African Bush Elephant
Now we are getting down to the real nitty gritty. Next up on our list is the African Bush Elephant. You can see this gigantic, dangerous creature in person if you take a cheap flight to the Savannah where these gigantic creatures roam free. The African Bush Elephant ranks on our list as the largest, and heaviest, living animal on land. This creature reaches a length of 25 feet and a height of 11 feet. The African Bush Elephant can weigh up to 13,000 pounds and is so large that it has no predators in the wild. The only time an African Bush Elephant knows fear is when its newborn calves are potentially in danger due to hyena, leopard, lion or crocodile attacks.
African Bush Elephant
Blue Whale
If you have an intense fear of the ocean, or are easily scared of large animals, then we highly suggest that you just stop reading now. Still here? The Blue Whale is the largest animal on the planet that we know of. The Blue Whale is around 100 feet long and over 200 tons in terms of weight. To get a true reference for this majestic animals size you need to imagine a professional NBA basketball court. The Blue Whale would be longer than that court. It can eat up to three school buses at a time without even unhinging its jaw. It’s huge. This creature roams the ocean’s depths and you would be hard pressed to ever run into one. The Blue Whale stays submerged for long periods of time which makes it hard to ever spot out in the wild. Imagine this: the tongue of the Blue Whale alone weighs over 6,000 pounds. Incredible! Despite this creature’s huge size it still insists on eating a diet of tiny creatures by the name of Krill. On a day to day basis a Blue Whale will eat upwards of 8,000 pounds of Krill. No amount of scuba training would put us in the water near one of these things, even if they are Krill eaters only.
Blue Whale
