Hippo vs crocodile: diet, size, and encounters
National Geographic states that Nile crocodiles mainly eat fish but attack zebras and small hippos, while hippos usually live in shallow lakes and rivers.
Animals Editorial Team
Are polar bears endangered? The IUCN lists them as Vulnerable
The IUCN polar bear specialists name Arctic sea ice loss as the most serious threat. Their 2015 assessment categorized the polar bear as Vulnerable.
Raccoon vs possum: how the raccoon and Virginia opossum differ
Animal Diversity Web lists the raccoon in the order Carnivora and the Virginia opossum in Didelphimorphia. See their looks, size and young side by side.
The biggest lion to ever exist? American and modern lions
The U.S. National Park Service describes the American lion as the largest extinct cat that lived in North America in the Pleistocene.
The biggest hippo ever recorded: a captive male at 4,500 kg
The Animal Diversity Web names a captive male in Munich, Germany, with a weight of 4,500 kg as the largest hippo ever recorded.
Similarities between a red panda and a giant panda
Red pandas and giant pandas both eat bamboo in Asia’s high forests and share a pseudo-thumb, but Smithsonian’s National Zoo says they are not closely related.
Who is stronger, a rhino or an elephant? Size and strength
Compare what is recorded for a rhino and an elephant: size rankings, weights in kg, the elephant’s trunk and tusks, and white rhino horns.
How do blue whales eat? A rapid gulp, then baleen
Blue whales swim toward large schools of krill with open mouths, close them, and keep the krill with baleen plates, NOAA Fisheries says.
Are giraffes stronger than lions? What each can do
Giraffes defend themselves with a deadly kick, and lions are very muscular hunters. See what each animal can do, plus weights and sizes.
Is a Siberian or Bengal tiger bigger? Siberian is largest
Animal Diversity Web and the Smithsonian’s National Zoo name the Siberian (Amur) tiger the largest tiger subspecies, and each gives male sizes.