THE strongest creature, relatively speaking, is the rhinoceros beetle.
In absolute terms the African elephant is by a very long chalk the strongest living creature - it can lift 25% of its own body weight. But the rhinoceros beetle can carry 850 times its own weight!
Say you weigh 70kg, that would mean being able to carry 59500kg - something along the lines of an armoured tank! -
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Rhino beetle is the 'strongest creature'
THE strongest creature, relatively speaking, is the rhinoceros beetle.
In absolute terms the African elephant is by a very long chalk the strongest living creature - it can lift 25% of its own body weight. But the rhinoceros beetle can carry 850 times its own weight!
Say you weigh 70kg, that would mean being able to carry 59500kg - something along the lines of an armoured tank! -
Largestfastestsmarest.co.uk; discovermagazine.com; scienceforum.com