Animals are record holders. Records of flora and fauna

Who among the animals is the fastest, the most dexterous, the cleverest? And what are the records among plants? Learn from this article!

The largest animal in the world

Records of animals in size - blue whales. The blue whale, or, as it is also called, blurted, is not just the biggest and most serious modern animal. It is likely that this huge mammal is the largest animal ever lived on earth. The length of his body can reach 33 meters, and the weight exceeds 200 tons. Heart of a whale the size of a car, and the language - from an adult elephant.

Despite such impressive sizes, whales feed on small cephalopods, fish, crustaceans, krill, plankton. The exact life expectancy of the giants is for certain unknown. But the whale can live for a long time - about 80-90 years, and the oldest recorded whale survived to the venerable age of 110 years.

Due to the uncontrolled capture of the blue giants on our planet, there are not much left - no more than 10 thousand individuals.

Long-Lived Animals

How many lived the oldest record animals? Everyone knows that some species of birds and fish can exist more than a hundred years. The sea urchin of the Red Sea is able to cross the 200-year boundary. The oldest mollusk is considered to be an individual, the rings on the shell of which was determined to be 405 years old.

Another fantastic long-liver is the Arctic sponge. This animal leads an attached way of life and grows very slowly. A large specimen was found, whose age is estimated from 15 to 23 thousand years!

But this figure is not the limit. The species of jellyfish Turritopsis Nutricula is potentially immortal! Having reached maturity, this amazing animal again turns into a polyp, from which later new jellyfish will form. This metamorphosis continues indefinitely, which means that death from old age does not threaten the jellyfish.

The largest land animal

Recorders from the animal world, elephants, are the largest land creatures living on the planet at the moment. The weight of the male can reach 7 tons, and the height - 3.5 meters. Elephants are remarkable not only for their size, they are also one of the smartest animals.

An example of the high intelligence of elephants is the fact that they are able to recognize their reflection in the mirror. This is an indication that these animals have self-awareness, self-image, self. In addition to a person, only highly developed species of monkeys and dolphins recognize the reflection in the mirror.

Elephants can use improvised tools, that is, in fact, weapons of labor. For example, these mammals can take branches to ward off flies. Do not be alien to the giants and creativity. Elephants can draw and possess a good musical ear.

The most intelligent animal

Several species of animals pretend to be the smartest, but still they are the closest to the chimpanzee. Gifted individuals can learn sign language and even make short phrases on it. They have a sense of humor, are able to use words in a figurative sense and even create new concepts based on known ones. Chimpanzees understand the speech addressed to them. These are the most photogenic animal record-holders. Photos of these monkeys can be seen in many collections of original and amazing pictures.

These amazing animals in nature use primitive tools - sticks, leaves, stones - and can combine 2 tools. Chimpanzees break nuts with stones and use thin sticks to extract kernels, can sharpen sticks with teeth and use them for hunting.

The tallest animal

What do the tallest animals look like? The record holders for growth are giraffes. Males can reach a height of 6 meters and a weight of 1.2 tons, with almost one third of the length of the neck.

The step of this majestic animal is 6-8 meters. In order for blood to supply oxygen to the brain of a giraffe, he needs a strong eight-kilogram heart muscle. The animal has high blood pressure and thick blood, and its arteries have thick walls and are equipped with a valve system.

Giraffe can get delicious leaves from the upper branches of trees, but it's hard for him to drink, you have to fall to your knees. Sleep these giants lying, bending the flexible neck and laying their heads on the croup. Due to the high growth and sharp vision, giraffes can see the danger at a distance of two kilometers. They can defend themselves with their front hoofs and run at a speed of 60 km / h.

Fastest animal

What is the fastest animal-record holder? The cheetah is able to develop a speed of 65 km / h in just two seconds and reach a speed of 130 km / h in a short distance. He catches the victim with one jump and instantly kills an exact bite in the neck. After a meal, the beast leaves the carcass, as it can not protect it from other predators.

Cheetah - a flexible, slender animal. These graceful cats are not fearful, not prone to aggression towards humans and often remind their dogs of behavior. There are cases of domestication of cheetahs. Between them, spotted sprinters communicate with a soft yap and a soft tweet that resembles a bird's.

The smallest mammal

Animals-record holders can be tiny. A swinebuckling bat is often called a bumblebee mouse. This tiny mammal really resembles the size of an insect. The length of the body of the mouse barely reaches 3 cm, and the weight is 2 grams.

The nose of the animal is like a small patch of five, hence the name of the species. These kids live in Myanmar and Thailand, are rare. Animals live in groups, in calcareous caves. They lead a nocturnal life and eat insects.

The smallest bird

Tiny animal record-holders often resemble insects. So, the hummingbird is compared with a butterfly, then with a bumblebee. This tiny bird weighs 1.6 grams, and its body has a length of 5.7 cm. Fly crumbs are lightning fast and can develop a speed of 80 km / h. Their wings move so fast that you can hear buzzing. They feed on hummingbirds with floral nectar.

Records of plants

Records of animals and plants can surprise. The highest tree of the existing ones is the sequoia Hyperion. The height of this giant is 115.5 meters. This is higher than a thirty-story house! And the age of the tree is estimated at 700-800 years.

The clonal colony of the aspen-shaped poplar in the USA "Pando" is recognized by scientists as the largest living organism on the planet. It's all about the peculiarities of poplar reproduction. The tree has a developed root system, and from the root can grow another trunk, a clone of the original tree. And there are 47 thousand such clones in the grove, they are all genetically identical and have a single root system. The approximate age of the Pando is 80,000 years, and the total weight exceeds 6,000 tons.

The oldest tree today is 4845 years old. This pine is a spiny intermountain pine called Methuselah, which grows in California. Spinous pines have a height of about 10 meters, their trunks and branches are damaged, and the cortex is often absent. Methuselah suffered significantly from tourists who tried to take with them a branch or a piece of bark. Now the exact place of growth of the tree is kept secret.