Animals Statistics

Chimelong Spaceship in Hengqin holds 75.4 million litres, 1.55 times the 48.8 million of Chimelong Ocean Kingdom. 3 of t...

Indonesia (212.0), Madagascar (133.0) and India (99.0) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 212....

The top three in Average Sleep per Day (hours) are Koala (22), Sloth (20) and Little brown bat (19.9). The 8 entries cov...

The sperm whale (230 dB) is the loudest animal on Earth, its echolocation clicks powerful enough, in theory, to be letha...

The giant squid (13 m) is the longest cephalopod, its extraordinary length driven mostly by two elongated feeding tentac...

The top three in Leg Span (cm) are Giant huntsman spider (30), Goliath birdeater (28) and Brazilian salmon pink birdeate...

The giant wētā (71 g) holds the verified record for the heaviest adult insect, a flightless New Zealand cricket relative...

The ostrich egg (1,400 g) is the heaviest laid by any living bird, more than twice the weight of the next-largest eggs f...

The top three in Maximum Height (m) are Giraffe (5.50), African bush elephant (4) and Ostrich (2.80). The 6 entries in M...

The whale shark (18 m) utterly dominates, roughly half again as long as the second-place basking shark (12.27 m), and th...

The reticulated python (6.95 m) narrowly leads a tight top group, ahead of the Central African rock python (6.5 m) and t...

The Arctic tern (≈70,000 km) makes by far the longest migration of any animal, flying from Arctic breeding grounds to An...

Rüppell's vulture (11,300 m) flies higher than any other bird on record, cruising at altitudes where jetliners fly and o...

The black marlin (129 km/h) and sailfish (109 km/h) lead as the ocean's speed specialists, their streamlined bodies and...

The sperm whale (9 kg) has the heaviest brain of any animal, ahead of the killer whale (5.6 kg) and the African elephant...

The top three in Maximum Dive Depth (m) are Cuvier's beaked whale (2,992), Southern elephant seal (2,388) and Sperm whal...

The top three in Diploid Chromosome Number (2n) are Goldfish (100), Dog (78) and Chicken (78). Goldfish tops the list wi...

The peregrine falcon (389 km/h) is not just the fastest bird but the fastest animal on Earth - yet this speed is achieve...

The wandering albatross (3.63 m) and great white pelican (3.6 m) lead by the narrowest of margins, with the southern roy...

The African elephant (670 days) tops the list, carrying its young for well over twice as long as a human (270 days) and...

Cheetah heads the table on 112, ahead of Pronghorn Antelope (98) and Springbok (88) in Top Speed (km/h). 40 separates th...

United States heads the table on 70, ahead of Australia (69) and Switzerland (60) in Household Pet Ownership Rate (%) in...

Blue Whale heads the table on 150, ahead of North Pacific Right Whale (100) and Sperm Whale (45) in Average Adult Weight...

Cheetah heads the table on 112, ahead of Pronghorn Antelope (98) and Springbok (88) in Top Speed (km/h). 35 separates th...