We often hear about the biggest animals that would easily tower over humans twice, thrice, and some even ten times. But how big, exactly, are they?
Let’s take the blue whale, which is known as one of the largest animals ever to exist. Imagine: the largest ever measured 110 feet long. If that doesn’t ring a bell just yet, think of it as longer than 2 packed school buses that seat 40 people each. It’s also longer than 18 grown men of 6 feet laid head to toe with each other.
If your head is spinning, right down below is a collection of animal photos that put their size into perspective and do the "just imagine" part for us. From very large Maine coons to gigantic Siberian tigers, these are the big boys and girls of the animal kingdom.
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I Never Knew What Absolute U N I T S Clydesdales Are Until I Saw This Picture
Tagging And Blood Tests For Bison. Just To Give You An Idea Of How Big They Are, This Male Weighs Around 3000lbs
An Adult Ocean Sunfish Compared To Them At Birth
We usually imagine felines as cute little furballs who, no matter how fast they grow up, still fit into our lap just fine. But there’s one cat breed known as the Maine coon that can easily reach up to 40 inches. In comparison, the average size of an adult domestic cat comes in at as little as 8 to 10 inches.
In order to find out more about the scale of these massive felines, Bored Panda reached out to Jess Beckwith, a professional Maine coon breeder based in the United Kingdom from RudyCats.co.uk. Jess told us that Maine coons are referred to “as the dogs of the cat world, not only because of their incredible personalities, but also because of their size.”
They’re the biggest domestic cats and can range from 11 to 33 pounds when fully grown. Two of Jess’s “young neutered boys currently hit the scales at around 21 pounds.” Meanwhile, the largest Maine coon is named Barivel and he measures a whopping 3 feet and 11.2 inches from head to tail tip. That makes him longer than a baseball bat.
However impressive the scale of Maine coons may be, it’s not the most important feature when it comes to exhibitions. Jess said that “good bone structure, features, and the ‘not too extreme’ look is best, as well as temperament and health, of course,” are more important for winning a title in the big game.
Meet Patrick, The World’s Oldest And Largest Wombat
Giant African Land Snail
This big boy who resembles an oversized guinea pig is, in fact, a nocturnal marsupial known as a wombat (Vombatus ursinus). Patrick has stolen people's hearts by being both incredibly cute and gigantic. Weighing 84 pounds, he is one of the largest (and oldest) wombats ever to have lived.
Only quite recently, a new, wombat-like species was discovered in Australia called Makupirna nambensis, which literally translates to “big bones” in the aboriginal language. The creature’s remains are now one of the oldest fossils found in the area, thought to date back to 25 million years ago.This boy could have weighed 330 pounds, which is more than five adult wombats living today.
Yet, Makupirna is still not the biggest. The absolute record-breaking wombat-like creature was called Diprotodon and it weighed over two tons. This powerful beast could have lived until 11,700 years ago.
My Dad And My Dog (Dad Is 6'2")
I Have Severely Underestimated The Size Of A Moose
Complete Unit
Maine Coon vs. Siamese Size Comparison
wow, well u know what they say cuteness comes in all shapes and sizes
Minazo The Southern Elephant Seal Was Known For His Blue Bucket, He Lived In Japan's Enoshima Aquarium Until His Death In 2005
Lion's Head Compared To Man's Head. Absolute Unit
A Full Size Snapping Turtle Compared To What Most People Think Is A Full Size Snapping Turtle
Salt Water Crocodile
Ever Wonder How Big An Eagle Talon Is?
A Whale Skull With A Human For Scale
danggg that should be on that one post in which people reimagined what aliens would remake animals based on their skull.
Believe It Or Not, This Is One Of The Least Dangerous Spiders We Have In Australia
Yep, Huntsman spider, harmless. But if I came across it I'd s**t myself eleven months of sundays.
This Is How Huge A Moose Is
Bear Paw Is Pretty Metal
This Is A Hammerhead Bat And Is By Far The Creepiest Animal I've Seen
A Siberian Tiger With A Man For Scale
Leatherback Turtles Can Get Pretty Huge Apparently
I wish people would leave turtles alone to lay their eggs. Where this picture was taken, 50 eggs were stolen.
The Size Of A Tiger Paw Compared To A Man's Hand
The Critically Endangered Giant Chinese Salamander (Largest Salamander And Amphibian In The World). It Apparently Sometimes Smells Like Pepper And Makes Noises That Sound Like Small Children. Scientist For Size
Alaskan Malamute Phil vs. Alaskan Klee Kai. Check Out The Size Difference Of The Two Breeds
A Whale Fin Next To The Entire Skeleton Of A Human
A Big, Fat Caterpillar
The Size Of This Croc Jumping Out Of The Water
Siberian Tigers Are Big
Polar Bear Paw Compared To Human Hands
My Girlfriend's Hand Next To A Great Dane's Paw
Bella vs. Mini
So let me get it right. Bella is the name of the car and Mini is the name of the dog?
