Top 10 Most Insanely COLOSSAL Animals of All Time

introducing the super heavyweight class of the animal kingdom welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 colossal animals alive today including all living creatures in the sea for this list we're looking at the most immense and of course largest animals this world has to offer this isn't a simple list of the ten biggest creatures around but rather the most staggeringly oversized animals from a wide variety of species and environments across the globe we are not considering any creatures that are extinct because let's be honest animals of eons past work kind of in a class of their own and a lot of them are big it takes a firm grip to restrain an anaconda but these snakes are tough enough to constrict crocodiles today number 10 Japanese spider grab animation may give us plenty of cute little crabs in recent years but until tim burton takes over his Pixar's creative director the Japanese spider crab is unlikely to get a starring role why well it's kind of the stuff of nightmares [Music] while the Japanese spider crab may have a body that's slightly smaller than the American lobster the staggering length of their legs which can span up to 18 feet went outstretched and an arm span of 12 feet from quod a cloth firmly established them as the largest living arthropod thankfully they typically dwell at depths of between 490 and 980 feet so the likelihood of encountering one of these captivating get intimidating creatures is still slim number 9 polar bear this isn't just bear when it comes to colossal meat-eating land animals it's really a battle of the Bears between the Kodiak bear of Southwest Alaska and the Arctic polar bear both species can reach up to about 5.2 in shoulder height and weigh in at a maximum of somewhere between 2200 and 2,400 pounds that's substantially larger than any other bear species found around the world Agee sees him as her mother and father together really and companion polar bears are carnivorous primarily eating seals fish whereas the omnivorous Kodiak bear typically eats fish and a variety of plant life dietary considerations coupled with the polar bears distinct white coat ultra extreme habitat and impressive hunting skills give it a slight edge over its Alaskan competitor the most powerful land predator is on the prowl hybrids between the two pairs are possible though pretty cool huh number eight Giant Pacific octopus these octopus actually have the ability to learn by observation giant squids might be all the rage these days but what about octopuses the Giant Pacific octopus is considered to be the biggest octopus species around the largest living specimen weighed in at 156 pounds but according to the Guinness Book of World Records the largest ever recorded weighed nearly double at 300 pounds with a total arm span of 32 feet it can be found all across the Pacific Ocean spending time cruising at about 25 miles per hour its pastimes include catching smaller prey in a parachute like web found between its arms and paralyzing its prey with the help of toxins contained in its salivary glands on special occasions it's been known to eat small sharks or even wounded seagulls that's right it has a taste for land blood she is a formidable predator but at the moment hunting isn't on her mind number seven saltwater crocodile this here this big mound is the actual nest and from her behavior I would say almost certainly there are eggs inside that sure Komodo dragons might be intimidating but of all the reptiles currently walking the earth the saltwater crocodile is hands-down the biggest they're commonly found across Australia and Southeast Asia and their massive male specimens have been recorded weighing in excess of 2,200 pounds and measuring over 20 feet in length while these particular crocodiles were of extraordinary size saltwater crocodiles are the only living croc species to regularly reach 16 feet in length they'll be and on the coast they'll be on Islands they'll be at at sea they'll go in tidal rivers swamps if I can get into your bathtub they'll get into it they aren't considered to be an apex predator truly at the top of the food chain in their environment it's a position they maintain by eating anything that dare set foot claw wing or fin in their domain humans included okay number six southern elephant seal it's pretty polar bears might be the largest terrestrial carnivores but southern elephant seals found at the opposite pole Antarctica are the largest carnivores in the world period they typically waste six to seven times more than a male polar bear mature males often weigh upwards of seven thousand pounds but the largest recorded specimen came in at a whopping 11,000 pounds measuring 22 feet while male elephant seals use that weight to their benefit while battling other males for a mate their size can also prove intimidating for females and deadly to pups males are typically five to six times larger than the females and their enthusiasm to procreate will often crush and kill pups so the time has come to start a fight number five colossal squid oh it's just the baby it's the already dead baby also known as the Antarctic squid