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Common consensus is that the Green Anaconda is the biggest existing snake. In therms of length some species of python are even longer, but ...

This is very difficult question. There are different features to compare. Possibly as average the heaviest and most powerful eagle is the Ha...

(Photo and article courtesy of Dick Allen) Just I thought I sorted out this problem and this one pop up. It was caught 1926 in Maine and h...

This is really difficult question. There've been several attempts to order the smartest animals, but always there is big controvers...

An American lobster ( Homarus americanus ) is probably the heaviest specimen of arthropod ever recorded. According to the Guinness World R...

Seems that the Oleander ( Nerium oleander ) is probably the most poisonous plant. In Wikipedia we will see that around 0.5 mg per kilogram...

The Gambian Pouch Rat is the largest rat in the world according many sources. The true is that it is rather the biggest rat-like creature...

Apparently the fastest animal is the Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus ). In the movie we can see a scientist proving it. The falcon i...

The Goliath beetles ( Goliathus ) are among the largest beetles. In my opinion only 2 or 3 specieses are heavier or larger. There are a lot...

The megalodon ( Carcharodon megalodon ) was a giant prehistoric shark that probably lived between about 16 to 1.6 million years ago. It is ...

The Atacama Desert receives on an average less than .004 in /.01 cm of rainfall per year, some parts of this desert have not received rainf...

Image Courtesy : www.spiegel.de A NASA satellite recorded surface temperatures in the Lut desert of Iran ...

Great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias) caught in a set-net in Seven Star Lake, Hualien County, Taiwan, on May 14, 1997. Gross weight o...

On the photo Alfred Glassell poses with his long standing world record Black Marlin ( Makaira indica ) weighing 1,560 pounds (707.6 kg) cau...

Apparently the stonefish ( Synanceia verrucosa ), also known as the the reef stone or dornorn is the most venomous fish in the world. It is...

One of the most venomous insects are the caterpillars of the Moth genus Lonomia . To date, no one has calculated the LD 50 values of Lonomi...

Harvester ants in the genus Pogonomyrmex have the most toxic venom documented in any insects based on mice LD50 values, with P. maricopa v...

In my opinion the Titan Beetle ( Titanus giganteus ) is the largest and longest one. The biggest recorded specimen is about 17 cm long. Is ...

Photo from Thunderbird site list Apparently Argentavis magnificens is the largest flying bird ever discovered. Dr. Kenneth E. Campbell , (...

Photo from University of Florida Which one is the world's largest beetle is a very difficult question. All depends what exactly means ...