The lightest and heavy animals in the world. Five most unpretentious pets for busy people

Empirical Zverek

Amazing and variety of fauna of the planet Earth. It is present on it both the real giants, like blue whale, and almost microscopic animals, which and will not always discern (especially if they do not want to).

Once, scientists empirically calculated, as if on Earth could not exist the animal, whose weight is less than two and a half-three grams - otherwise his tiny body simply will simply be fully functioned, being "crushed" in the planet for the force of attraction. However, such a slender theory of several decades ago with a ringing broke on the practice, namely, about several amazing discoveries of new (for humanity, they had a similar one who had no suspect) representatives of the fauna.

Dwarf MNGOZUBKA

So, scientists discovered a tiny creature, which received the Latin name Suncus Etruscus. Not a scientificly, an extremely small animal is called differently: Etruscan earthmock, dwarf multili, white-to-babe, etc., only the fact that it is a very light animal, and how much large dimensions are no different, you can explain the fact that biologists already up to the twentieth century remained in the ignorance of its existence.

Meanwhile, this representative of the kind of earthquakes, not exceeding 1.5-1.7 grams, and the length reaching only 3-4.5 centimeters (plus the tail, which usually happens about 3.5 cm), lives in a variety of locations Eurasia and North Africa. It is possible to meet it in the south of Europe (closer to the coasts of the Ionian, Adriatic and Aegean Seas), and in the southern part of the Middle Kingdom, and in Japan, and in Taiwan, and in the Philippines and in the unmarried number of other places in those latitudes. The "houses" of Etruscan earthovikov serve all sorts of rafts, gaps (in rocks, in abandoned buildings, etc.) and voids (including trees trunks).

Appearance Multilage

Externally, this animal looks quite attractive. He has a very slender elongated and very odorous body (covered by a short-metered brown wool, which is brighter on the belly), in the head of the head turning into thin proboscis.

Despite the tiny sizes, the dwarf multili is sufficiently voracious (however, as all earthroocking). She eats food per day, by weight exceeding her own dimensions of two or three times.

Detect it even if desired is very difficult. It is not even in the microscopic length and mass of the body, but in the night lifestyle, which prefers such a animal. By the way, you should not consider this rodent a priori pest of agriculture. Just the opposite - it brings a certain benefit in the locations of its habit of habitat, since it destroys all sorts of pest insects.

Tiny pigtone bat

However, Etruscan Earthowing is not the only easiest animal on Earth. This title divides with her another tiny creature - a pigtone bat. It was found only four decades ago in Thailand, and its area is very limited by some locations in this power, plus in some places in neighboring Myanmar.

This nicknamed a representative of the class of manochable received for unusual shape Nose, something resembling a pig patch. In general, the animal is not very different from other bats - the same shaggy, covered with brownish wool body, ears with a large kisselk, web-haired wings. The weight of this creature is in an adult state - no more than one and a half-grams, and the length of the body is 2.9-3.4 cm.

The night lifestyle and love for solitude does not allow better to get acquainted with such a "mouse-bumblebee". However, experts exactly found one thing: the number of its population is now hardly exceeded half a thousand. This made it possible to apply such a rare creation in the Red Book in the status of vulnerable.

It seems that the era of great discoveries - at least in biology - has not yet been completed. Perhaps the above-mentioned animals will long stay in the rank of the easiest animals on Earth, and soon scientists will discover much smaller creatures.

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Do you know what the most large animals on the ground? Then you can view this top 10 and find what big animalalthough various types and terrestrial inhabitants and underwater and poultry and D.R are collected in this list. But they are all huge in relation to those animals that we observe everyday.

10. Giant Green Anaconda

The largest and most heavy snake in the world. Refers to the subfaming of the boys. The largest of the registered individuals reached 11.43 m in length. Weigh about 60 kg. Has a grayish green painting with brown spots. It is mostly in tropical belt South America. Loves water and very rarely leaves water bodies. It is characterized by the fact that he knows how to buy and dive. It feeds on rodents, young crocodiles, birds and turtles. Very rarely attacks large animals, and per person - only in the case of self-defense. He stifles the victim and swallows it.

