What is the Most Powerful Animal?

In a battle royale for the most powerful animal, what species would win? The Asian elephant? The tiger? The saltwater crocodile? Evolution has nudged wild creatures to hone their blows, bites, and brute strength for survival—but in the end, who puts the “king” in animal kingdom depends on what kind of strength you’re looking at.

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Producer/Video by:
Jason Lederman

Research:
Sara Chodosh

Narrator:
Eleanor Cummins

Media Used:
Pixabay
British Library/Flickr
Prelinger Archives/archive.org
Pond5
Getty Images/John Phillips
Enter the Fist (1973) Warner Bros.
National Park Service
Biodiversity Heritage Library/Flickr
Wellcome Library, London (via Wikimedia Commons)
Freesound.org
Freesoundeffects.com

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/61021753@N02/9472520128

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https://freesound.org/people/murraysortz/sounds/192501/
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CC BY 4.0 (cropped & cut out)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zoological_Society_of_London;_an_elephant._Coloured_etching._Wellcome_V0023127.jpg

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