largest ears?Animal Records (minch)

      African elephant.

    The tallest man so far recorded was Robert Pershing Wadlow. How tall was he?Animal Records (minch)

      8'11'.

    How fast can the animal the fastest land mammal run?Animal Records (minch)

      over 65mph. The cheetah can run at this speed over short distances.

    Finally a human question. How old was the longest living person whose longetivity has been authenticated?More Animal Records (minch)

      122 years. She was a French woman, Jeanne Calment. 122 years 164 days. She died in 1997.

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