Statistics for Animals with the Mostest: Biggest, Fastest, Most...Eyes

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Biggest land animal	African bush elephant - 10.4 tonnes (11.6 tons)	98%
Biggest animal ever (hint: think marine)	Blue whale - 190 tonnes (212 tons), 30 m (98 ft) long, although longer unweighed specimen was 33.4 m (110 ft)	92%
Fastest land animal	Cheetah - 120.7 km/h (75.0 mph)	86%
Heaviest bird	Common ostrich - 130 kg (287lb)	74%
Smallest bird	Bee hummingbird - 5.7cm tall (2.2")	68%
Fastest wingbeater (bird)	Ruby-throated hummingbird - 200 beats/sec (during courtship)	60%
Most eyes on land	Spider - 8	56%
Widest wingspan overall	Wandering albatross - 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)	56%
Fastest member of the animal kingdom overall	Peregrine falcon - 389 km/h (242 mph) in a dive	54%
Most dangerous snake	Black mamba or coastal taipan	52%
Most legs	Illacme plenipes millipede - 750 legs	52%
Strongest snake	Green anaconda	50%
Biggest dolphin	Orca - length: 9.7 m (32 ft), weight: 10 tonnes (11.2 short tons)	50%
Non-human animal that kills the most humans annually	Mosquito - 2 to 3 million people/year	48%
Biggest invertebrate	Colossal squid (estimated) or giant squid (verified)	46%
Most venomous octopus	Blueringed octopus	36%
Widest wingspan in the Western Hemisphere	Andean condor- 310 cm (10.17 ft)	30%
Fastest puncher (hint: marine)	Mantis shrimp - 80 km/h (50 mph)	30%
Smallest mammal by skull size	Kitti's hog-nosed bat a.k.a. bumblebee bat - 11 mm (0.4")	20%
Smallest monkey	Pygmy marmoset -120 grams (4 oz)	20%
Fastest heartbeat	Etruscan shrew - 1200 beats/min	18%
Farthest migrator	Arctic tern - zigzag Greenland to Antarctica: 40,000 km (24,000 mi) per year	10%
Biggest hummingbird	Giant hummingbird - 24 g (0.85 oz)	8%
Farthest carnivorous jumper (for its body size)	Flea - 200x body length and 150x body height	6%
Highest blood pressure	Giraffe - 5.88 m (19.3 ft)	4%
Farthest mammalian jumper (for its body size)	Kangaroo rat - 2.75 m (9 feet), 27x body length	4%
Longest-lived animal (excluding colonial animals like slimemolds)	Ocean quahog clam - specimen nicknamed 'Ming' was 507 yrs old	4%
Most eyes in the sea	Scallop - over 110	4%
Most photoreceptors (hint: marine)	Tridachna gigas clam - thousands	4%
Most poisonous cuttlefish (but most fun cephalopod at a party!)	Flamboyant cuttlefish	0%
Deepest diving bird	Thick-billed murre - 210 m (690 ft)	0%