The Skull Of A Blue Whale
The Claw Of A Male Southern Cassowary Compared To A Human Hand
Goliath Tiger Fish, Congo River
The Absolutely Startling Size Of Vespa Mandarinia Aka Asian Giant Hornet
Not to worry. The only effect of one dose of Hymenoptera venom is a short period of pain and unless you have an allergy, it's not that dangerous at all. But beware the warrior wasp. A man compared the sting to being chained in the flow of an active volcano. Although if you get swarmed by those beasts, it's game over.
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Vespa Mandarinia Japonica don't get quite that big (though they are impressively big) and they're black and yellow. These look quite different from the ones I've seen. In Japan, Asian Hornets are very docile. They're like cows with wings. Many people are afraid of them, but if you move gently and don't threaten them, they're not a problem. I've helped dozens of them out the windows when they get inside, and haven't been stung yet.
I think the one we are seeing in his hands are dead.
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Workers... they grow up to 3 inches in length, and the venom from a half dozen stings is enough to kill a human.
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I don’t love wasps and hornets.... but I still feel bad for those guys.
4 of those in a man's hand. How do they get them to stay for the picture?
I don’t mind wasps ,bees etc.,but I would certainly mind if those thing were buzzing around me !
Keep your tennis racket around, and a can of raid. Hit the damned thing hard enough to stun it, then spray the s**t out of it so it can't exact revenge. I have survived attack from yellow jackets because I was sitting too close to their nest, and now I have a fear of them where I didn't before. I will not allow those to investigate me for any reason. It comes at me, I will kill it without question.
There is a video where 30 of these killed 30 THOUSAND (30 000) bees within couple of hours (https://youtu.be/EZ1eAM8CChc)
I was stung by a regular ole hornet when I was a kid. It was so painful I've never forgotten it almost 4 decades later. I was running and it got me in the front of my shoulder. Even though I lived in a rural, safe area, I honestly thought I'd been shot. I can't imagine getting stung by one of these. It would be excruciating.
OMFG!😳 four of those can easily pick up a small a human baby and fly off with it!! Imagine them shits invading your picnic at the park????!!!
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Would that be the Murder Hornet? I heard that they can actually take a chunk of skin if they 'sting (bite)' you.
Gorilla Hands Compared To A Human Hand
A Flood Brought In This New Species Of Ant To My Neighborhood. Size Comparison Between Regular Ant
Fruit Bats Are Way Bigger Than I Thought.
I Found A Grasshopper In Costa Rica And Used My 16cm Hand For Scale
This Is A Human Skeleton Compared To A Gorilla Skeleton
Fully Inflated Horse Lungs
Unit Of A Hippo At NY Aquarium vs. Size Of This Kid
Bald Eagles Are Freakin Huge Compared To A Human
Emu Eggs, With Chicken Egg For Scale
Human Hand vs. Leg Of Myra, One Of The Resident Emus At Freedom Farm Animal Rescue
Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
Claw Sizes Of 25 Different Predators
Beaver? Predator? I thought beavers eat ... trees. Now that I think about it, that doesn't really make sense.
I See Your Hand Sized Moth And Raise You A Giant Beetle Larvae
This Ridiculous, Nearly Five Pound Lobster Claw Compared To A Human Hand
Note: this post originally had 55 images. It’s been shortened to the top 49 images based on user votes.
What are you basing that on? Most of the animals are still very much alive and many of them are being helped by the humans in the pictures.
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Creatures rarely get big anymore because of morons who want to hunt them for trophies. We have camera phones. Just take a selfie to prove you encountered the behemoth and share that alongside your story.
Agreed 100% While there is some benefit to controlled hunting of certain animal species in certain areas, and at specific times...Trophy hunting is barbaric and elitist. Thankfully, photo safari's are becoming the norm. Also, shooting something with a camera and getting a good photo is much harder than killing something with a gun. It challenges and requires the same skills, too.
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Sad to see the dead and captured ones, but holy c**p nature is amazing
Here is one of the basic problems with people today, they assume everything without seeking out the information first. None of these pictures contained trophy kills! Most of the dead animals could have been killed by other animals not just humans. And here is the biggest one: People STILL EAT MEAT! Just because you are a vegan/vegetarian does not mean that everyone is as well. It was YOUR CHOICE to live that lifestyle, I didn't choose that for you. So don't sit there on your fake throne and try to tell everyone else how to live their lives. If we eat meat, then just move a long with your condescending b******t!
