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