super animais

Superstrength: Elephants
Packed with hundreds of muscles, an elephant's trunk alone can lift 600 pounds (270 kilograms), according to experts at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Considering that elephants also shake and even uproot trees with their bodies, it all adds up to one superstrong mammal. In part because of this "superpower," both African elephants (pictured) and Asian elephants have long been trained as beasts of burden, transportation, and war.

"Super Animals: Fast Fliers, Heavy Lifters, and High Jumpers"
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's not a plane, and it's not Superman.
But with a cruising speed of about 50 miles (80 kilometers) an hour and a maximum velocity of 200 miles (322 kilometers) an hour while dive-bombing prey, the peregrine falcon flies with real-world superpower speed.
Just in time for the release of the new movie Superman Returns, National Geographic News takes a look at the falcon and other super animals that are "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound."
(See photos of animals with "Superman powers.")

Speedsters
The crow-size peregrine falcon achieves its greatest speed during the "stoop"—the technical term for its dive-bombing maneuver.

Super Long-Distance Flight: Arctic Terns
Known for their super stamina, these birds fly from the Arctic to Antarctica to feed during both hemispheres' summers—12,000 miles (19,300 kilometers) each way.