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Ranking animal strength and other abilities

Is there a website that ranks all the animals in certain areas of ability?

i.e.:

ï Strength

ï Intelligence

ï Speed

Of course, animals are different sizes, so are two different ways of looking at this. Absolute or relative.

Let’s compare an ant with a elephant.

At their real absolute size, the ant is very very weak, and the elephant is very strong.

But at their relative size, an ant is able to carry 50 times it’s weight, while an elephant is only able to carry 25% of its weight.

ï Rhinoceros beetle: 85 times its weight

ï Ant: 50 times its weight

ï Humans: about 1 times its weight

ï Camel: 50% its weight

ï Elephant: 25% its weight

But anyhow, i’m wondering if there is a site that ranks animals abilities. I’m open to either relative or absolute forms of comparison.

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David
David
19 years ago

I want to know relatively what’s stronger a gorilla or a chimp??

JScotland
JScotland
18 years ago

This is not entrily ture elephants are known to carry over twelve tons and they weigh eight at the most. Plus look at wolves they can smash through brick walls yet they don’t weigh at the most a ton. So this threoy can’t work sorry.

Jirik
Jirik
16 years ago

When muscles get bigger or smaller proportionately, the force they can exert changes mainly with the cross sectional area, not with the weight or length or width. This is true for all animals, including ants and humans. http://www.ftexploring.com/think/superbugs_p2.html

Jayson
Jayson
16 years ago

Wolves can smash through brick walls huh? I’d like to see that.