9. Southern Sea Elephant

One of the biggest animals on earth and most large view Seal in the world. The largest recorded copies reached 6.5 m and 3.5 tons. But the trunk is shorter than that of relatives - only 10 cm. Total number It is about 750 thousand individuals. The colonies of the South Sea Elephant are located on the South Antarctic Archipelagoes and Islands: South Georgia, Kergelen, Herd, McQori.

8. African ostrich

The biggest bird in the world. Height reaches 250 cm, weight up to 150 kg. It cannot fly, but runs at a speed of up to 70 km / h, making steps of 3.5-4 m. If necessary, it can be cool to change the direction of movement without changing the speed. Contrary to popular belief - the head in the sand does not hide, but it can "drop" her to Earth from fatigue after a long run.

7. Marine crocodile

Marine crocodile - is the largest crocodile. Body lengths up to 7 m in males, up to 3 m in females. Adult males can gain weight up to 1000 kg. Most often found on the shores of Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. But it is pierced to other popular resorts. Can perform long-range swimming in the open sea. It is extremely dangerous on the shore or shallow water, where it is easy for mining. Every year many people become his victims.

6. Polar Bear

Other names: Polar, North, sea bear, Oshkui. It can reach 3 m in length and 1000 kg of body weight. The largest representatives are found in the Bering Sea. From other bears there is a flat head and long neck. Hunting on Nerpen, sea hare, walrus, fish. Very fat layer subcutaneous fat And thick fur helps him survive in cold and ice water.

5. Giraffe

The highest animal. Inhabites in Savannaps Africa. Height up to 6 m, body weight up to 1,200 kg. Despite the unusually long neck, like the remaining mammals, has only seven cervical vertebrae. But he has a very strong heart that can pass 60 liters of blood per minute and create pressure three more than a person. Daily consumes about 30 kg of plant food. The giraffe color is unique as man's fingerprints.

4. White rhinoceros

Second big animal Land after an elephant. Body length is up to 4.2 m, weight up to 5 tons, height in shoulders up to 2 m. Actually, it is not white at all, but dark gray. The name, most likely, happened from the distorted Wijde's burst (wide, width), consonant with English White (white). He has two horns that successfully apply in fights with rivals. It dwells in South and Northwest Africa. It feeds on herbal vegetation.

3. Behemot

Refers to the detachment of the manflock, povelty suburbs. Common African continent. Weight can reach 4 tons, length is up to 5.4 m. He mainly leads the semi-water lifestyle. Hippo can open extraordinarily wide - 150 degrees. Interestingly, Hippo is able to run very quickly on land. A rather aggressive animal. When provocating from a person, it is capable of attacking unexpectedly.

2. African elephant

Mammalian trades of probable. Height in shoulders up to 4 m, weight - 7.5 tons. Habitat - Africa south of Sahara. Includes two modern species - Savanny elephant and forest elephant. More than their indian relatives and most big animalamong land. In nature, there are only 500-600 thousand of these giants. An unusually intelligent animal capable of mutual assistance and mutual execution. For example, if one elephant cannot get rid of the sucking leech, the other can take a stick and release a friend from the bloodstand. The same refers to.

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They were born with extraordinary qualities and each of them is exceptional in their own way.

Here are the strongest, poisonous, loud, fast, long and old representatives from the world of animals.

1. The strongest animal

The strongest animal in the world is Coppeed. Being only one millimeter in length, Coppeed is the strongest and rapid multicellular creature.

Regarding its size, Coppeed moves with the highest acceleration of the body relative to length per second.

Scientists are now studying the jumped abilities of this animal to be used in robots technology. Cappon is considered 10-30 times stronger than any machine or animal in the world.

2. The most loud animal

Blue whales make the loudest sounds in the world using low-frequency pulses, whose noise has intensity up to 188 decibels. Crys of blue whales can be heard at a distance of 800 km. Blue whales are also the largest animals.

