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The giants of the animal world

The biggest, the heaviest, the most impressive.

Species profiles

Videos

Facts

Photographs

What this collection brings together

The biggest, the heaviest, the most impressive.

This collection gathers the species profiles, videos and facts published on Animalia about them. Conservation statuses come from the IUCN Red List.

Species profiles

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African savanna elephant

Loxodonta africana

Endangered Savanna

Blue whale

Balaenoptera musculus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

Vulnerable Savanna

White rhinoceros

Ceratotherium simum

Near threatened Savanna

Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibius

Vulnerable Rivers & lakes

Common ostrich

Struthio camelus

Least concern Desert

Videos

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Free-ranging savannah elephants

56 views

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The giraffe, giant of the plains

57 views

Facts

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Do elephants recognize themselves in a mirror?

How long does a giraffe sleep?

Photographs

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