Animal Record-Breakers
Meet the champions of the animal world The Biggest · The Fastest · The Strongest · The Greatest Travellers · Super Senses · The Toughest Survivors. The record-holders of the animal world beat anything humans can do — faster, stronger and tougher than any athlete or machine.
Ages 7–10
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The Biggest — giants of land and sea
Let's start with the record that amazes everyone: size. The animal kingdom holds some absolutely enormous creatures, so big they're hard to imagine — and the biggest of them all lives not on land, but in the sea.
The Fastest — speed champions of the world
Now for the need for speed! Some animals have to move incredibly fast — to catch a meal, or to avoid becoming one. Across land, sea and sky, nature has produced some breathtaking speed champions that leave any human athlete far, far behind.
The Strongest — power in surprising packages
When you think of the strongest animal, you probably picture something huge, like an elephant. And elephants really are mighty. But the true strength record, for how much an animal can lift compared to its own size, belongs to the tiniest creatures of all — the bugs.
The Greatest Travellers — epic animal journeys
Some animals aren't happy staying in one place. Every year, they set off on incredible journeys across the whole planet — over oceans, deserts and mountains — to reach the perfect spot for food or for raising their young. These grand yearly trips are called migrations, and they include some of the most amazing feats in all of nature.
Super Senses — seeing, hearing and smelling like superheroes
You have five wonderful senses — sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. But some animals have turned one of their senses up so high that it becomes a genuine superpower, letting them do things that seem almost like magic to us.
The Toughest Survivors — animals that can take anything
For our final record, forget being biggest or fastest — this is the prize for being the toughest. Some animals are such incredible survivors that they can live through conditions that would instantly destroy almost anything else. And the toughest of them all is a creature you can barely even see.
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