Top 10 largest animals in the world

 

our world have all kinds of shapes, colors and sizes. In this article I will tell you about those animals that impress with their enormous mass and incredibly large size. So, the top 10 largest animals in the world.

10. Saltwater crocodile

The weight of a male of this species can reach 2 tons, and the length can be 7 m. The saltwater crocodile is also called the saltwater crocodile, man-eating crocodile, underwater crocodile, salty, estuarine or Indo-Pacific crocodile.

9. Black Rhino

The black rhinoceros can weigh up to 2-2.2 tons, length up to 3.15 m and height up to 150-160 cm. Usually this type of rhinoceros has two horns, but in some places (for example, in Zambia) there are animals with there are three to five horns on the head. Until recently, there were four subspecies of black rhinoceros. However, on November 10, 2013, one of the subspecies was declared extinct. The main reason for the extinction of one subspecies of black rhinoceros was poachers.

8. Walrus

Males representing the Pacific subspecies of walrus mostly weigh 800-1700 kg, but there are also those that can boast a mass of up to 2 tons. The Atlantic subspecies of walrus has a smaller mass. The tusks, which both male and female walruses have, are elongated fangs. They can be up to 1 m long and weigh up to 5.4 kg.

7. White Rhino

Rhinoceroses usually weigh 2-2.5 tons, but older males can weigh 4-5 tons. The body length of a white rhinoceros is about 4.2 m, and the height at the shoulders is about 1.6-2 m. White rhinoceroses have two horns . The front one is always longer than the back one. The following record is known: the length of the front horn of a white rhinoceros is 1.58 m. The white rhinoceros is divided into two subspecies: the northern white rhinoceros and the southern white rhinoceros. The northern white rhinoceros is slightly larger than the southern one. Due to rhino poachers, at the end of November 2015 there were only three northern white rhinos left in the world. These two females and one male live in a reserve in Kenya.

6. Hippopotamus

Among hippopotamuses (aka hippopotamuses), there are often cases when a male weighs up to 3 tons. Most often, males have a mass of approximately 1.6 tons, and females - 1.4 tons. The height of a hippopotamus at the shoulders reaches 1.65 m. The body length can be from 3 to 5.4 m. The tail of the hippopotamus alone has a length of 56 cm.

5. Southern Elephant Seal

Males have a mass of 3-5 tons, and females - 400-900 kg, less often - up to 1 ton. The body length of a male is usually 4.2-5.8 m (as other data states: the body length of the southern elephant seal can reach 6 ,2-6.5 m). Females usually have a body length of no more than 2.6-3 m. Southern elephant seals are impressive in their size. Even a newborn baby has considerable size and weight. If you think that it is called a southern elephant seal, then you are mistaken: the calves of southern elephant seals are called pups. So, this puppy has a body length of up to approximately 127 cm and a weight of about 40-50 kg.

4. Indian elephant

Males of the Indian (also called Asian) elephant can weigh up to 5.4 tons and are 2.5-3.5 m tall. Females have less mass: their weight is usually about 2.7 tons. The body length of the Asian elephant is approximately 5 .5-6.4 m. Even the elephant’s tail is quite impressive in size! Its length is approximately 1.2-1.5 m. The elephant's pregnancy lasts for 18-21.5 months, after which she gives birth to a calf (less often two elephants), weighing approximately 90-100 kg and shoulder height approximately 1 m. A baby elephant has tusks from birth. In the first days of his life, they are only 5 cm long. By the age of two, the baby elephant changes its milk teeth to adult ones, and at this time the tusks fall out. In adult elephants (mostly males, as female Indian elephants rarely develop tusks), the tusks grow up to 1.6 m long and weigh about 20-25 kg.

3. African elephant

African elephants are divided into savannah and forest elephants. Savannah elephants are larger than their forest counterparts. Males from savannahs usually weigh about 7 tons, and females - 5 tons. However, a record was recorded when a male savannah elephant weighed 12.24 tons.

2. Sperm whale

Adult male sperm whales weigh up to 50 tons and length up to 20 m. Female sperm whales are slightly smaller in size and weight: their body length is about 15 m and their weight is about 20 tons.

1. Blue whale

This animal usually weighs more than 150 tons. The body length of the blue whale is about 33 m. The blue whale is also called the blue whale or vomit. There are three subspecies of the blue whale, but a fourth subspecies is sometimes recognized. Subspecies of the blue whale differ slightly in size and build.

Despite the fact that dinosaurs with their impressive size became extinct many centuries ago, today there are species of enormous size on our planet. Despite their external power, they need our careful attitude towards them, their habitat and nature in general.