3. The most deadly animal

The malarious mosquito female is the most deadly being in the world. These mosquitoes carrying malaria, each year kill more than a million people all over the world.

4. The most poisonous animal

One cube with 60 tentacles, though the length of each of them is 4.5 meters, has a sufficient number of poison to kill 60 adults.

5. The oldest animal

The oldest reptile is the Galapagos Giant Turtle, which can live more than 175 years. However, among the oldest animals, there are representatives such as the ocean venet - mollusk, which survived to 405 years.

6. The fastest water mammal

The fastest water mammal is a blonde guide pig, which can sail 56 km per hour.

7. The longest pregnancy in animals

Asian elephants have a pregnancy duration of 19-22 months.

8. The smartest animal

The smartest animal, excluding a person, is chimpanzee, followed by Dolphin.

9. The longest migration in animals

The polar mask is the longest migration of all migratory birds. They overcome the distances of 22400 km. Among mammals, migration champions are gray whales And the Northern Sea Elephants, which every year pass the path of 20,900 km there and back.

10. The highest flying bird

Mountain geese is the highest flying birds. There is evidence that they can fly at an altitude of 10.175 meters and above.

11. The slowest animal

Garden snail is the slowest animal that passes 48 meters per hour.

12. The highest and long terrestrial animal

The longest and high terrestrial animals is the giraffe. It can grow up to 6 meters in height, which is approximately equated to a two-story building.

13. The fastest animal

The fastest animal is the predatory Bird Sapsan. It can develop speed up to 321 km per hour.

14. The smallest insect

Up-crumb, Mimarides are the smallest insects whose size is about 0.46 mm.

15. The longest animal

The longest animals are worm-non-nerthines, type Lineus Longissimus.. The most long representative reaches 55 meters long.

Everyone knows that the largest animal in history, the animal giant dwells on Earth many million years ago is a dinosaur. There were many species. And today the sizes of prehistoric animals seem simply stunning.

However, the modern animal world is no less amazing and diverse. Earth is full of creatures striking with their sizes and forms. It is even difficult to imagine that it affected their weight and growth. However, they are, which are, and quite comfortably feel among people.

And yet, what animal is the biggest? This is what you have to find out. What are these creatures, and in what conditions are inhabited. So, below is the rating of the 10 biggest animals of our planet. This list is based on height, length, as well as the mass of creatures. Start from the end.

Marine crocodile

In the tenth place is a sea crocodile. It is also called a rolling or nosed. This crocodile is the largest animal from the world reptile. Adult male can grow up to seven meters long, with weight more tons! As a rule, the length of most crocodiles is about five meters. And they weigh on average eight hundred kilograms.

Grass crocodiles are widespread enough. Their habitat begins in North Australia and ends with Southeast Asia. Crocodile - active predator. In his daily diet, insects, mollusks, crustaceans, various small amphibians and fish. But any animal that wandered on its territory becomes a potential victim. Podcasya for the sacrifice on land, the crocodile drags her under the water, where it is already useless to resist.

An interesting fact: the sea crocodile is highly valued due to its skin, which serves as material for handbags, shoes, clothing, etc. Therefore, this type of crocodiles is grown in artificial conditions: on special farms.

Black Rhino

Since black rhilities are huge, powerful and absolutely fearless, they have no enemies among animals. But they are easy prey for numerous poachers. Black rhinos prefer to move along the same paths, and also see very bad. Therefore, they are an excellent target for trophy hunters.

Walrus

At the eighth place - walrus. This is perhaps the biggest animal of those who exist since glacial period. So, found in the San Francisco Bay, about twenty-eight thousand years.

The walruses are truly huge: their length reaches three meters, and weight fluctuates in the area of \u200b\u200btwo tons! These animals have very durable and thick skin. Especially in the area of \u200b\u200bthe neck, there it reaches ten centimeters. And under the skin there is still a layer of fat in fifteen centimeters. Thanks to this, the walkers feel great in harsh arctic conditions. The diet of these animals is mainly made of mollusks, but fish come across periodically.