This, basically; I'm guessing some of the actual dead ones also died of natural causes.
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Too bad I was too busy screaming when a 30 cm. black moth woke me up in Mexico to take a picture posing for scale. Despite being harmless, they're calle Death Butterflies. Guess it's because they give you a heart attack
I find posts about animals interesting and am always delighted to learn new things here on Bored Panda... entertainment with the added bonus of learning. :D
Most of these are forced perspective photographs. Size is decpetive.
Apparently I have a thing with size differences, or i'm just a human being... can't tell. But this post gave me the heeby-jeebies
It's a bit disturbing at how many comments on "so sad" or "hope it wasn't hunted" there are. My people have hunted and used animal parts for food, clothing, etc for thousands of years. [I'm Mayan] I'm not about to end my people's traditions because of a few sensitive sallies. Only difference is today, I use modern tools for hunting. The thing that has remained the same? Honouring and thanking the animal who died in order to feed and clothe me and my family.
i'm sad that the murray cod wasn't on this list, they are an aussie icon and the grow up to 2 metres!
Didn't know this site has so many PETA members. You all are aware that it is legally and morally ok to kill and eat animals, right? People have been doing it for quite some time now.
Believe me, a lot of them are NOT PETA members. PETA's reputation is not that great. Even though I share your viewpoint on animals, it's more a matter of practicality and realizing pollution, loss of habitat, etc is worse. Really, non-trophy-only hunting is the least evil that humans do, still hate seeing them dead. I could only hunt or even fish in a case of extreme necessity. Don't make assumptions.
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Which pics were of trophy animals? I didn't see one at all!
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What are you basing that on? Most of the animals are still very much alive and many of them are being helped by the humans in the pictures.
Load More Replies... Creatures rarely get big anymore because of morons who want to hunt them for trophies. We have camera phones. Just take a selfie to prove you encountered the behemoth and share that alongside your story.
Agreed 100% While there is some benefit to controlled hunting of certain animal species in certain areas, and at specific times...Trophy hunting is barbaric and elitist. Thankfully, photo safari's are becoming the norm. Also, shooting something with a camera and getting a good photo is much harder than killing something with a gun. It challenges and requires the same skills, too.
Load More Replies... Sad to see the dead and captured ones, but holy c**p nature is amazing
Here is one of the basic problems with people today, they assume everything without seeking out the information first. None of these pictures contained trophy kills! Most of the dead animals could have been killed by other animals not just humans. And here is the biggest one: People STILL EAT MEAT! Just because you are a vegan/vegetarian does not mean that everyone is as well. It was YOUR CHOICE to live that lifestyle, I didn't choose that for you. So don't sit there on your fake throne and try to tell everyone else how to live their lives. If we eat meat, then just move a long with your condescending b******t!
This, basically; I'm guessing some of the actual dead ones also died of natural causes.
Load More Replies... Too bad I was too busy screaming when a 30 cm. black moth woke me up in Mexico to take a picture posing for scale. Despite being harmless, they're calle Death Butterflies. Guess it's because they give you a heart attack
I find posts about animals interesting and am always delighted to learn new things here on Bored Panda... entertainment with the added bonus of learning. :D
Most of these are forced perspective photographs. Size is decpetive.
Apparently I have a thing with size differences, or i'm just a human being... can't tell. But this post gave me the heeby-jeebies
It's a bit disturbing at how many comments on "so sad" or "hope it wasn't hunted" there are. My people have hunted and used animal parts for food, clothing, etc for thousands of years. [I'm Mayan] I'm not about to end my people's traditions because of a few sensitive sallies. Only difference is today, I use modern tools for hunting. The thing that has remained the same? Honouring and thanking the animal who died in order to feed and clothe me and my family.
i'm sad that the murray cod wasn't on this list, they are an aussie icon and the grow up to 2 metres!
Didn't know this site has so many PETA members. You all are aware that it is legally and morally ok to kill and eat animals, right? People have been doing it for quite some time now.
Believe me, a lot of them are NOT PETA members. PETA's reputation is not that great. Even though I share your viewpoint on animals, it's more a matter of practicality and realizing pollution, loss of habitat, etc is worse. Really, non-trophy-only hunting is the least evil that humans do, still hate seeing them dead. I could only hunt or even fish in a case of extreme necessity. Don't make assumptions.
Load More Replies... Which pics were of trophy animals? I didn't see one at all!
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