Top 10 Strongest Animals

When determining the strongest animal, different animals have different kinds of strength. Some large animals have great strengths and are capable of lifting, dragging, carrying or pulling great weights.  While others animals that may seem small in size, are able to carry great weights compared to their small stature.

• Eagles are large and powerful birds.  They are the strongest bird and are able to lift four times its own body weight while they are flying.


• The anaconda is a large, non-poisonous snake that can squeeze its prey to death that is its own body weight.


• The grizzly bear can weigh between 330 and 990 pounds and can lift 0.8 times its body weight.


• Oxen are used for plowing, for pulling carts and wagons and they can pull up to 1.5 times its body weight over rough terrain.


• A tiger can weigh up to 660 pounds and can carry a prey that is twice its own weight up a tree.


• A gorilla can lift over 10 times its body weight that ranges from 350 to 600 pounds.


• African elephant can weigh 4,800 up to 13,00 pounds and they carry the weight of 130 humans.


• The leafcutter ants are small but they can lift and carry leaves in their jaws that are 50 times their weight.


• A rhinoceros is known for its large size and can lift something 850 times its own weight.


• A dung beetle is the strongest insect but the strongest animal compared to its body.  They can pull 1,141 times their weight and roll up to 50 times their weight.