The longest snake

The Asiatic reticulated python (python reticulatus) holds the world record for length of a snake, with the longest ever measured at 33 feet. But when it comes to the girth, it is the anaconda of the Amazone that takes the prize.

The largest anaconda ever measured was almost 28 feet long with a girth of 44 inches, and it is estimated that its weight must have been over 500lbs.

World's strongest insect

The onthophagus taurus, a type of horned dung beetle, is crowned as the strongest insect in the world as in a laboratory experiment it was found to pull as much as 1,141 times the weight of its body!

Applying the same power to weight ratio to humans, it would mean a 150-pound person lifting close to 180,000 pounds or six double-decker buses!