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
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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
CC BY 2.0 (cropped & cut out)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/61021753@N02/9472520128
CC BY 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/66952/
https://freesound.org/people/murraysortz/sounds/192501/
https://freesound.org/people/digifishmusic/sounds/53682/
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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