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Record | Animal | Scientific name | Length | Weight | Diet Type |
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Biggest animal that ever lived | Argentinosaurus (a dinosaur) |
Argentinosaurus huinculensis | 35+m | 730,000 kg | herbivore |
Biggest living animal | blue whale | Balaenoptera musculus | 33.4m | 190,000+ kg | herbivore |
Biggest land animal | African bush elephant | Loxodonta africana | 10.7m | 12,700 kg | herbivore |
Tallest land animal | giraffe | Giraffa camelopardalis | 5.8m | 2,000 kg | herbivore |
Biggest reptile | saltwater crocodile | Crocodylus porosus | 6.3m | 1,360 kg | carnivore |
Biggest living bird | ostrich | Struthio camelus | 2.8m | 156 kg | omnivore |
Biggest spider | Goliath birdeater | Heteropoda maxima | 0.30m | 0.15 kg | carnivore |
Biggest insect | Goliath beetle | Goliathus goliatus + G. regius | 0.115m | 0.1 kg | herbivore |
Biggest butterfly | Queen Alexandra's birdwing | Ornithoptera alexandrae | 0.08m | 0.012 kg | herbivore |
1. What is the biggest animal alive today? _____________________________________________
2. What animal was the biggest that ever lived? ________________________________________
3. What is the biggest insect? ________________________________________________________
4. Which animal in the table can fly? ___________________________________________________
5. What is the scientific name of the biggest living reptile? _____________________________
6. The biggest spider, the __________________________________, has a leg span of about 1 foot.
7. The average car weighs about 1800 kg. Which animal weighs about as much as a car?
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8. A school bus is 11m long. Which animal is about this long? ____________________________
9. A 10-story building is about 30m tall. Which animals are/were as long as a 10-story building?
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10. Are most of the biggest animals herbivores (plant-eaters) or carnivores (meat-eaters)?
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