Amazing Nature Games - Big and Small

There are a lot of all living creatures in our world - crawling, flying, jumping, swimming, etc. Over the long history of the development of our planet, evolution has “played” enough with some animal species, breeding representatives of the same class or order on different sides of the size spectrum. So, dwarfs and giants in the animal world.

snakes

Tetracheilostoma carlae snakes are very small, adults can reach only 10 cm in length. Green anacondas are slightly shorter than the longest snakes (reticulated pythons), but still reach an average of 4.5 m in length and weigh 55 kg each.

Monkey

Pygmy marmosets are the smallest monkeys in the world, reaching a length of only 15 cm. They weigh about 120 g. Mandrills are the largest species of monkeys, males weigh about 36 kg, but can reach 54 kg.

Horses

Falabella horses are the smallest, weighing only 18 kg. Shire - on the contrary, the breed of the largest horses weighing up to 1090 kg.

whales

The small pygmy sperm whale is the smallest whale, its length is about 2.7 m, and its weight is 250 kg. The blue whale is considered not only the largest whale, but also the largest animal in the world - about 30 meters in length and almost 180,450 kg in weight!

Birds

The smallest bird in the world is the hummingbird, it weighs only 2 grams. And the largest bird (albeit flightless) is considered an ostrich - 115 kg. On the other hand, it is not surprising that ostriches cannot fly - at such and such a weight!

Fish (excluding sharks)

The fish of the species Paedocypris progenetica is the smallest on earth, its length is about 1 cm. The moon fish, on the contrary, can rightfully be called the largest - on average, representatives of this species reach a weight of 995 kg and a length of 4.2 meters from one fin to another.

sharks

The shark of the species Etmopterus perryi is the smallest on the planet, its length is about 17 cm. The largest sharks in the oceans are whale sharks - an average of 9.7 m in length and weighing 9000 kg at 905 kg).

Wild cats

The smallest are rusty cats: about 1.15 kg in weight and 65 cm in length. Well, the largest wild cat is, of course, the tiger - about 380 kg in weight and 3.5 m in length.

butterflies

The wingspan of the Brephidium exilis butterfly is only 1.2 cm, while the Queen Alexandra birdwing is almost 25 cm.

Crabs

Pea crabs (Pinnotheres pisum) got their name, as you might guess, because they are the size of a pea. These are parasites that can be found in the oyster. But the Japanese spider crab boasts a jaw span of up to 3.6 meters and a weight of more than 18 kg.

rabbits

Idaho rabbits are the smallest, averaging around 450g. Continental giant rabbits average 6-9kg, but the largest ever was just under 22kg and over 1.2m in length.

Spiders

Patu marplesi is a tiny half-millimeter spider that is almost impossible to see. And Heteropoda maxima is a species of spider that you hardly ever want to see with your own eyes - the span of their paws reaches 30 cm.

Octopuses

The octopus of the species Octopus wolfi reaches about 1.2 cm in length and weighs 1 gram. And the giant octopus weighs 54 kg and reaches 6 m across the body, although the largest representative of this species in history weighed 136 kg and reached 9 m across the body.

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Pig-nosed bats are the smallest of their kind, and perhaps of all mammals. Their wingspan is only 12 cm, and they weigh about 20 g. Giant flying foxes, on the contrary, are the largest bats. They can weigh as little as 1.1 kg but have a wingspan of up to 1.5 m.

shellfish

The five species of molluscs of the genus Waldo are probably the smallest in the world, measuring less than 5 mm in length. The giant tridacna is called giant for a reason - its length is 1.2 m, and its weight is 205 kg.

Dolphins

Maui's dolphins are the smallest of all, at around 1.6m in length and just over 45kg in weight. Killer whales are the largest species of dolphins: the average length is 7.5 m, and the weight is about 5900 kg.

Turtles

Spotted turtles are the smallest, about 9 cm long and weighing only 110 g. Leatherback turtles are the largest, measuring 2.13 meters in length and weighing 450 kg, but the largest representative of this species in history weighed 907 kg at that same body length.

Foxes

Fennec foxes are the smallest representatives of foxes, weighing only 1.13 kg and 20 cm high. Common foxes are the largest, they reach a weight of 13 kg and a height of 50 cm.

frogs

With a length of only 0.76 cm, Paedophryne amauensis frogs are the smallest (and not only frogs, but also vertebrates). The goliath frog is the largest in the world, it grows up to 30 cm and weighs about 3.18 kg.