The World’s Smallest

Revelation of the smallest creatures on earth.

Smallest Insect

The Fairyfly is from the family of Mymaridae with 0.139 mm in length, it parasites the eggs of other insects.

Smallest Fish

The Paedocypris Progenetica is a skinny and transparent fish with 7.9 mm from nose to tail.

Smallest Snake

The Leptotyphlops carlae is a type of threadsnake that is less than 4 inches long.

Smallest Lizard

The Dwarf Gecko or Jaragua Sphaero is only about 16 mm long and it is the smallest vertebrate.

Smallest Bird

The Bee Hummingbird is 5 cm in length and flaps its wings 80 times per second.

Smallest Turtle

The Speckled Padloper Tortoise measures 6-8 cm in male and up to 10 cm in female, they eat succulent, grasses and other small plants.

Smallest Tree

The Dwarf Willow grows to only 1-6 cm in height with round, broad and shiny leaves measures 1-2 cm.

Smallest Frog

The Gold frog is only 9.8 mm in length with its leg drawn in and lives in high places.

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One Response to “The World’s Smallest”

  1. hfj Says...

    On July 21, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    Great informative article. A few of these i knew, but most of them i had never seen before. Well done.


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