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Many animals possess strength that even the strongest
humans could only dream about. Different animals have different kinds of
strength. Some have pure brute strength and are capable of lifting,
dragging, carrying or pulling enormous weights. Others may be much
smaller yet have immense power compared to their size. Here are 10 of
the world’s strongest animals.
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An anaconda snake can squeeze something the same as its own 250kg body
weight to death.
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When it comes to pure strength the Grizzly bear can lift over 500kg, 0.8
times its body weight.
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An ox can pull and carry something 900kg, 1.5 times its body weight
across rugged terrain.
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A tiger can carry something 550kg, twice its own body weight ten feet up
a tree.
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A gorilla can lift something 2,000kg (as heavy as 30 humans), over 10
times their body weight.
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In brute strength, elephants are the strongest mammals and the strongest
land animals. African elephants can weigh up to 6,350kg and they can
carry up to 9,000kg, the weight of 130 adult humans.
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Tiny leafcutter ants can lift and carry in their jaws something 50 times
their own body weight of about 500mg. That’s the same as a human lifting
a truck with its teeth.
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Rhinoceros Beetles can lift something 850 times their own weight. To put
this into perspective, if a human had the strength of the rhinoceros
beetle, it would be able to lift a 65 ton object. If the mighty elephant
had equal strength to the rhinoceros beetle it would be able to carry
850 elephants on its back.
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A dung beetle is not only the world’s strongest insect but also the
strongest animal on the planet compared to body weight. They can pull
1,141 times their own body weight. This is the equivalent of an average
person pulling six double-decker buses full of people. Now that’s
strong!
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An eagle is the strongest bird, able to lift something four times its
own body weight during flight. |