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The longest animal alive may be one you never thought of Humans can be tall or short, narrow or wide, but we don't tend to talk about how long our bodies are. That might explain why extreme length often catches our eye. And in any discussion of long animals, there are obvious leaders: snakes, the longest animals on land. In April 2016, construction workers building a motorway in Penang, Malaysia claimed to have discovered a reticulated python (Python reticulatus) that was 26ft 3in (8m) long.
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- Big in Every Way. Blue whales are so big they are the biggest creature ever to have lived on earth - even bigger than the biggest dinosaurs! The largest whale ever measured was a female weighing 171,000 kgs and measuring over 90ft./27m long. The longest whale measured in at over 110ft./33m. If you laid him out on the ground he would take up the length of nine family-sized cars!
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What dog has the longest life span? Bivalve molluscs are the longest living animals and invertebrate. Tu'i Malila, a Radiated Tortoise, died at an age of 188 years in May 1965, the oldest documented reptile, t…hough an Adalbra Giant Tortoise called Adwaitya, may possible have lived for around 250 years.
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Blue Whale Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) It is difficult to imagine the size of the blue whale, the largest animal inhabiting the earth. There are records of individuals over 100 feet (30.5 m) long, but 70-90 feet (23-27 m) is probably average. A good way to visualize their length is to remember that they are about as long as three school buses.
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Blue Whale Speed of Animals. Blue Whale. Balaenoptera musculus. The blue whale is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales (called Mysticeti). At up to 32.9 metres (108 ft) in length and 172 metric tons (190 short tons) or more in weight, it is the largest animal ever to have existed.
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What is the Biggest Animal in the World The largest blue whale believed to have existed in Sub-Antarctic waters. It goes without saying that blue whale organs should also be the biggest in the animal kingdom in that the tongue weighs around 2.7 metric tons (3.0 short tons) which is capable to hold 90 metric tons (99 short tons) of food. The heart weighs around 600 kilograms (1,300 lb).
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What is the biggest animal ever to exist on Earth? The blue whale is easily the largest animal on Earth. See more pictures of marine mammals. By considerable measure, the largest known animal on Earth is the blue whale. Mature blue whales can measure anywhere from 75 feet (23 m) to 100 feet (30.5 m) from head to tail, and can weigh as much as 150 tons (136 metric tons).
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- The land animal with the longest legs is the giraffe, whose legs can be 1.8-2.1 metres (six to seven feet) long. These towering animals can reach six metres (20 feet) overall and weigh four tons, with a sprint speed of 60 kilometres (37 miles) per hour. When galloping, the giraffe’s front and hind legs work in pairs.
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The longest-living animals on Earth Photos: The longest-living animals on Earth. Photos: The longest-living animals on Earth. Photos: The longest-living animals on Earth. Photos: The longest-living animals on Earth. Greenland sharks rank as the longest-lived vertebrates to roam the Earth, living as long as 400 years, a new study says.
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- So sit back and check out our top 8 list of longest living sea creatures. 8. A symbol of longevity in certain cultures, the tortoise is a creature well known to all as a slow, yet persistent animal. The longest living Galapagos tortoise reached an impressive figure of 177 years.
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- Having 5.8 m height giraffe is considered as the tallest living animal on the land. Its weight is approximately 2,000 kg. Ostrich is the largest living bird having a height of 2.7 m and a weight of 156 kg. Chinese giant salamander is the largest living amphibian having a weight of 64 kg and 1.83 m length.
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- Story highlights. (CNN)Swim aside, bowhead whales: Greenland sharks have stolen the crown as longest-living vertebrate on Earth. University of Copenhagen researchers estimated that these sharks live at least 400 years, nearly two centuries longer than the whales.
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What is the Biggest Animal in the World Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is unarguably the largest animal with the weight almost impossible to measure because of its mammoth size. These mammals are predominantly found in the Indian Ocean, South Pacific Ocean.
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Top 10 Strongest Animals on Land The African Elephant is the world’s largest animal, and also among the world’s most intelligent animals. They have massively thick bodies, stocky legs, and enormous ears. They stand up to 13 feet tall at shoulder height and can weigh over 13,000 pounds.
