The world's largest and smallest reptiles

The largest in the world and the smallest creeping creature
Saltwater crocodile

The fastest in the world The largest animal in the world is the cheetah, the tallest animal is the giraffe, and the smartest animal is the orangutan. These are the world's most familiar animals to us. So do you know what the world's largest creeper is?

1. The largest creeper

The largest creeping creature in the world is the saltwater crocodile, which is found in South Asia, Northern Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and the Philippines. An adult crocodile is 4.26 to 4.88 meters long and weighs 408 to 522 kilograms. In 1957, a crocodile with a length of 8.64 meters and a weight of 1996 kilograms was found in the Norman River in Australia. It is obviously a giant among creepers.

2. The smallest creeper

The smallest The creeper is a small gecko found only on the Caribbean coast and on the British Virgin Islands. 15 were found from August 10th to 16th, 1964. The three largest ones were 1.8 cm long from the tip of the snout to the anus, and their tails were almost as long as the body. Another type of gecko may be even smaller. The only one found is an almost mature female, only 1.7 cm long from the tip of the snout to the anus, and the tail is also the same length. The smallest gecko was created on March 15, 1966, from the roots of a tree west of Massef de la Haute on the island of Haiti

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The largest and smallest creeping things in the world
Stick Insect

3. The largest insect

The Singapore stick insect is the longest insect in the world, with its slender body up to 27 meters long cm, if the body is fully stretched in a safe environment, the length can exceed 40 cm. The protective shape and color of stick insects enable them to protect themselves as if they are real when resting in the bushes.

4. The largest beetle

Amazon longhorned beetle and Big-toothed Beetle are the largest beetles in the world. They are 18 cm long. The horns (long jaws) of the Big-toothed Beetle are designed for cutting branches. When it hooks the branches with its sharp horns, it rotates 360 degrees around the branches until it cuts the branches.

5. The smallest crocodile

Not all crocodiles are Even though they are huge, some crocodiles are extraordinarily "petite". The smallest extant crocodile is the Osbrunn-Dewaf crocodile in the upper reaches of the Congo River in West Africa. It rarely exceeds 1.2 meters.

6. The longest-lived mammal

In Among mammals, the longest-lived animal is the elephant, which is said to live sixty to seventy years. There is a difference between natural wild places and artificial breeding. The life span of the former is shorter. According to records, the long-lived elephants of the Galapagos Islands can live between 180 and 200 years.

7. The most tragic mouse

Except for insects Except, the most tragic thing is a kind of rat that lives in the swamps of Hokkaido and Ezo. It dies in the morning when spring comes, and its life span is only eight to ten months. But if it is kept indoors, it can live for two or three years.

8. The largest butterfly

The swallowtail butterfly is the largest The butterfly is also the most beautiful butterfly. There are various colors of red, yellow, blue, black and white on the wings of swallowtail butterflies, which are colorful and form beautiful patterns, emitting a metallic brilliance. The largest butterfly in the world is the South American swallowtail butterfly, with a body length of 90 mm and a wingspan of 270 mm, which is equivalent to the wingspan of an ordinary bird. The country’s largestThe wingspan of a swallowtail butterfly is 150 mm.

9. The smallest butterfly

The smallest butterfly is Small gray butterfly, wingspan 16 mm. In June 1983, Chinese entomologist Ma Enpei collected a small gray butterfly in the primitive forest of Xiaomeng Elephant Nature Reserve in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, with a wingspan of only 13 mm, setting the smallest record. Male and female small gray butterflies have different body colors. Female butterflies are often dark in color, while male butterflies often have metallic luster in colors such as emerald, blue, green, orange, red, and bronze. The pattern on the back of this kind of butterfly wing is relatively plain, but the pattern on the back of the wing is rich and colorful, which is much more advanced than the front.

After looking at these, do you feel that this world is very mysterious? It turns out that there have been many strange and strange creatures on the earth, but many of them have been destroyed. There are many reasons for the destruction. It must be quite terrifying to do something like this, so I hope everyone can protect our environment. , protect wild and smart things.


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