List of Biggest Animals with Abnormal Size in the World

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VIVA – Each animal does have a variety of shapes, sizes, and shapes. There are small to big, even giant. The biggest living animals in the world include the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), an animal measuring over 100 feet (30 meters) and even a butterfly.

Here’s a list of the biggest animals in the world with abnormal sizes.

1. The Biggest Bird, Pelagornis Sandersi

The largest bird species ever recorded (Pelagornis sandersi) has now become extinct. Its wingspan measures between 20 and 24 feet (6.1 and 7.3 m).

According to paleontologist and curator of science at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, Daniel Ksepka said, if the size of this bird is twice as long as the wingspan of the modern wandering albatross.

2. The Biggest Butterfly, Ornithoptera Alexandrae

Kupu-kupu terbesar, Ornithoptera alexandrae

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The biggest butterfly in the world is Queen Alexandra or the scientific name Ornithoptera Alexandrae. Its wingspan is almost 1 ft (0.3 m). However, O. alexandrae is rare, it lives in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists this butterfly as endangered.

The females of this species are brown and have a wingspan of 11 to 12 inches (28 to 31 centimeters), while the yellow, green, black and blue males are slightly smaller, with a wingspan of 6.7 to 7.4 inches (17 to 19 cm).

3. The Largest rodent, Hydrpchoerus Hyfrochaeris

Kapibara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) adalah raja hewan pengerat

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The biggest rodent in the world is Kaphibara or it has a scientific name, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris. It is about 2 feet (60 cm) tall at its shoulders, making it the largest living rodent on Earth.

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Capybaras are larger than their living relatives, cavies, and guinea pigs. It can be found on land or wallowing in water, where it can swim on its slightly webbed feet. This very large rodent comes from South America.

4. The Biggest, Tridacna Gigas

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moluska bivalvia terbesar, kerang raksasa (Tridacna gigas)

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Reaching lengths of up to 4 feet (1.2 m) and weighing more than 500 lbs. (227 kg), the largest living bivalve mollusk is the giant clam (Tridacna gigas).

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This weird marine mollusk, whose shells look like an elephant tusk, measures between 3 and 5 feet (1 and 1.5 m) long. The animal inside is black and slimy, and measures about the length of a baseball bat.

5. Largest Fish, Rhincodon Typus

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Rhincodon typus is the largest whale shark in the world. It can reach up to 40 feet (12 m) long. The colossal fish weighs about 20.6 tons (18.7 metric tons), about the weight of two school buses. 

These filter feeders live in tropical waters in the Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific. However, the gentle giants are often caught by fisheries, tangled in nets as bycatch or struck by marine vessels. The IUCN lists the fish as endangered. 

6. Largest Marsupial, Macropus Rufus

Kanguru merah (Macropus rufus)

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The red kangaroo or which has a scientific name as Macropus Rufus is the largest marsupial animal in the world. It measures up to 5.3 feet (1.6 m) from head to rump, and its tail can reach 3.6 feet (1.1 m) in length, according to National Geographic. The marsupial weighs about 200 lbs (90kg).

7. Longest Snake, Reticulated Python

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The longest known reticulated piano measures 26.2 feet (8 m), longer than five grand pianos lined up.Found at a construction site in Malaysia in April 2016, and died shortly after being arrested.

The Malaysian snake is longer than Medusa, the world's longest captive snake, which measures 25.1 feet (7.7 m), according to Guinness World Records.

8. Largest Lizard, Varanus Komodoensis

Komodo (Varanus komodoensis)

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The fierce fork-tongued Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the largest living lizard. Male Komodo dragons are up to 10 feet (3 m) long and weigh about 200 lbs (90kg). Females are slightly smaller, growing to 6 feet (1.8 m) in length.

Fast predators have good eyesight and an excellent sense of smell, which helps them hunt large prey such as buffalo, deer, pigs, and even humans.

9. Largest Frog, Conraua Goliath

Katak goliath (Conraua goliath)

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The goliath frog or Conraua goliath can grow to be longer than a foot (32 cm) and can weigh more than 7 lbs (3.3 kg). This makes it the largest frog. The Goliath frog is a champion jumper, capable of leaping nearly 10 feet (3 m) forward. 

10. Largest Arthropod, Macrocheira Kaempferi

kepiting laba-laba Jepang (Macrocheira kaempferi)

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One arthropod species that can claim the title of largest by size: the Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi).

The largest Japanese spider crab ever recorded had a leg span of 12.5 feet (3.8 m), said James Lamsdell, assistant professor in the Department of Geology and Geography at the University of West Virginia.

The old ones can reach a body length of a little over a meter, although [fishing] generally doesn't let them get that old.

11. Biggest Dog, Zeus

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According to the Guinness World Records, the largest dog ever recorded was Zeus. A great dane the size of a donkey from Otsego, Michigan.

At shoulder height, Zeus reaches 3.6 feet. When he stands on his hind legs, he stands 7 feet, 4 inches (2.2 m).

12. Biggest Jellyfish, Cyanea Capillata

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The lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) reaches a diameter of 6.6 feet (2 m). According to National Geographic, the tentacles are even longer, some reaching 49 feet (15 m) in length, making them the largest jellyfish on the planet.

These jellyfish can also sting people. One lion's mane jellyfish reportedly stung 50 to 100 people swimming off the coast of New Hampshire in 2010.

13. Biggest Bat, Acerodon Jubatus

Kelelawar terbesar / Acerodon jubatus

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Acerodon Jubatus became the largest bat in the world with a golden crown. This animal has a wingspan of up to 5.5 feet (1.7 m).

According to the IUCN. The fruit bat is native to the Philippines, where it is threatened with extinction mainly due to habitat loss and hunting.

14. Biggest Cephalopod, Architeuthis Dux

cumi-cumi raksasa (Architeuthis dux)

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Architeuthis dux is the largest cephalopod, a group that includes the squid, octopus, cuttlefish, and nautilus. Researchers determined the squid's length by measuring the creature's mantle (body length).

A. dux's mantle is more than 6.6 feet (2 m) long, but the animal's tentacles give the squid a total length of 59 feet (18 m), said Michael Vecchione, curator of squid at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

15. Biggest Primate, Gorilla Beringei

Gorila timur (Gorilla beringei)

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The eastern gorilla or Beringei Gorilla is the largest primate with a height of up to 6.2 feet (1.9 m) and a weight of about 450 lbs (205 kg).

According to Gorillas-World. These gorillas live in the mountainous forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. According to the IUCN, there are fewer than 5,000 eastern gorillas left in the wild, making them endangered.

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