or giant Krang squid the colossal squid is the largest invertebrate in the world while the giant squid may technically be longer from tip to tip than the colossal squid as the result of longer tentacles the colossal squid beats out its giant counterparts in terms of mass as well as the girth of its body its eyes are the largest of any in the animal kingdom with an estimated diameter of 12 to 16 inches only a few whole specimens of this elusive deep-sea creature have ever been found if they can haul this half-ton beast on board and bring it home thus an aspiring screw will make maritime history it is also rare among squids since it has rotating hooks to grab its prey number four great white shark is there any sea beasts so feared by humans this oceanic hunter requires little introduction given its prevalence in popular culture in the case of great whites the females are typically larger than the males confirmed female specimens have been seen to grow up to four thousand three hundred pounds and twenty feet in length but on average are closer to 15 to 16 feet in length the peak of evolution the absolute fighting machine it is considered to be one of the largest lamniform sharks with only the plankton eating basking and whale sharks beating it out in terms of size when all species of shark are compared it's not the bloodthirsty man eater that jaws what have you believed but it is still responsible for more attacks on humans than any of its peers and has even been known to attack boats [Music] number three giraffe around the age of three or four young male giraffes start to strut their stuff you might not think of them as colossal but giraffes are friggin tall in fact they're the tallest animals on land standing at roughly 16 to 20 feet tall six to eight feet of height can be attributed to their absurdly elongated necks meaning that on average the neck accounts for just under a half of their total height a drafts neck is more than just for show though it enables them to reach the leaves of trees in their natural habitat for male giraffes the long necks also proves useful during mating season to fight other males in a ritual called necking keep in mind giraffes are violent only when necessary despite their slender build giraffes are deceptively heavy males weighing around 2600 pounds on average this is play-fighting but later progresses to full-scale dominance matches number two African bush elephant if the clan of the elephants believes the elephant is one of their brothers that is what makes an elephant very special to us the average male giraffe likely towers over even the largest elephant but elephants bring more than enough weight to the watering hole to make up for their shorter stature the average male Bush elephant is only between 10 to 13 feet tall but also weighs between 10 to 13,000 pounds making it the largest terrestrial animal it'll be a few minutes before Wendy goes to sleep but bulls have been known to outgrow that average by a wide margin the largest recorded bull in history roughly doubled it weighing an estimated 23 to 26,000 pounds at the time of its death in 1956 although Africa is home to another species of elephant the forest elephant they're much smaller than the bush elephants rarely exceeding 8 feet in height and typically weigh in closer to 6,000 pounds yeah I need a large African elephant and I need it today but I'm afraid this just isn't what I'm looking for what do you mean it's an elephant isn't it well it is and it isn't if you understand what I mean before we unveil our top pick here are a few honorable mentions [Music] when he recaptures them he can build up a clear picture of how this incredibly rare animal is faring in the world despite the fact that the head is so small it can swell to take in very decent-sized prey number one blue whale this is incredible I've heard word that we have on our Hanako sir I'm pulling a whale even the largest bush elephant in history weighs less than 1/10 of an adult blue whale the sperm whale of Moby Dick fave takes the title of the largest brain on earth but at 35 to 60 feet in length it pales in comparison to length of blue whale which typically measures between 69 and 90 feet in length I've dropped right into the middle of a group of socialising sperm whales specimens have been found that exceed a hundred feet with one particular female measuring at a hundred and nine feet that is longer than a regulation-size basketball court in terms of weight the record is 191 short tons even when you take dinosaurs into account the blue whale is the largest creature that this planet has ever seen and still swims among us today it's not just the future of the whale that today lies in our hands it's a survival of the natural world in all parts of the living planet do you agree with our list can you think of any other noteworthy colossal animals inside there is a very very small but perfect miniature crocodile for more stranger than fiction top 10s published every day be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com

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Length: 11min 35sec (695 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 16 2017