Animals with the Most Prolific Body Parts

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Here's a list of animals with the most amazing body parts.

Here's a list of animals with the most amazing body parts.

Animals with the largest body parts in proportion to body size...

1. Vampire Squid

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Eyes - it has the largest eyes of any animal relative to its size. Its eyes which appear red or blue are proportionately

the largest in the animal kingdom at 2.5 cm (1 inch) in diameter.

2. Argentine Blue-bill Duck

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Penis - among vertebrates, it has the longest penis in relation to its body size. The penis, which is coiled up in

flaccid state, can reach about the same length as the animal itself when fully erect, but more commonly is about

half the bird's length.

3. Tube-lipped Nectar Bat

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Tongue - has the longest tongue of any mammal in relation to its body size. Its 3.4 inch or 8.5 cm tongue is 1.5 times

or 150% longer the size of its overall body length and must be kept inside its rib cage.

4. Barnacle

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Penis - it is the creature with the largest penis as a proportion of its overall body size. A barnacle's extraordinarily

long penis is up to 15 cm (6 in) in length: the largest penis to body size ratio of the animal kingdom.

5. Humans

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Brain - the largest in relation to body size. The adult human brain weighs on average about 3 lb or 1.5 kg with a size

of around 1,130 cubic cm (cc) in women and 1260 cc in men.

Animals with the largest body parts...

6. Atlantic Giant Squid

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Eyes - it is the largest recorded of any animal with an approximate diameter of 50 cm or 20 inches, although those

of the Colossal Squid are thought to reach an even greater size.

7. Lion's Mane Jellyfish

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Lion's Mane Jellyfish - the longest animal; the biggest had a body with a diameter of 7 feet 6 inches and the

tentacles reached 120 feet. This creature is longer than a Blue Whale, which is commonly considered to be the

longest animal in the world.

8. Bootlace Worms

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Bootlace Worms can reach great lengths. A specimen was measured at 55m (180 feet) but this may be unreliable

as the body is somewhat elastic.

9. Wandering Albatross

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Wings - Wandering Albatross has the largest wingspan at 3.63 meters or 11 feet 11 inches. The longest-winged

examples verified have been about 3.7 m or 12 ft. As a result of its wingspan, it is capable of remaining in the air

without beating its wings for several hours at a time.

10. Wild Asian Water Buffalo

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Horns - the longest ever recorded and measured is 4.24 meters or equivalent to13 feet 11 inches from tip to tip.

11. Greater Kudu

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Horns - Kudu's horns are the longest on the average. The large horns with two and a half twists when straightened

would reach a length of 1 meter on average.

12. Sperm Whale

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Brain - the largest and heaviest brain weighing around 9 kilograms

13. Giraffe

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Neck - the longest neck among animals

Tail - the longest of any land mammal

14. Blue Whale

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Tongue - weighs around 2.7 tonnes (3 short tons)

Mouth - large enough to hold up to 90 tonnes (100 short tons) of food and water

Heart - typically weighs 600 kg (1,320 lb) and can reach 900 kg in exceptional cases

Aorta - about 23 cm (9 in) in diameter

Penis - is about 2.4 m (8 feet) in length

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