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Asked by emily72 to Jo, Kevin, Valeria on 21 Jun 2012.
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Kevin Mahon answered on 21 Jun 2012:
If by poweful you mean, the ones that have developed the most and made the most use of the resources around us then yes.
If you mean ‘are we the most abundant/successful species’ then no and if you mean are we the strongest then definately not! Smartest? Yes we are 🙂
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Joanna Cruden answered on 21 Jun 2012:
I think while we are certainly the most advanced and I guess the highest on the food chain providing we have a gun, but not the most physically powerful, I guess an elephant or a whale has the greatest power (I think so anyway!).To be honest I think sometimes our intelligence makes us less powerful than other species because we just want more and more and are greedy for power even if it means harming our planet and other species habitat
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Kevin commented on :
In terms of strength, think it’s important to take bodyweight into account – obviously knowing a relative strength is better than knowing whats just biggest!
If we take this into account, then the strongest is the Rhinoceros beetle – not just the strongest insect but also the strongest animal in the world (compared to body weight). They can lift up to 850 times their own bodyweight!
Obviously that makes us seem weak by comparison!
Jo commented on :
I think if we look at animals relative to body weight most of them make us llo pretty weak 🙂