White rhinoceros

Seventh place - white rhinos. They are considered the second largest herbivore planets. Grow up to two meters in height and four - in length. Rhino - heavyweights. Some large individuals reach eight tons!

Interesting fact: despite the name, these animals have gray color. Why then then "white" rhino, and not "gray"? Most likely, such a name of rhinos received due to the fact that the bucket word "Wijde" distortion. It is translated as a "widdle". And sounds like english word "White" (white).

Hippopotamus (hypopotam)

In the sixth place - a native inhabitant of Africa from a piece of manflock - Hippo. Hippopotams grow up to one and a half meters in height and five - long. The weight of these mammals fluctuates in the area of \u200b\u200bthree tons, and even more. Throughout life, the weight of the hippo gradually increases. The same applies to his teeth. Older hippos of teeth can reach half-meter dimensions!

An interesting fact is that only one skiing hippos is weighting half a shot.

Southern Sea Elephant

The fifth place occupies the southern sea elephant - the largest animal on the ground from the discharge of the lastonov. Large and fat, marine elephants grow up to six meters long. And the mass of their body is about five tons. The most huge marine elephants were shot in the winter of 1913 in South Georgia. He weighed more than five tons, and in length reached seven meters.

The basic diet of these animals make up fish and squid, which inhabit to a thousand meters deep. In search of mining, sea elephants dive repeatedly and a lot of time will be grown under water. So the record was registered - the animal was under one of about two hours. By the way, these mammals are carried out most of their life in the open ocean, the land is rather rarely chosen, as a rule, during the breeding season.

Southern sea elephants are the largest dangerous animals. They are the largest predators in the world.

Indian elephant

The Indian elephant also has the second name - "Asian". He would earn the title of "The Most more Animal in the world" from the dwelling ", if it were not for his African fellow. The height of the elephants reach three and a half meters, and in length - about six meters. In addition, these animals are enough a long tail (from meter to two). The weight of the Indian elephant can reach five and a half tons. By the way, females are significantly less than males.

Asian elephants are residents of forests. Most often they can be found in subtropical and tropical wide forests. Elephants love bamboo and shrub. They easily move along overgrown jungle and swampy locations.

Interesting fact: Indian elephants live with flocks, led by the most experienced and adult female.

African elephant

In third place in the ranking - African elephant is the largest animal among those who live on land. The males weigh about six tons and reach eight meters in length and three - height. Females weigh two times less, and in height - no more than two or three meters.

The largest animal living on land is practically no enemies. Of course, due to its size. But small elephant is still attacked by bloodthirsty lions, leopards, hyenas and crocodiles.

Elephants are surprisingly quickly moving. So, the average speed is about forty km / h. Thus, the elephant is able to easily overtake the person. Of course, such dimensions require a lot of food: so, one day one elephant can eat about three hundred kilograms of grass. These animals are very clever and even capable of compassion. But despite this, they are considered one of the most dangerous on the planet.

An interesting fact: because of his huge sizes, the African elephant has to sleep.

Sperm whale

Second place is occupied by Cachelot. To date, this is the largest animal on Earth from the Tord Whale Realcate, as well as the sole remaining Cash Family. Hurry males of coushlot reach twenty-meter length and weigh fifty tons! But female representatives are much smaller: up to eleven meters long, weighing fifteen tons. Of course, you can find coushlots and more greasy, but it is in order of exception.

In nature, adult males of couphers, enemies do not exist. And for the young and females, only the rusks represent a threat.

An interesting fact: thirty-five percent of the entire body of the couch is one head alone.

Blue whale

So, the largest animal (photo - in the article) is blue whale. Other names are blue, or shut. Refers to marine mammal. In total, there are three types of these giants in the world - southern, northern and dwarf whales. They practically do not differ external signs and sizes. Sometimes scientists allocate the fourth appearance - Indian whale. The North and South Blue whales live in cold circuopolar waters, and the dwarf - in the tropical seas. All subspecies lead almost the same lifestyle. Floating, as a rule, one way, sometimes and couples. You can meet small bands, but even in them each of the whales is kept separately.

