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The best Animals in the world -

 Blue Whale. The Blue whale is the largest animal of all time, reaching
a weight of about 198 US tons (180 tonnes) and a length of 98 ft (30 m).
 Colossal Squid.
 African Elephant.
 Giraffe.
 Brown Bear.
 Whale Shark.
 Saltwater Crocodile.
 Ostrich.

There are seven major levels of classification: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order,


Family, Genus, and Species. The two main kingdoms we think about are plants
and animals. Scientists also list four other kingdoms including bacteria,
archaebacteria, fungi, and protozoa.

Elephants are mammals of the family Elephantidae and the largest existing


land animals. Three species are currently recognised: the African
bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant.
Elephantidae is the only surviving family of the order Proboscidea; extinct
members include the mastodons.

Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles. It is


defined by size, being finer than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to
a textural class of soil or soil type; i.e., a soil containing more than 85 percent sand-sized
particles by mass.[2]
The composition of sand varies, depending on the local rock sources and conditions, but
the most common constituent of sand in inland continental settings and non-
tropical coastal settings is silica (silicon dioxide, or SiO2), usually in the form of quartz.
The second most common type of sand is calcium carbonate, for example, aragonite,
which has mostly been created, over the past half billion years, by various forms of life,
like coral and shellfish. For example, it is the primary form of sand apparent in areas
where reefs have dominated the ecosystem for millions of years like the Caribbean.
Sand is a non-renewable resource over human timescales, and sand suitable for making
concrete is in high demand.[3] Desert sand, although plentiful, is not suitable for concrete.
50 billion tons of beach sand and fossil sand is used each year for construction. [4]

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