ENORMOUS ANIMALS

GREEN ANACONDA

Found in South America it’s one of the world’s longest snakes and

almost certainly the heaviest. Although it’s size is often the most

exaggerated in the animal kingdom they do grow to be up to

7 metres long.

GREEN SAWFISH

It’s green and it has a saw on its face. These names don’t leave much

to the imagination do they? If there is anything though, it would be

the size. Not really a fish at all but rather a ray, they can grow to

be nearly 7 metres long.

ORCA

Another animal made famous by Hollywood, Orcas are usually seen

as friendly creatures jumping through hoops at amusement parks.

There is a reason they are called killer whales though…because they

are big and they kill things. In fact they kill lots of things – humans,

sharks, other whales. Great whites are babies compared to

these monsters.

COLOSSAL SQUID

And people think the giant squid is the biggest of its kind. Wrong.

The colossal squid is even bigger. It is so huge that its one eye is

larger than a human head.

BAIRD’S BEAKED WHALE

At first glance it looks like a bottlenose dolphin with an oversized body.

The beaked whale is huge though, able to reach over 13 metres in length.

SPERM WHALE

Ok, so this probably won’t come as a surprise but not many things

in the world can compete with whales when it comes to being

huge…except maybe for other whales. The sperm whale you see

here is named after a waxy substance it secrets from its spout

called spermaceti and it’s been poached for centuries due to its

usefulness in making candles, soap, and even machine oil.

Of all the creatures on our list it has the biggest brain proportional

to its body, making it one of the smartest as well. It grows to over

20.5 metres and actually feeds on giant or colossal squid.

NORTH PACIFIC RIGHT WHALE

With only about 50 left, there used to be tens of thousands of these

beasts in the ocean. Unfortunately whaling has taken its toll. It grows

slightly larger than the sperm whale but not quite as big as our

top contender…

BLUE WHALE

At 30 metres long and up to 180 tonnes, this guy could swallow three

school buses without even stretching. In spite of its size though,

they are hard to spot as they remain submerged for extended

periods and rarely surface.