Animals and Plants
49 records
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01 / Animals 165 tons Largest animal ever Blue whale See record ↗ -
02 / Pets 30 years Oldest living cat Flossie · Orpington, England, United Kingdom See record ↗ -
03 / Insects and Reptiles 36 mph Fastest flying insect Australian dragonfly (Austrophlebia costalis), also called the southern giant darner · Eastern Australia See record ↗ -
04 / Pets 30.2 in Longest tail on a dog Keon, an Irish Wolfhound, owned by Ilse Loodts · Westerlo, Belgium See record ↗ -
05 / Insects and Reptiles 106.7 dB Loudest insect Shrill thorntree cicada (Brevisana brevis) · Sub-Saharan Africa, including Zambia, South Africa and Malawi See record ↗ -
06 / Insects and Reptiles 10′ 2″ Largest lizard Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), largest verified specimen · St Louis Zoological Gardens, Missouri, United States See record ↗ -
07 / Insects and Reptiles 28 in Largest insect by wingspan Meganeuropsis permiana · Elmo, Kansas, United States See record ↗ -
08 / Insects and Reptiles 0.01 mg/kg (mouse LD50) Most venomous snake Inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) · Southwestern Queensland and adjacent areas of New South Wales and South Australia, Australia See record ↗ -
09 / Insects and Reptiles 25.2 in Longest insect Giant Chinese stick insect (Phryganistria chinensis) · China See record ↗ -
10 / Plants 2,857 lb Heaviest pumpkin Ian Paton · Wargrave, Berkshire, UK See record ↗ -
11 / Plants 7,496 tons Heaviest organism Armillaria ostoyae (the Humongous Fungus) See record ↗ -
12 / Insects and Reptiles 20′ 2.9″ Largest crocodile in captivity Lolong, saltwater crocodile · Bunawan, Philippines See record ↗ -
13 / Insects and Reptiles 0.15 lb Heaviest insect (captive giant weta) Giant weta (Deinacrida) · New Zealand See record ↗ -
14 / Insects and Reptiles 25′ 2″ Longest snake in captivity Medusa, reticulated python · Kansas City, Missouri, USA See record ↗ -
15 / Pets 3.6 in Shortest dog living Pearl, Chihuahua · Orlando, Florida, USA See record ↗ -
16 / Pets 38 years Oldest cat ever Creme Puff · Austin, Texas, USA See record ↗ -
17 / Pets 29 years Oldest dog ever verified Bluey, Australian cattle dog · Rochester, Victoria, Australia See record ↗ -
18 / Plants 3 sq mi Largest fungus colony Honey fungus (Armillaria ostoyae) · Malheur National Forest, Oregon, USA See record ↗ -
19 / Plants 77 sq mi Largest organism by area Shark Bay seagrass (Posidonia australis) · Shark Bay, Western Australia See record ↗ -
20 / Plants 85 ft Largest leaf Raphia regalis palm · Republic of the Congo See record ↗ -
21 / Plants 35.8 in Fastest-growing plant Bamboo · Asia See record ↗ -
22 / Plants 151 ft Tallest grass Giant bamboo (Dendrocalamus sinicus) · Yunnan, China See record ↗ -
23 / Plants 351 lb Heaviest watermelon Chris Kent · Sevierville, Tennessee, USA See record ↗ -
24 / Animals 211 years Longest-lived mammal Bowhead whale · Arctic and sub-Arctic seas See record ↗ -
25 / Birds 74 years Oldest known wild bird Wisdom, a Laysan albatross · Midway Atoll, Pacific Ocean See record ↗ -
26 / Birds 12′ 1.7″ Largest wingspan of any living bird Wandering albatross · Southern Ocean See record ↗ -
27 / Sea Life 507 years Longest-lived non-colonial animal Ming the ocean quahog clam · Off Iceland, North Atlantic See record ↗ -
28 / Birds 2.2 in Smallest bird Bee hummingbird (male) · Cuba See record ↗ -
29 / Animals 34.2 mph Fastest primate Patas monkey · Sub-Saharan Africa See record ↗ -
30 / Birds 59,652 miles Longest bird migration tracked in one year Arctic tern · Farne Islands, UK to Antarctic waters and back See record ↗ -
31 / Sea Life 1,091 lb Heaviest squid Colossal squid · Ross Sea, Antarctica See record ↗ -
32 / Birds 37,073 ft Highest-flying bird Rüppell's vulture · Over Abidjan, Ivory Coast See record ↗ -
33 / Sea Life 62 ft Largest fish Whale shark · Arabian Sea See record ↗ -
34 / Birds 8,426 miles Longest non-stop bird flight tracked Bar-tailed godwit · Alaska to Tasmania See record ↗ -
35 / Sea Life 26,135 ft Deepest fish caught on the seafloor Mariana snailfish (Pseudoliparis swirei) · Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean See record ↗ -
36 / Animals 0 lb Smallest mammal by mass Etruscan shrew · Mediterranean region, Asia and Africa See record ↗ -
37 / Sea Life 236 decibels Loudest animal Sperm whale · Deep oceans worldwide See record ↗ -
38 / Animals 2,209 lb Heaviest land predator on record Polar bear (male shot in 1960) · Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, USA See record ↗ -
39 / Plants 381 ft Tallest living tree Hyperion, a coast redwood · Redwood National Park, California, USA See record ↗ -
40 / Plants 55 lb Largest seed Coco de mer palm · Seychelles See record ↗ -
41 / Plants 4857 years Oldest known individual tree Methuselah, a Great Basin bristlecone pine · White Mountains, California, USA See record ↗ -
42 / Plants 52,513 cu ft Largest tree by volume General Sherman, a giant sequoia · Sequoia National Park, California, USA See record ↗ -
43 / Plants 3′ 3.4″ Largest single flower Rafflesia arnoldii · Sumatra and Borneo, Indonesia See record ↗ -
44 / Animals 64.6 mph Fastest land animal Cheetah See record ↗ -
45 / Animals 194 years Oldest living land animal Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise · Saint Helena See record ↗ -
46 / Animals 392 years Longest-lived vertebrate Greenland shark See record ↗ -
47 / Animals 18′ 0.5″ Tallest living animal Giraffe See record ↗ -
48 / Animals 6.6 tons Largest land animal African bush elephant See record ↗ -
49 / Animals 241.7 mph Fastest animal Peregrine falcon See record ↗
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