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Directions:Date:Below are some fantastic animal facts according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Your job is to pull out the basic information to fill in the missing cells on the table.Some “EST” animals—biggest, smallest
ANIMAL BIGGEST/LONGEST SMALLEST/SHORTEST
Pinniped Galapagos fur seal (~160 lbs.)
Bat Bismarck flying fox (wingspan 5 ft.+)
Fish Dwarf pygmy gobi (1/3 in. long, <.0002 oz.)
Deer Alaskan moose (1500 lbs.+)
Primate Rufus mouse lemur (< 3 oz.)
Bird Ostrich (330 lbs.+)
Snake Martinique thread snake (pencil lead thickness)
- Adult male bee hummingbirds of Cuba can be as small as 2.25" long and weigh only .056 oz.
- The rare whale shark can be 40 ft. long and weigh as much as 20+ tons.
- The largest species of pinniped is the southern elephant seal at up to 20 ft. and 3.5 tons.
- A reticulated python can reach the amazing length of 30 ft. or more.
- A male eastern lowland gorilla can be almost 6 ft. tall and weigh 380 lbs.
- The tiniest true deer is the southern pudu, which may be only 13" at the shoulder and weigh 14 lbs.
- The smallest bat in the U.S. is the western pipistrelle with a wingspan of less than 8”.