TEN SUPER-STRONG ANIMALS
10 brown bear (ursus arctos)
five times as strong as a human Grizzly bears grow to 500kg and over, and prey on large mammals such as moose, elk and even black bears.
09 green anaconda (eunectes murinus)
constricts at 90psi though figures are debated, the green anaconda is believed to be the world’s largest snake, and has the most powerful squeeze at a reported 90psi.
08 Ox (Bos primigenius)
Pulls 150% of own weight the phrase ‘strong as an ox’ is well coined: for millennia oxen have been used for hauling heavy loads and ploughing heavy soil.
07 Asian elephant (elephas maximus)
Pulls 170% of own weight But Asian elephants used in the timber industry have hauled logs weighing up to 9 tonnes – nearly twice as heavy as a large male tusker.
06 Tiger (Panthera tigris)
lifts double own weight Prey varies across the ranges of the subspecies, but the largest tigers have been known to hunt and carry water buffalo and even young elephants.
05 Crowned hawk-eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)
lifts four times own weight one of Africa’s most powerful raptors, the crowned hawk-eagle preys on mammals such as monkeys and bushbucks that weigh up to 30kg.
04 eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei)
lifts 10 times own weight Big male gorillas – silverbacks – are immensely strong. By comparison, the strongest human weightlifters can lift two or three times their own weight.
03 Leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes)
lifts 50 times its own weight the various species of leafcutter ant carry relatively enormous chunks of leaves back to their nest to fertilise the fungi on which they feed.
02 hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
lifts 850 times own weight the hefty insects known as rhinoceros beetles carry huge loads – anecdotal evidence suggests this species can lug 850 times its own weight.
01 dung beetle (Onthophagus taurus)
Hauls 1141 times own weight in 2010, researchers rob Knell and leigh simmons demonstrated that the strongest males can pull a load 1,141 times its own weight.
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