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chicot60
02-10-2014, 11:51 PM
Fastest Fish:
Sailfish can swim up to 68 miles per hour
http://i.imgur.com/tfDm2iq.jpg

Fastest Bird:
Peregrine falcons can dive at more than 200 miles per hour.
http://i.imgur.com/lqkzbrx.jpg

Most dangerous bird to humans:
The Cassowary grows to 4.9-5.9ft tall and have three-toed feet with sharp claws. They have been known to attack and kill humans
http://i.imgur.com/medlgNr.jpg

Loudest Animal:
Blue whales' low-frequency pulses are as loud as 188 decibels and can be detected more than 500 miles away.
http://i.imgur.com/FLEpGHI.jpg

Longest Migration:
Arctic terns migrate to and from the Antarctic which is about a 22,000 mile round trip each year.
http://i.imgur.com/tdKLSa0.jpg

chicot60
02-10-2014, 11:51 PM
Deadliest Animal:
Female Anopheles mosquitoes, which carry malaria, kill more than a million people each year.
http://i.imgur.com/i09RBR9.jpg

Most Venomous Animal:
A single sea wasp a kind of jellyfish with 60 tentacles, each 15 feet long has enough venom to kill 60 adult humans.
http://i.imgur.com/LTmNUIp.jpg

Strongest Animal:
The rhinoceros beetle can lift 850 times its own weight.
http://i.imgur.com/EWrImc3.jpg

Longest Gestation:
Asian elephants are born after a gestation period of 19 to 22 months.
http://i.imgur.com/o9KIKLy.jpg

Smallest Vertebrate:
Australia's infantfish is less than a centimeter long.
http://i.imgur.com/YWe8FiX.jpg