World Record Animals

Superheroes, record holders, and fascinating facts from the animal kingdom! Welcome to our animal Olympics!

The animal world has almost infinite variety. Many of its creatures have strengths similar to superheroes. The world’s fastest animals can move at the speed of a race car; one small creature has the strength of a trained weightlifter; the world’s strongest animal can lift many times its own weight; and the longest-lived animal survives for several hundred years.

Fastest, slowest, strongest, largest, smallest, longest living, furthest jumping, most dangerous, most beautiful, ugliest, deepest diving—these and many other record holders from the animal kingdom fill this book with unexpected, fascinating facts.

Oldrich Ruzicka is an acclaimed Czech children’s book author whose works have been translated into many languages all over the world. After graduating from the Faculty of Education, he spent several years teaching before transitioning to publishing. He worked as chief editor and publisher of a major Czech publishing house, before founding his own. Ruzicka currently resides in Brno, Czechia.

Tomas Pernicky lives and works in Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic. He is freelance graphic designer and illustrator and specializes in the creation of logos and corporate identities.