General Knowledge · Animals
Amazing Animal Records
Fastest, biggest, smallest and longest: record-breaking animals from land, sea and sky.
- 🎓 Grades 3–8
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What is the fastest land animal?
- A Greyhound
- B Horse
- C Lion
- D Cheetah
Which bird is the fastest when diving?
- A Hummingbird
- B Peregrine falcon
- C Bald eagle
- D Ostrich
What is the largest living bird?
- A Albatross
- B Condor
- C Ostrich
- D Emu
What is the smallest bird in the world?
- A Bee hummingbird
- B Sparrow
- C Wren
- D Robin
What is the tallest animal?
- A Moose
- B Elephant
- C Giraffe
- D Ostrich
What is the largest fish?
- A Whale shark
- B Great white shark
- C Manta ray
- D Blue whale
A blue whale is a mammal, not a fish.
What is the largest reptile alive today?
- A Leatherback turtle
- B Green anaconda
- C Komodo dragon
- D Saltwater crocodile
What is the largest rodent?
- A Beaver
- B Porcupine
- C Capybara
- D Rat
What is the largest member of the cat family?
- A Jaguar
- B Tiger
- C Leopard
- D Lion
What is the largest primate?
- A Orangutan
- B Gorilla
- C Baboon
- D Chimpanzee
Which bird makes the longest migration?
- A Robin
- B Arctic tern
- C Pigeon
- D Canada goose
Which bird lays the largest eggs?
- A Chicken
- B Ostrich
- C Eagle
- D Swan
What is the largest land animal?
- A Rhinoceros
- B Hippopotamus
- C Giraffe
- D African elephant
Which animal can live to be more than 150 years old?
- A Giant tortoise
- B Parrot
- C Horse
- D Elephant
Which bird is the only kind that can fly backward?
- A Hummingbird
- B Owl
- C Pelican
- D Eagle
Which land mammal has the longest pregnancy, about 22 months?
- A Rhino
- B Elephant
- C Giraffe
- D Horse
Which animal can have the most legs?
- A Spider
- B Millipede
- C Centipede
- D Crab
Which is the longest kind of snake?
- A Garter snake
- B Rattlesnake
- C King cobra
- D Reticulated python
What is the largest amphibian?
- A Cane toad
- B Axolotl
- C Bullfrog
- D Chinese giant salamander
Which is the slowest mammal?
- A Manatee
- B Pangolin
- C Koala
- D Three-toed sloth
What is the largest bear?
- A Polar bear
- B Sun bear
- C Black bear
- D Panda
Which tiny insect can jump over 100 times its own body length?
- A Flea
- B Mosquito
- C Ladybug
- D Ant
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