Statistics for Large Animals: Living, Extinct, and Mythical

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Description	Animal	% Correct
probably-delicious, definitely-extinct elephantine species with long fur	wooly mammoth	95%
mythical reptile; flying and fire-breathing in Europe, aquatic in China	dragon	90%
extinct dinosaur, once the largest carnivore in North America	tyrannosaurus rex	82%
mythical plesiosaur-like creature that lives in a Scottish lake	Loch Ness Monster	80%
largest living species of reptile (yes, there are living reptiles)	saltwater crocodile	75%
mythical sea monster, resembling a gianter giant squid	kraken	74%
largest living species of primate	eastern gorilla	73%
largest living type of feline, the hybrid of two species	liger	69%
heaviest snake, depicted as able to swallow people whole	anaconda	67%
large extinct felid genus with distinctive fangs	saber-toothed cat	67%
largest animal species that ever lived	blue whale	66%
mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human	manticore (or sphinx)	59%
largest living species of fish (isn't a whale and doesn't eat whales)	whale shark	58%
mythical creature with the heads of a lion, goat, and serpent	chimæra	40%
extinct canine species similar to a grey wolf but larger	dire wolf	38%
largest living species of dinosaur (yes, there are living dinosaurs)	ostrich	37%
living animal species with largest brain, hunted for its head wax	sperm whale	33%
scientific name of that genus, still referring to the fangs	Smilodon	24%
mythical bird large enough to eat a full-grown mastodon	roc	24%
mythical creature with the body of an apatosaur and the head of a camarasaur	brontosaurus	22%
wild ancestor of domestic cattle, extinct in 1627	aurochs	19%
animal species whose population has the highest collective biomass	antarctic krill	6%