Heaviest Animals Quiz

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Blue whale 136,000 kg
A stranded blue whale's heart weighed 180 kg, the largest heart known in any animal.
Bowhead whale 100,000 kg
It may live more than 200 years, longer than any other mammal.
Fin whale 70,000 kg
Its head is colored unevenly: dark gray on the left, with light and dark markings on the right.
Southern right whale 45,000 kg
Whalers saw it as the 'right' whale to hunt, as right whales float when killed.
Humpback whale 30,000 kg
Males sing complex songs that usually last from 4 to 33 minutes.
Gray whale 28,500 kg
About 27,000 live in the eastern Pacific, migrating between Alaska and Baja California.
Sperm whale 28,500 kg
It has the largest brain on Earth, more than five times heavier than a human's.
North Atlantic right whale 23,000 kg
Only about 380 were left as of 2026, including 70 breeding females.
Sei whale 20,000 kg
Its name is Norwegian for 'pollock whale', as it arrived off Norway each year with the pollock.
Whale shark 18,700 kg
Its mouth can hold over 300 rows of tiny teeth, yet it feeds by filtering plankton.
Bryde's whale 16,000 kg
It is named after Johan Bryde, who helped set up South Africa's first modern whaling station.
Baird's beaked whale 11,380 kg
In one study the oldest males were 84 years old, but the oldest females only 54.
Minke whale 7,500 kg
Its name may come from Meincke, a whaler who mistook one for a blue whale.
Northern bottlenose whale 6,500 kg
It can dive to 2,339 m and stay under for up to 130 minutes.
Gervais's beaked whale 5,600 kg
For decades it was known from just one skull, taken from a carcass found in the English Channel.
African elephant 4,800 kg
Its huge ears help it shed body heat.
Orca 3,988 kg
Despite the name killer whale, it is a member of the oceanic dolphin family.
Hippo 3,750 kg
Its skin oozes a red sunscreen nicknamed 'blood sweat', though it is neither blood nor sweat.
Asian elephant 3,178 kg
Females usually lack tusks or have tiny ones, called tushes, seen only when the mouth is open.
Cuvier's beaked whale 2,701 kg
It holds the mammal records for the deepest and longest dives: 2,992 m and 222 minutes.
Basking shark 2,200 kg
It is named for feeding slowly at the surface, as if basking in the warm water.
Short-finned pilot whale 2,200 kg
Its high-speed chases after squid hundreds of meters down earned it the name 'cheetah of the deep'.
White rhino 2,175 kg
A popular but disputed theory says 'white' is a mistranslation of the Dutch 'wijd', meaning wide.
Great white shark 1,870 kg
It is estimated to live for more than 70 years.
Javan rhino 1,750 kg
Only about 74 are left, all in Ujung Kulon National Park at the western tip of Java.
Giant manta ray 1,650 kg
It has the largest brain of any fish, weighing up to 200 g.
Indian rhino 1,602 kg
Its thick gray-brown skin has pinkish folds, colored by the blood vessels beneath.
Northern elephant seal 1,600 kg
Elephant seals are named for their size and for the males' large, trunk-like nose.
Beluga whale 1,430 kg
Its high-pitched squeaks and whistles earned it the nickname 'sea canary'.
Southern elephant seal 1,400 kg
It dives again and again, for over 20 minutes each time, to hunt squid and fish 400-1,000 m down.
Ocean sunfish 1,265 kg
A female can produce up to 300 million eggs at a time, more than any other known vertebrate.
Sumatran rhino 1,260 kg
It is also called the hairy rhinoceros, as reddish-brown hair covers most of its body.
Narwhal 1,250 kg
Its spiral tusk is actually a left canine tooth that can grow up to 3 m long.
Beluga sturgeon 1,140 kg
Its roe is sold as beluga caviar, and overfishing has left it critically endangered.
Black rhino 1,100 kg
It is also called the hook-lipped rhinoceros, after its pointed upper lip.
Blainville's beaked whale 1,088 kg
It was first described in 1817 from a piece of jaw, the heaviest bone its describer had ever seen.
Long-finned pilot whale 1,060 kg
It is known for mass strandings, possibly because a whole pod follows one stranded member.
Walrus 1,013 kg
Its genus name means 'tooth-walker', after its habit of hauling itself out of the water with its tusks.
Gaur 825 kg
It is also called the Indian bison, and the domesticated gayal descends partly from it.
Kouprey 800 kg
It was named Cambodia's national mammal in 2005, though it may already be extinct.
Giraffe 800 kg
A 2021 genome study suggests there are four distinct giraffe species, not one.
Cow 750 kg
A cow has one large stomach divided into four compartments.
False killer whale 748 kg
Its closest relatives include Risso's dolphin and the melon-headed whale, not the orca.
Water buffalo 725 kg
Its milk is richer in fat and protein than that of dairy cows.
Banteng 700 kg
Feral banteng live in Australia's Northern Territory, far from their Southeast Asian home.
African buffalo 700 kg
It is one of Africa's 'Big Five' game animals.
Giant eland 680 kg
The 'giant' in its name refers to its large horns rather than its body.
Yak 667 kg
Dried yak droppings are an important fuel across the treeless Tibetan Plateau.
American bison 630 kg
In 2016 it became the national mammal of the United States.
European bison 610 kg
Hunted to extinction in the wild in the early 1900s, it was brought back from captive herds.

Source: AnAge: The Animal Ageing and Longevity Database · as of 2026-11

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