Beware: The Largest, Most Massive Animals on the Planet

Heaviest Tortoise

Goliath, the tortoise, was born in the 1960s at Seffner’s Life Fellowship Bird Sanctuary. He eventually grew to 919 pounds!

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The More You Know

  • Before mating, the female giraffe will first urinate in the male's mouth.
  • Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham as part of a bet.
  • There are around 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body. If you took them all out and laid them end to end, they’d stretch around the world more than twice.
  • Reed Hasting started Netflix after receiving $40 in late fees when returning Apollo 13.
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