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Heaviest Animals by Type

Can you name the heaviest animal for each of these categories?
Extinct Animals are excluded
Max. Mass is the weight of the heaviest recorded specimen
Quiz by matthewdouche
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Last updated: October 8, 2022
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First submittedOctober 8, 2022
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Max. Mass (kg)
Type
Animal
190,000
Mammal
Blue Whale
21,500
Fish
Whale Shark
10,400
Land Animal
African Bush Elephant
2,300
Bony Fish
Ocean Sunfish
2,000
Reptile
Saltwater Crocodile
495
Mollusc
Colossal Squid
157
Bird
Ostrich
150
Cnidarian
Lion's Mane Jellyfish
64
Amphibian
Giant Salamander
39
Flighted Bird
Wild Turkey
20
Arthropod
American Lobster
0.17
Arachnid
Goliath Birdeater Spider
0.1
Insect
Goliath Beetle
1 Comments
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Level 56
Oct 9, 2022
Great quiz, although very difficult. Note that kg is the unit of mass, not weight. The heading row is correct, the caveat is wrong.