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Justin Bieber Is The New Voice Of KITT From 'Knight Rider' (Not A Joke) Well, Justin Bieber was spotted on the set of the movie Killing Hasselhoff, playing the new voice of KITT from Knight Rider.. That can't be real. Well, the director actually confirmed it to Yahoo!. Wow, that's actually something that happened.
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15 of the Largest Animals in the World The Tallest Land Animal in the World: The Giraffe. The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African even-toed ungulate mammal and the tallest living terrestrial animal in the world. It stands 5–6 m (16–20 ft) tall and has an average weight of 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) for males and 830 kg (1,800 lb) for females.
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List of the Top Largest Animals Ever Recorded in History The blue whale is the largest animal known to ever have existed. Digital Vision/Digital Vision/Getty Images. When people think about the largest animals that ever lived, dinosaurs are often the first thing to come to mind. It might come as a surprise that the largest animal ever recorded still lives today, although it is on the endangered species list.
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Largest Fish in the World At 30 metres (98 ft) in length and 180 tonnes (200 short tons) or more in weight, it is the largest extant animal and is the heaviest known to have existed. Long and slender, the blue whale's body can be various shades of bluish-grey dorsally and somewhat lighter underneath.
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The 25 Biggest Living Things on Earth Biggest Marine Animal - The Blue Whale (200 Tons) The Blue Whale, the world's biggest marine animal. Getty Images. Not only is the Blue Whale the largest living animal; it may be the largest animal in the history of life on earth, pending the unlikely discovery of any 200-ton dinosaurs or marine reptiles.
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- The African Bush elephant has earned the title of heaviest land creature, but it is an herbivore, and the giraffe, also an herbivore, is the tallest terrestrial animal.The largest ocean-dwelling carnivore is the sperm whale, which can grow to lengths of up to 80,000 feet.
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It's Official! The Greenland Shark Is The Longest Living Vertebrate Known To Science The Greenland Shark Is The Longest Living Vertebrate Known To Science. Scientists have long suspected that the elusive Greenland sharks lived for a long time. It turns out they were right! A new study has revealed that the world’s second largest carnivorous fish may have a lifespan of as long as 400 years. To put it in perspective, that is about twice that of the previously known longest-living vertebrate, the Bowhead whale, which is known to live for up to two centuries.
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15 of the Largest Animals in the World The Largest Animal Ever: The Blue Whale. The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. At 30 metres (98 ft) in length and 180 metric tons (200 short tons) or more in weight, it is the largest known animal to have ever existed.ggs laid by the Ostrich can weigh 1.4 kg (3 lb) and are the largest eggs in the world today. They can also run at maximum speeds of about 97.5 km/h (60.6 mph), making it both the fastest bird on land and the fastest two-legged animal in the world.
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Largest mammal Heaviest A female weighing 190 tonnes (418,877 lb) and measuring 27.6 m (90 ft 6 in) in length was caught in the Southern Ocean on 20 March 1947. Longest mammal A female blue whale measuring 33.58 m (110 ft 28 in) landed in 1909 at Grytviken, South Georgia in the South Atlantic.
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Enchanted Learning Search Dino Myths. Among the longest land animals! Diplodocus was a long-necked, whip-tailed giant, measuring about 90 feet (27 m) long with a 26 foot (8 m) long neck and a 45 foot (14 m) long tail, but its head was less than 2 feet long. It was among the longest land animals ever.
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- of 21. Biggest Whale - The Blue Whale (200 Tons) The Blue Whale, the world's biggest whale. Wikimedia Commons. At about 100 feet long and 200 tons, not only is the Blue Whale the biggest mammal in the world today, but it's the largest vertebrate animal in the history of life on earth: not even the largest dinosaurs approached it in bulk.
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Largest body part 1 The Arctic lion's mane jellyfish may be the longest animal; the biggest had a bell (body) with a diameter of 2.28 meters (7 feet 6 inches) and the tentacles reached 36.5 meters (120 feet). 2  It was found washed up on the shore of Massachusetts Bay in 1870. 3  Bootlace worms can reach great lengths.