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The largest land animal on earth is the African elephant. African elephants are 3.5 meters tall and can reach up to 4.1 meters. Weighing approximately 2.7 to 6 tons, a male elephant in Angola, Africa, weighs 13.5 tons an···
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地球上捕食俯冲速度最快的鸟是军舰鸟。军舰鸟是鹈形目军舰鸟科5种大型热带海鸟的通称，喉部有喉囊，用以暂时贮存所捕食的鱼类。胸肌发达，善于飞翔，素有“飞行冠军”之称，是极其出色的飞行家，虽然体重仅1500克左右，但翅展可达2米。它···
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The most powerful animal on earth is the crocodile. The crocodile is the largest of the 23 crocodile species and the largest reptile on earth. The Gulf crocodile is also known as the sea crocodile, saltwater crocodile, h···
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The most venomous animal on earth is the Australian box jellyfish. Common names include sea wasps, transparent killers in the ocean. It is a jellyfish that lives in Australia and northern New Guinea, the Philippines and ···
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The highest flying animal on earth is the black-and-white vulture. The black-and-white vulture is a large African vulture belonging to the family Accipitridae and the genus Vulture. It can fly at an altitude of 11,000 me···
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Musk ox guard hairs can grow up to about 60 cm long. Learn why their coat is so long, what qiviut is, and whether musk oxen truly hold the animal hair record.
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地球上奔跑速度最快的动物是猎豹，猎豹又称印度豹，是猫科猎豹属的一种动物，也是猎豹属下唯一的物种。猎豹是世界上在陆地上奔跑得最快的动物，它的时速可以达到115公里。如果人类的短跑世界冠军和猎豹进行百米比赛的话，猎豹可以让这个世···
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The largest fish on the earth is the whale shark, also known as the whale shark, tofu shark, and giant shark. It is a shark in the family Whale Sharkidae and the genus Whale Shark. It is the largest shark and the largest···
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The smartest animal on earth is the chimpanzee. Chimpanzees are primates that can distinguish different colors and make 32 sounds with different meanings. Able to use simple tools, they are the most intelligent animals k···
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Orchid mantises are the most camouflaged insects on earth. They have extreme sexual dimorphism. Males and females also have different appearances. Their legs have evolved to resemble petals in structure and color. Many d···
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Chironomids are the fastest insects on earth, beating their wings approximately 63,000 times per minute. If the tip of the wing is amputated and placed at a temperature of 99 degrees Fahrenheit, the wing flaps at a speed···
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Stick insects are the longest insects on earth, generally ranging from 6 cm to 24 cm in length. The longest is 62.4 cm. Stick insects, also known as bamboo whips, or simply "insects" (combined with one word, xiū), belon···
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Bat moths are the most reproductive insects on earth, with a female capable of laying more than 29,000 eggs. The larvae of the bat moth are the basis for the growth of Cordyceps sinensis. Taxonomically, they belong to th···
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蜉蝣是蜉蝣目昆虫的统称，是地球上寿命最短的昆虫，最短仅一天而已。蜉蝣是一类原始而美丽的昆虫，起源于石炭纪，距今至少已有2亿年的历史，是最原始的有翅昆虫。主要分布在热带至温带，全世界已知约30-50种，我国已知约36种。蜉蝣目昆虫···
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The Australian dragonfly is the fastest flying insect on earth, the flying champion of the insect world, and the largest dragonfly in the world. With a length of 12 centimeters, it is the largest dragonfly among more tha···
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The fairy wasp is one of the smallest animals in the world, with a body length of only 0.2 mm. It is also the smallest insect on earth. As the smallest flying insect in the world, fairy wasps mainly feed on the eggs of o···
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Cicadas are the loudest hemipteran insects on the planet, which makes them some of the most annoying. There are many aliases, including Zhizhi, Xiao, Zhihou, Bicada, Haiyi, leech, leech, turtle, big turtle (adult), cicad···
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吹泡虫是跳高最厉害的昆虫。吹泡虫以植物为食。雌性吹泡虫通常将卵产在植物的茎上，并使用一种自己分泌的泡沫状物质保护这些后代。这种昆虫很少飞行，通常在植物之间跳跃前进。科学家一直认为跳蚤能够以自身体重136倍的力量进行跳跃，是最···
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The Titan beetle is one of the most mysterious creatures in the world and one of the largest insect species in the world. It mainly lives in the tropical rainforests of Colombia, Peru, Guyana, Ecuador and north-central B···
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The largest spider on earth is the wolf spider. Wolf spider is the collective name for species of the order Araneidae and the family Lycosidae. It has 8 black eyes arranged in 3 rows (4-2-2). The legs are thick and spiny···
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The largest bird on earth is the African ostrich, also a flightless bird. In biological classification, it is the only species in the Ostrichidae family. The body length of African ostrich is about 183-300 cm, the height···
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The oldest living thing on earth is the lingulatus. Lingula, commonly known as sea bean sprouts, is the genus with the longest survival history among the discovered organisms in the world. It is a famous "living fossil" ···
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The fastest long-distance flying animal on Earth is the sharp-tailed swift. The sharp-tailed swift (swift) is the champion of long-distance flight. Its normal flight speed is 170 kilometers/hour; its fastest speed can re···
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The largest lizard on earth is the Komodo dragon. Komodo dragon, scientific name Varanus komodoensis (Ouwens, 1912), is an animal of the genus Varanus in the family Varanus. Also known as the Komodo dragon, it is the lar···
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