What is the most unstoppable animal?

It's a tardigrade
tardigrade
Tardigrades (/ˈtɑːrdɪˌɡreɪdz/), known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them Kleiner Wasserbär ("little water bear").
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—the most 'indestructible' animal on Earth. Also called water bears, tardigrades can survive up to 30 years without food, live in volcanoes, and endure the vacuum of space. Researchers say they could even survive an asteroid impact like the one that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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What is the strongest animal in the world?

Key Points: The strongest land animal in the world is the elephant. The typical Asian elephant has 100,000 muscles and tendons arranged along the length of the trunk, enabling it to lift almost 800 pounds.
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What animal can withstand the most force?

One of the tested tardigrades, a species with the name Hypsibius dujardini, can withstand acceleration forces of 16,000 Gs, or 16,000 times normal Earth gravity. By comparison, astronauts in the space shuttle were generally not exposed to more than 3 Gs, and prolonged exposure to 16 Gs can be deadly for humans.
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What is the bravest animal on Earth?

According to the Independent, honey badgers have been described in the Guinness Book of Records as the "most fearless animal in the world" and can even fight off much larger predators like lions and hyenas.
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Which animal is bulletproof?

Armadillo 'armour' – composed of bony plates known as osteoderms – has been seen to deflect bullets. In one incident, a Texan man was hit in the face when his own bullet bounced back from an armadillo that he tried to shoot. In another, a bullet ricocheting off an armadillo penetrated a house, injuring an elderly lady.
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What animal is unbreakable?

It's a tardigrade—the most 'indestructible' animal on Earth. Also called water bears, tardigrades can survive up to 30 years without food, live in volcanoes, and endure the vacuum of space. Researchers say they could even survive an asteroid impact like the one that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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What animals Can humans overpower?

Rats and house cats were the easiest presumed pushovers, with two-thirds of participants claiming they could see one off, while grizzly bears, elephants and lions were rightfully respected – only 2 per cent of pollsters claimed they would be able to take one down.
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What animal would win in a fight?

The survey also looked at which animals Americans figured would win in an animal fighting tournament, with elephants and rhinos coming out on top and geese falling in last place, followed closely ahead of an "unarmed human."
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What animal is stronger than a human?

Chimps are far stronger than we are. Slate writes: A chimpanzee had, pound for pound, as much as twice the strength of a human when it came to pulling weights. The apes beat us in leg strength, too, despite our reliance on our legs for locomotion.
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What animal is smarter than a human?

The great apes are considered the smartest creatures after humans. Of course, humans are biased in this regard, but the intellectual capacity of the great apes is difficult to deny. After all, we share over 96 percent of the same DNA. Orangutans stand out as being especially gifted in the brains department.
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What animal kills for revenge?

Yes, animals do practice revenge. Chimps do it, for example. Macaques do it, too, although not directly: if they cannot attack the offender because he is much stronger, they would hurt someone weaker instead, sometimes the attacker's relative.
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What animals Can human defeat?

What animals could most humans beat in a fight? Rats and house cats were the easiest presumed pushovers, with two-thirds of participants claiming they could see one off, while grizzly bears, elephants and lions were rightfully respected – only 2 per cent of pollsters claimed they would be able to take one down.
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What animal is the best Survivor?

The Top 10 Greatest Survivors of Evolution
  • Cow sharks. ...
  • Horsetails. ...
  • Lice. ...
  • Brachiopods. ...
  • Ginkgo. ...
  • Duck-billed platypus. ...
  • Coelacanth. Coelacanths were supposed to be dead. ...
  • Horseshoe crab. There is probably no animal that epitomizes the title of “survivor” than the horseshoe crab.
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Who can beat a lion?

Key Points
  • Elephants and rhinos are the animals most likely to kill lions.
  • The humble porcupine is a threat to mighty lions.
  • Crocodiles are the one animal who will attempt tp prey on lions.
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Do any animals fight to the death?

Animals fight for food, mates and sometimes just for fun. They can be bloody and brutal, but equally gripping to watch. Animals sometimes fight to the death to secure their status in a group and even if they survive, they can inflict some serious damage in the process.
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Which animal is not afraid?

The honey badger is not afraid of anything.
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What animal can survive everything?

What is a tardigrade? Tardigrades are microscopic eight-legged animals that have been to outer space and would likely survive the apocalypse. Bonus: They look like adorable miniature bears. Around 1,300 species of tardigrades are found worldwide.
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What animal has no enemy?

Animals with no natural predators are called apex predators, because they sit at the top (or apex) of the food chain. The list is indefinite, but it includes lions, grizzly bears, crocodiles, giant constrictor snakes, wolves, sharks, electric eels, giant jellyfish, killer whales, polar bears, and arguably, humans.
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What is the oldest animal?

Jonathan the tortoise, world's oldest land animal, celebrates his 190th birthday. Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, pictured when he was still just 185, in St.
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What animal is the fastest killer?

Dracula ants of the species Mystrium camillae can snap their jaws together so fast, you could fit 5,000 strikes into the time it takes us to blink an eye. This means the blood-suckers wield the fastest known movement in nature, according to a study published this week in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
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Can a human choke out a wolf?

The only chance that a human would have in this fight would be to somehow use their strength and body weight to take down and potentially choke the wolf to death. That's not going to happen, though. An unarmed human will not stand a chance against a wolf.
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Which animal is the killer?

The mosquito is the single deadliest, most dangerous animal in the world and also one of the smallest. Mosquitoes are estimated to cause between 750,000 and one million human deaths per year.
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What animal is a silent killer?

It's Natural to assume that animals with large teeth and aggressive reputation animals like lions or poisonous snakes are the world's deadliest killers. But appearance not sufficient to judge the creature's deadliness. Mosquito has recorded the maximum killing of people every year.
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What is the most ruthless animal?

The Nile crocodile is the most aggressive animal in the world mostly because it considers humans a “regular part of its diet” according to a-z-animals.com. The animal can weigh up to 1,650 pounds and can be found in 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
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