Wild Life Facts

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	Kitti’s hog-nosed Bat (Found in Thailand)2 Wing span 16 cm weight 1.75 to 2 g
Smallest Marine Mammal	Probably Heaviside’s 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 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
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
Smallest Bird	Helena’s 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
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 person’s 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.