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 ==== The best sense of smell ====
-Bears have the best sense of smell. The number of receptors in a bear's nose is 7 times higher than in a dog and about 100 times higher than in a human. There are known cases of polar bears going after prey blown up from a huge distance. [([[https://hikingandfishing.com/bears-sense-of-smell/|Hiking and Fishing]])]
+Bears have the best sense of smell. The number of receptors in a bear's nose is seven times higher than in a dog's and about 100 times higher than in a human's. There are known cases of polar bears going after prey from a huge distance. [([[https://hikingandfishing.com/bears-sense-of-smell/|Hiking and Fishing]])]
 ==== The largest cats ====
-A liger is a cross between a male lion and a female tiger. Tigers are the largest known cats, reaching over 880 lbs. Interestingly, tigons (a cross between a male tiger and a female lion) do not grow like liger cats.  [([[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/mrd.22074|Wiley Online Library]])]
+A liger is a cross between a male lion and a female tiger. Tigers are the largest known cats, reaching over 880 pounds. Interestingly, tigons (a cross between a male tiger and a female lion) do not grow like liger cats.  [([[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/mrd.22074|Wiley Online Library]])]
 ==== The longest pregnancy ====
-The elephant is the mammal in which pregnancy lasts the longest. Pregnancy in elephants lasts about 2 years. This is longer than for whales (16 months) and camels (15 months). [([[https://www.treehugger.com/animals-with-the-longest-gestation-period-4869368|Tree Hugger]])]
+Elephants have the longest pregnancy of any mammal. Pregnancy in elephants lasts about two years. This is longer than pregnancy in whales (16 months) and camels (15 months). [([[https://www.treehugger.com/animals-with-the-longest-gestation-period-4869368|Tree Hugger]])]
 ==== The largest eyes ====
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 ==== The largest wingspan ====
 The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan. The largest albatrosses can reach a wingspan of 11 ft 6 in, while condors and marabouts have a wingspan of about 9 ft 5 in. Albatrosses spend most of their lives in flight, landing only for food or breeding. [([[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/facts/albatrosses|National Geographic]])]
+==== Ugliest fish ====
+The ugliest fish is Psychrolutes marcidus, a species of scorpion fish in the family Psychrolutidae, which lives in deep waters off the coast of Australia and Tasmania. Due to the lack of access to its habitat, humans rarely see it. [([[https://www.americanoceans.org/facts/worlds-ugliest-fish/|American Oceans]])]
+==== Longest feathers ====
+The longest feathers of any bird are those of the Japanese onagadori cockatoo - tail feathers can reach a length of more than 10 meters. [([[https://www.odditycentral.com/animals/onagadori-a-japanese-chicken-breed-with-majestically-long-tails.html|Oddity Central]])]
+==== Strongest insect ====
+The world's strongest insect is the species of horned dung beetle - with a body size of up to 5 cm, it can lift 1,141 times its own body weight. [([[https://www.livescience.com/8145-super-bug-world-strongest-insect-revealed.html|Live Science]])]
+==== Largest anuran amphibian ====
+The largest anuran amphibian is the goliath frog (Conrana goliath), an anuran amphibian living in Cameroon, reaching up to 40 cm in length and over 3 kg in weight. [([[https://www.livescience.com/8145-super-bug-world-strongest-insect-revealed.html|Live Science]])]
+==== Biggest amphibian ====
+The largest anuran amphibian is the goliath frog (Conraua goliath), an anuran amphibian living in Cameroon, reaching up to 40 cm in length and over 3 kg in weight. [([[https://conbio.org/groups/sections/africa/act/the-worlds-biggest-frog|Conbio]])]
+==== Largest predator in the America ====
+The largest predator in the Americas is the alligator of the Orinoco (South America). Males in favorable conditions can grow up to 7 meters in length. [([[https://wildark.org/species/orinoco-crocodile/|Wild Ark]])]
+==== Largest dog ====
+The world's largest dog was Giant George from Arizona born in 2005 and belonged to the German dog breed. He measured 1 meter and 9 cm at the withers, that is, from shoulder blades to the ground, 2 meters and 20 cm from the nose to the end of the tail, and weighed 111 kg. The dog lived for 7 years. [([[https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/02/worlds_tallest_dog_is_arizonas.html|NPR]])]
+==== Largest land animal ====
+The world's largest land mammal in the world is the African elephant. It reaches up to 7.5 meters in length and 5 tons in weight. [([[https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/animals-we-protect/african-bush-elephant/|Nature]])]
+==== Longest insect ====
+The longest insect in the world is a stick insect from Madagascar. Its length reaches 40 cm. [([[https://www.sci.news/biology/achrioptera-giant-stick-insects-07059.html|SCI]])]
+==== Pickiest animal ====
+The pickiest animal is the koala because it feeds only on eucalyptus leaves. [([[https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-that-koalas-need-to-eat-only-one-type-of-eucalyptus-leaves|Quora]])]
+==== Smallest chameleon ====
+The world's smallest chameleon is Brookesia Micra found in Madagascar. It was discovered between 2003 and 2007 and formally described in 2012. [([[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worlds-tiniest-chameleon/|Scientific American]])]
+{{tag>nature fauna}}

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