| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Biggest land animal | African bush elephant - 10.4 tonnes (11.6 tons) | 98%
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| Biggest animal ever (hint: think marine) | Blue whale - 190 tonnes (212 tons), 30 m (98 ft) long, although longer unweighed specimen was 33.4 m (110 ft) | 89%
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| Fastest land animal | Cheetah - 120.7 km/h (75.0 mph) | 84%
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| Heaviest bird | Common ostrich - 130 kg (287lb) | 73%
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| Smallest bird | Bee hummingbird - 5.7cm tall (2.2") | 64%
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| Fastest wingbeater (bird) | Ruby-throated hummingbird - 200 beats/sec (during courtship) | 59%
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| Widest wingspan overall | Wandering albatross - 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) | 55%
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| Fastest member of the animal kingdom overall | Peregrine falcon - 389 km/h (242 mph) in a dive | 54%
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| Most eyes on land | Spider - 8 | 54%
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| Most dangerous snake | Black mamba or coastal taipan | 50%
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| Strongest snake | Green anaconda | 48%
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| Most legs | Illacme plenipes millipede - 750 legs | 48%
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| Non-human animal that kills the most humans annually | Mosquito - 2 to 3 million people/year | 48%
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| Biggest dolphin | Orca - length: 9.7 m (32 ft), weight: 10 tonnes (11.2 short tons) | 48%
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| Biggest invertebrate | Colossal squid (estimated) or giant squid (verified) | 43%
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| Most venomous octopus | Blueringed octopus | 36%
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| Widest wingspan in the Western Hemisphere | Andean condor- 310 cm (10.17 ft) | 29%
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| Fastest puncher (hint: marine) | Mantis shrimp - 80 km/h (50 mph) | 29%
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| Fastest heartbeat | Etruscan shrew - 1200 beats/min | 18%
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| Smallest mammal by skull size | Kitti's hog-nosed bat a.k.a. bumblebee bat - 11 mm (0.4") | 18%
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| Smallest monkey | Pygmy marmoset -120 grams (4 oz) | 18%
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| Farthest migrator | Arctic tern - zigzag Greenland to Antarctica: 40,000 km (24,000 mi) per year | 13%
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| Biggest hummingbird | Giant hummingbird - 24 g (0.85 oz) | 7%
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| Farthest carnivorous jumper (for its body size) | Flea - 200x body length and 150x body height | 5%
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| Highest blood pressure | Giraffe - 5.88 m (19.3 ft) | 4%
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| Farthest mammalian jumper (for its body size) | Kangaroo rat - 2.75 m (9 feet), 27x body length | 4%
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| Longest-lived animal (excluding colonial animals like slimemolds) | Ocean quahog clam - specimen nicknamed 'Ming' was 507 yrs old | 4%
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| Most eyes in the sea | Scallop - over 110 | 4%
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| Most photoreceptors (hint: marine) | Tridachna gigas clam - thousands | 4%
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| Most poisonous cuttlefish (but most fun cephalopod at a party!) | Flamboyant cuttlefish | 0%
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| Deepest diving bird | Thick-billed murre - 210 m (690 ft) | 0%
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