Statistics for Animal Extremes

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
fastest land animal	cheetah	94%
largest bird	north african ostrich	90%
longest gestation period	elephant	81%
biggest wingspan	wandering albatross	63%
fastest heartbeat	blue-throated hummingbird	48%
longest lifespan	bowhead whale	48%
fastest bird	perigrine falcon	48%
largest eye	colossal squid	44%
2nd fastest land animal	pronghorn antelope	27%
largest eye (land animal)	horse	21%
richest milk (mammal)	Philippine buffalo	21%
longest tongue relative to body size	chameleon	17%
longest tongue relative to body size (mammal)	nectar bat	8%
heaviest flying bird	bustard	6%