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Animal records
Long jump
Snow leopard : 13 metres
Springbok: 10 metres
Kangaroo: 9 metres
Flea: 35 cm, in other words, 220 times its size, as if a man 1.80 m tall could jump 400 metres!
High jump
Caracal: 3 metres
Springbok: 2.50 metres
Kultarr : 2 metres
Flea: 25 cm, in other words, 260 times its size, as if a man 1.80 m tall could jump 290 metres!
Wing span
Wandering Albatross: 3.65 metres
Condor: 3.20 metres Lesser adjutant: 3.20 metres
Strength
The rhinoceros beetle can lift 850 times its weight
Some ants lift 50 times their own weight
The elephant can lift 8 times its own weight with its trunk!