Land animals, or more appropriately terrestrial animals, are those that spend most of their time on land. These animals are generally more intelligent and develop more than aquatic animals.
Many animals live on land, ranging from tiny insects to the African elephant, and include big cats, flightless birds, scaly reptiles, and snails moving lazily along the ground.
1. Which species is the fastest land animal? The cheetah is the fastest animal on land, reaching up to 70 mph while running.
2. What land animal has the largest eyes? The ostrich has the largest eyes of any animal that stays entirely on land, with its 2-inch long eyeball larger than its brain.
3. What was the first land animal on earth? Over 420 million years ago, ancient millipedes first walked on land.
4. What is the biggest land animal? The African elephant is the largest terrestrial creature, reaching heights of up to 10 feet and weighing over 10,000 lbs.
5. What land animal lives the longest? The Seychelles’ giant tortoise is the longest-living land animal, with the record currently held by a 190-year-old named Jonathan, who has been living in St. Helena since 1882.
6. What is the dumbest land animal? The giant panda isn’t known for its intelligence, to say the least, given the difficulties conservation experts have faced in maintaining their numbers. This isn’t helped because pandas are not known to care for their young and may even kill them if they get tired of rearing them.
7. What is the strongest land animal? Horned dung beetles can lift over 1141 times their body weight, compared to other dung beetles, which can only do 250 times. This makes them the strongest animal on land.
8. What land animal has the best hearing? While dogs and elephants have amazing hearing, the land animal with the best hearing is the common vampire bat, capable of hearing anything from 2,000 to 110,000 Hz.
9. What is the most dangerous land animal? The African Cape buffalo is the world’s most dangerous land animal, goring and killing over 200 people yearly.
10. What is the world’s loudest land animal? The loudest land animal is the bulldog bat, capable of generating sounds at 140 dB, far beyond the range of human beings.