Blue Whale is the biggest animal in the light of ever existed and famous science. Even dinosaurs are not able to take it with him - he is truly huge! So, an adult person can grow to thirty meters long. Weight can be about one hundred eighty tons. Yes, only one language of this animal weighs as much as an Indian elephant of medium-sized (about three tons).

W. blue Whale The most huge heart in the world. It is the size of a passenger car, and weighs approximately the same. The volume of the lungs reaches three thousand liters. This allows the whales to remain on submarine depths about half an oxygen. These giants float fairly quickly (about forty km / h). You can still see them from afar along ten meter fountains that arise during the surface to surface.

Blue WHO diet make up mostly plankton and small beings similar to shrimp. They are called Krill. Daily whales absorb about forty million representatives of Krill.

The biggest pet

But what about our smaller brothers, whom we have tamed? Among them, too, there are quite large individuals, on which it is impossible not to pay attention.

The largest breed of dogs is English Mastiff. On average, males grow up to ninety centimeters and weigh about one hundred twenty kilograms. The bitches weigh a little less - somewhere before a hundred kilograms. These dogs are aristocrats. They are loved not only for power, but also for equilibrium, courage, as well as peacefulness. The English Mastiff will become an excellent watchdog and dog, and a merry companion dog.

The most more animal in the world of this breed is English Mastiff named Ikam Zorbo. He fell into the Guinness Book of Records Thanks to the weight of a hundred fifty-five kilograms.

The largest breed of domestic cats - Asher. It reaches a meter in length and at the same time weighs about fifteen kilograms.

This is an exotic hybrid cat, externally similar to a small leopard. This species was derived in 2006. For the creation of Ashers, the genes of African servals, Asian leopard and ordinary home cats were mixed. An animal received its name thanks to the pagan goddess Asher.

This cat is not only the biggest, but the most expensive. So, the kitten Asher costs more than twenty thousand dollars. However, this is not at all embarrassing those who want to make such a pet, they occupy a queue in advance. This cat is a big rarity, as the company grows in total for a hundred animals per year.

Asher with something resembles a small sphinx. She is - perfect pet. It is considered hypoallergenic, likes to play with children, to lose his feet and, of course, sleep. Yes, and the food is absolutely not picky. Asher is the only one of all cats, with whom you can walk on a leash.

The world's largest rabbit is Belgian Flander. This is a very ancient Flemish breed, derived in the sixteenth century (city of Ghenta, Belgium). Such rabbits can weigh about thirty pounds (thirteen kilograms) and be the size of a big dog.

For four of the five types of the most severe animal animals of the main habitat is water. Water environment Reduces the power of the earthly attraction, gives a space for movement, provides a huge organism.

Nevertheless, all champions of heavyweights lead their origin from land ancestors.

Fifth place - South Sea Elephant

The fifth place among the most difficult representatives of the planet occupies the Southern Sea Elephant (Mirounga Leonina) - a laston-legged naval predator, a mammal from the family of seals. The population lives off the coast of Antarctica. Adult male weighs an average of 2-4 tons, the mass of the largest sea elephant reached 5 tons. The females of this type of seal are noticeably different from the strong floor - they are miniature, weigh only 900 kg.

The lion's share of life marine elephants spend in water, and only in the spring go to the shore - during the period of molting and marriage games. Fights of males are taking place on the rookers: tons of fat are stuck under the sounds of a threatening roar. Sea wishland are born in the center of the centner, after a month their weight increases triple. Mothers leave the young and go to the sea for food. Sea elephant learn to survive independently, almost 80% of young becomes mining white sharks and tales.

Third place - African Elephant

African Elephant - the hardest mammal living outside of water bodies. The mass of elephants in Savannah Africa is 7.5 tones, and the largest instance of weighed over 12 tons (elephants of the Indian jungle weigh only 5.4 tons). What is the difference between an African elephant from Indian told in our article. Most of the life - 15-20 hours a day - Elephants eat, they absorb up to 300-450 kg of plant food and drink 100-300 liters of water.