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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]])]
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