Animal Superlatives

What this quiz asks

• Which bird reaches the highest speed of any animal when it dives on its prey?
• Which is the largest member of the dolphin family?
• This animal is often called the world's slowest mammal. How often does it usually climb down from its tree?
• The sperm whale has the largest brain of any animal alive today.
• Which snake species grows the longest?
• Select ALL of these animals that are the largest living species of their group.
• Which is the largest living turtle?
• The goliath frog, the largest frog in the world, lives wild only in which part of the world?
• Does an African elephant's pregnancy last almost two years?
• The world's largest amphibians, giant salamanders up to about 1.8 metres long, live wild in which country?
• Order these birds by wingspan, from smallest to largest.
• Which animal has the densest fur of any animal on Earth?
• Which animal is the fastest land runner in the Americas?
• A female kiwi's egg can weigh about one fifth as much as she does.
• What is the largest arthropod that lives on land?
• Standing up to about 1.8 metres tall, which is the tallest flying bird in the world?
• Select ALL of these animals that can live for more than 200 years.
• The heaviest bony fish ever recorded, a 2.7-tonne giant found off the Azores in 2021, was which kind of fish?
• In 1973 a Rüppell's vulture collided with an airliner over West Africa, the highest bird flight on record. At what altitude, in metres?
• In 2014 scientists reported a mammal diving to 2,992 metres, the deepest mammal dive on record. Which animal was it?