At up to 219 tons, the blue whale, the largest animal on earth, is also the heaviest. It is followed by the fin whale, the bowhead, and the Northern Pacific right whale, which all come in at 120 tons. They are followed by the North Atlantic right whale and the Southern right whale, which both weigh around 110 tons.
The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the biggest animal on the planet, weighing up to 400,000 pounds (approximately 33 elephants) and reaching up to 98 feet in length.
On average, elephants are heavier than the common hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus. Here are some average weights: African bush elephant, male: 6,000 kg; African bush elephant, female: 3,000 kg. Asian elephant, male: 5,400 kg; Asian elephant, female: 2,700 kg.
Even if the hippo did successfully ambush and bite the elephant, the elephant would rear back in pain from being bitten and then spear a tusk through the hippo. That would cause massive damage to the hippo's body or organs, instantly debilitating or outright killing them. In a fight, the elephant would handily win.
The strongest land animal in the world is the elephant. The typical Asian elephant has 100,000 muscles and tendons arranged along the length of the trunk, enabling it to lift almost 800 pounds.
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales (called Mysticeti). At 30 metres (98 ft)[4] in length and 170 tonnes (190 short tons) or more in weight, it is the largest known animal to have ever existed.”
heaviest boneless animal would be the heavyweight champion invertebrate of the world: the colossal squid!
According to Rhino Conservation Botswana, the white rhino is the second largest land animal after the elephant. It can weigh up to 7,700 pounds (3492.7 kilograms).
The great bustard is probably the heaviest living animal that can fly. The males normally weigh between 10 and 16 kilograms, but some can reach 21 kg.
Thanks to water's buoyancy, whales can be far heavier without collapsing on themselves. A 100-foot-long blue whale can weigh 150 tons or more, three times heavier than a dinosaur of the same size. Much as it pains me to do it, I have to hand the title of “Largest Animal of All Time” to Team Cetacea.
The elephant is the biggest on land. And the whale shark is the biggest fish in the sea.
Sharks are fish. They live in water, and use their gills to filter oxygen from the water. Sharks are a special type of fish known because their body is made out of cartilage instead of bones like other fish.
Osmium is the most dense metal! Many people are familiar with lead (11.3 kg/L), but osmium is twice as dense (22.6 kg/L)! Each liter (about 1/4 gallon) of osmium weighs 22.6 kg (50 lbs). For comparison, each liter of water weighs only 1 kg (~2.2 lbs).
Blue whale calves are the largest animal babies in the world, clocking in at a whopping 1360kg —almost the same size as a small car. They put on 90kg a day by guzzling their mother's fatty milk.
Blue whales give birth to the largest newborns in the world. Their calves can weigh up to a thousand kilograms and match the size of a small car. After indulging on its mother's nutrient-rich milk, a blue whale calf grows so quickly that it puts on nearly 90 kilograms each day.
While there might never be a larger animal than the blue whale, there are other kinds of organism that dwarf it. The largest of them all, dubbed the “humongous fungus”, is a honey mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae).
Rhinos and hippos grow to similar lengths and heights. They also have similar hefts, but rhinos are faster than hippos. Their speed helps them increase the strike force, making rhinos stronger physically than hippos. However, hippos have a stronger bite and are more aggressive.
The Hippopotamus is the third largest land animal, after the elephant and white rhino.
After elephants and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third-largest land mammal and the heaviest surviving land artiodactyl.
Too Weak to Support Its Own Body Weight: The Jellyfish
Crystal jellies Aequorea victoria, are a bioluminescent hydrozoan jellyfish, or hydromedusa, that is found off the west coast of North America. Almost every living creature on the planet has at least the strength to support its own body and move around.
Mantis shrimp pack the strongest punch of any creature in the animal kingdom. Their club-like appendages accelerate faster than a bullet out of a gun and just one strike can knock the arm off a crab or break through a snail shell. These small but mighty crustaceans have been known to take on octopus and win.
The absolute unbeatable beast who took home the title for best fighter: the elephant. With a 74% win rate, it just eked out a win over the rhinoceros, who also received a 74% win rate. (Just a few extra tenths of a percent gave the elephant the top spot.)