The blue whale may hold the title for being the largest animal on earth, but the whale shark is the world’s largest fish. Despite being a shark, it is not thought to be a dangerous animal and actually is known to be playful and let divers catch a ride on its back.
They generally live in tropical waters near the equator and is a filter feeder. They eat mostly plankton but sometimes, they may also eat small squid, small fish, and krill. The largest whale shark to be measured was 41.5 feet in length and weighed 47,000 pounds. Now that is big.
Sammy the Tortoise
Colin Kaepernick is known for being a quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers. He is a talented player who plays smoothly and is a fierce ball of fire. His giant pet tortoise, Sammy, is quite the exact opposite of that. Sammy weighs around 115 pounds. His species is one of the third-largest species of tortoises in the world.
These turtles can live up to 150 years. Because a tortoise can outlive its owner, some owners are so dedicated to their pet turtles that they put them in their will. In 2013, when the San Francisco 49ers were going to the super bowl, Sammy the Tortoise had his own Twitter feed and had a great deal of opinions to share with the world.
This 222 lbs. Siamese Carp Is The Real Deal
Nowadays, no pictures are posted to social media without undergoing a lot of touching up and added effects. So, it's easy to assume that everything is Photoshopped. While you may think that this picture has been Photoshopped, it's as real as it gets. This huge 222 lbs Siamese carp was pulled out of a lake in Ban Pon, Thailand after a 90-minute battle trying to capture it.
27-year-old fisherman Tim Webb finally managed to tame the beast and caught the fish by using bread and bran rice as bait (like many of us, carbs were his downfall). After Webb captured the photo with two other fishermen, he transported the great giant to his own fishery 25 miles from the lake. It took six people to lift the fish into his truck. We hope that the fish is living a happy life in his new home.
Supersize Spiders
If you have a fear of spiders, you'll want to steer clear of the Goliath Spider. Also known as the bird-eating spider, it is the largest spider in the world in terms of mass and size. They live in the rainforest of South America in which it makes its home in burrows. Females can live from 15 to 25 years, while males only live from 3 to 6 years.
Despite its name, it only sometimes eats adult birds. Instead, it often feasts upon other spiders, amphibians, snakes, and rodents. The Goliath Spider is venomous, although its venom isn’t as strong as you might imagine and isn't much more powerful than the venom from a wasp sting.
This 922-Pound Liger Is The World’s Largest Living Cat
Meet Hercules, the 922-pound liger. Hercules is a hybrid offspring from a male lion and a female tiger. Ligers enjoy swimming like tigers and are sociable like lions. Hercules lives at the Myrtle Beach Safari wildlife preserve home. He measures in at 131 inches long and 39 inches tall at the shoulder.
Despite his fierce appearance, he still enjoys feeding on a bottle by his keepers and likes to play like a kitten despite being over 100 times the average weight of a house cat. Ligers are much larger than pure-bred tigers and lions and can grow to twice the size.