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These animals put some trucks to shame.
Humans cannot keep up with the weight, length and height of these animals.
1 / 10Blue Whale: The largest animal in the world is undoubtedly the blue whale.
It is not only one of the longest, but also one of the heaviest animals.
It can be up to 30 meters long and weigh 200 tons.
His heart is the size of a small car and he consumes almost 4 tons of food every day.
The blue whale is found in all oceans except the Arctic Ocean.
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2 / 10Long Nemertine: The long Nemertine, also called the lineworm Lineus Longissimus, is also a sea creature.
It can be over 30 meters long, but its body diameter is only about one centimeter.
The longest specimen was found on the Scottish coast in 1864 and measured 55 meters.
The long nemertine occurs in the brackish water zones of European seas and in the Atlantic.
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3 / 10Giant squid:The giant squid is often incorrectly referred to as a giant octopus, but actually belongs to the genus of ten-armed squid.
They grow up to 18 meters long and can visually adapt their color and pattern to their surroundings.
Giant squid are found on the coasts of England, Norway, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
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4 / 10State jellyfish:As the name suggests, state jellyfish are small colonies of jellyfish that are tightly connected to each other.
They can grow up to 50 meters long in total and consist of thousands of individual polyps.
The most famous state jellyfish is the Portuguese galley, whose tentacles release a neurotoxin on contact.
It lives mainly in the seas off Portugal, the Canary Islands and in the Pacific.
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5 / 10Saltwater Crocodile: Not only can the saltwater crocodile reach a considerable length of over 6 meters, it is also the animal with the strongest jaws in the world.
Females can weigh up to 100 kilos and males can weigh up to 1000 kilos.
The correct name for the reptile is actually saltwater crocodile because it can survive in both saltwater and freshwater.
However, it is mainly found in the northwestern regions of Australia.
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6 / 10Giraffe: The giraffe is the largest land animal in terms of body height.
Masai giraffes grow to almost 6 meters tall and can weigh up to 900 kilos.
They only eat plants and live mainly in eastern African countries, such as Kenya and Tanzania.
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7 / 10Elephant: After the giraffe, the elephant is the largest animal on land.
African elephants grow up to 4 meters tall and weigh up to 7.5 tons.
Their home is the savannah in Botswana, but there are also African elephants in Kenya, Namibia, Zambia and South Africa.
They can smell water up to 10 kilometers away, which is an essential feature for survival in the dry environment.
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8 / 10Ostrich:The ostrich is not necessarily the largest land animal, but it is the largest bird in the world.
It is almost 3 meters tall, weighs up to 140 kilograms and can run around 70 kilometers an hour on its two legs.
The ostrich is native to Africa and is particularly common in the east and south of the continent.
The ostrich is extinct on the Arabian Peninsula and Asia.
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9 / 10Japanese giant crab:Another sea creature worth mentioning: the Japanese giant crab.
The species of crab with legs up to 4 meters long seems to have been invented for the Aquaman film, but is a real animal that occurs in the Pacific, especially around Japan.
However, they live at depths of up to 400 meters, which is why they rarely encounter humans.
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10 / 10Giant freshwater stingray:The giant freshwater stingray is also a large marine creature.
This species of ray grows up to 2 meters wide and 6 meters long and can weigh up to 600 kilos.
Giant freshwater stingrays can live up to 100 years and are part of the fish species.
They are mainly found in some large rivers in Thailand and in rivers in Borneo.
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