What's the strongest animal in the ocean?

By pure brute strength alone, the blue whale is the strongest animal in the world. The blue whale is not only large, it is loud and it is able to make a sound of almost 190 decibels.
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What is the deadliest thing in the ocean?

While box jellyfish are found in warm coastal waters around the world, the lethal varieties are found primarily in the Indo-Pacific region and northern Australia. This includes the Australian box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri), considered the most venomous marine animal.
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What is the number 1 strongest animal?

1. Dung Beetle. A dung beetle is not only the world's strongest insect but also the strongest animal on the planet compared to body weight. They can pull 1,141 times their own body weight.
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What is the strongest animal ever?

  • #3 Anaconda. ...
  • #4 Crocodile. ...
  • #5 Grizzly Bear. ...
  • #6 Ox. ...
  • #7 Tiger. ...
  • #8 Leafcutter Ant. ...
  • #9 Rhinoceros Beetle. ...
  • #10 Dung Beetle. Last but not least on the top 10 strongest animals in the world list is the dung beetle; the strongest animal in the world.
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What animal can hit the hardest?

Mantis shrimp pack the strongest punch of any creature in the animal kingdom. Their club-like appendages accelerate faster than a bullet out of a gun and just one strike can knock the arm off a crab or break through a snail shell. These small but mighty crustaceans have been known to take on octopus and win.
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What's the hardest animal to fight?

An elephant would undoubtedly beat any other land animal in a fight. Even regular-sized female elephants have been known to effortlessly kill rhinos and hippos, which would be the next strongest in the world. Young male elephants also often kill rhinos and buffalo to test their emerging strength and new tusks, for fun.
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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 animals Can humans beat?

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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Who is the king of the ocean?

But the true ruler of the sea is the killer whale. Killer whales are apex predators, which means they have no natural predators. They hunt in packs, much like wolves, which are also at the top of their food chain.
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What is the number one killer in the ocean?

About the Species. The killer whale, also known as orca, is the ocean's top predator.
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What kills the most sea life?

#1 Most Deadly Pollutant: Lost Fishing Gear

Carelessly discarded traps, buoys, fishing line and fishing nets are the leading cause of death and injury to marine animals.
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Who runs the ocean?

Although the oceans are technically viewed as international zones, meaning no one country has jurisdiction over it all, there are regulations in place to help keep the peace and to essentially divide responsibility for the world's oceans to various entities or countries around the world.
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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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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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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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What animal Cannot be defeated?

Why tardigrades are so damn tough. It's important to note: Tardigrades are basically indestructible only when they enter a special state called cryptobiosis. In harsh environments, the animals tuck in their legs and expel all moisture from their bodies. In this state, they're called tuns.
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What animal can beat a grizzly bear?

In the battle of the grizzly bear vs tiger, a Siberian tiger would win a fight against a grizzly bear. The Siberian tiger is an ambush predator, and it's the only big cat that comes close to the grizzly bear in terms of size and power. Size isn't everything, though.
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What animal can beat a bear?

Bear cubs often fall prey to tigers, wolves, cougars, and coyotes. Tigers, wolves, cougars, bobcats, coyotes, and humans eat bears, but these predators only focus on bear cubs rather than adult bears. The adult bears are too aggressive and dangerous to prey on – obviously a reason they are at the top of the food chain.
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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 is the most fearless animal in the world?

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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What animal gets mad easy?

The Nile crocodile gets the number one spot because it is the only animal on the list to consider humans a regular part of its diet.
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Can you own an ocean?

The foundation is the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982). It says that a country may claim an area extending 12 nautical miles from its coast as its own territorial sea.
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Will the ocean ever run out?

No more fish

The world's oceans could be virtually emptied for fish by 2048. A study shows that if nothing changes, we will run out of seafood in 2048. If we want to preserve the ecosystems of the sea, change is needed.
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