Which animal jumps the highest

Each of the species on this list has earned its spot. Keep reading! The mountain lion —which is in the cover photo of this article—is native to America and is a carnivore. This large animal is an expert ambush predator; it hides among the trees and waits for hours for the right moment to jump on its prey. Then, it will attack and bite its neck.

Because of its amazing strength and vigor, the puma can jump almost 40 feet horizontally and 13 vertically. Its hind legs are very powerful! This animal is an excellent jumper. Like most marsupials, it has two very well-developed hind legs—unlike its front legs which are short and thin—that allow it to jump and cover a lot of distance in a short time.

Also, their legs help them escape danger. Also, in terms of how high they can jump, kangaroos effortlessly reach ten feet to get over certain obstacles. This frog lives in Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela. In addition, they have three toes on each leg, which are well separated from one another.

The Hare is one of fastest animals and has a great ability to jump. Red Kangaroos are the fastest jumpers among all mammals. Watch a fascinating video of a red kangaroo mum in our Animals A-Z section. Bharal live in the Himalayas and are one of the best jumpers among animals.

Klipspringer are around 1. They are the highest jumping mammals in relation to their body size. Grasshoppers can jump 20 times their own body length. The Kangaroo Rat can jump a whopping 45 times its own body length!

It was neat. Wonderopolis Sep 5, Karla Sep 5, I love how he does it, it was amazing, and I think that is so hard to jump that high. Maddy11 MC Sep 5, Hi I'm in Miss Caplin's class. I thought it was absolutly amazing that elephants can't jump I never knew that. It's facinating to learn that a tiny flea can jump an story building, when we humans can barely jump 8 feet. Anja Sep 5, Hi it's Anja, I'm in grade 5 and I'm 10 years old. I love dogs and a lot of animals and jumping is also fun for me.

I love high jumping! I cannot believe what I just saw! That guy was born with springs in his legs. I can't jump that high at all! I just watched the video of Javier and his most fantastic jump ever! That would be the most amazing thing to do over a bar. Thank you Wonderopolis for your interesting facts and I will be posting way more comments as soon as I can this school year. Thanks again, Bye.

From, Anja. I love that video I leared that a flea can jump times its own body length and times its own body height. I leaned that the hightest juump was 8. I leaned that the guy's name was Javier Sotomayor. I wish I could be in the world record book. I think I will. What inspired him to learn to jump this high? Maybe it was a personal goal he set for himself. Sam A Sep 5, Great video I wonder what these guys go through every day during training. Also I learned that some pro high jumps are littler than some others for different types of reasons; maybe they are more advanced than the others or some other reason.

It also seems that a lot of people like the sport for all ages for fans and jumpers but the amazing thing is that the Americans were realy good at high jumps then slowly got worse and worse and worse every year. Also my question of the day is do the jumpers wear special shoes for jumping or do they wear running shoes? This is my first time going on this website and so far I really like it! Room 12 New River Primary Sep 5, Hi wonderopolis, I think that would never have been as good if that was in normal motion that was soooo cool.

I wish I could jump that high. From Brody. I love this video so much! I love doing jumps over sticks in my back yard. I set up jumps for my dogs. I call it up over when they jump and I then give them a treat. But a few things I learned were that elephants can't jump.

I never knew that a flea could jump. I learned that Javier Sotomayor, from Cuba, in jumped 8. He holds the world record. That is a real accomplishment. He probably is so happy he is in the world record book. Hannah Sep 5, I'm Hannah I love cats and well also love jumping.

I always thought I was amazing at jumping but well not anymore when I saw this video. I thought to myself how does he do it? Then I researched him and well I guess he's the worlds best jumper. Although I'm only ten and in grade five I still think I'm good at jumping For a ten year old I am new to this site and I also love facts and I think this site is the perfect site for me. But anyway thanks wonderopolis for the amazing facts and other stuff. Talk to you later Jacob Sep 5, Dear wonderopolis, I love this blog so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My classmates like this blog too!!!!! Me and my classmates say Stemmet's class Sep 5, Dear Wonderopolis, Today's wonderolpolis was cool. How high was that high jump? I wonder what tomorrow's wonder will be? I think it should be who is the tallest?

I am in third grade and am taller than my 4th grade sister. At night I like to jump around my room after my mom puts me to bed. See you later!! KF Dragons Sep 5, This is our first time commenting about a wonder. It was cool seeing that guy jump so high. Have a good day!

Ouverson's Fourth Grade C Sep 5, We could not believe how high that man jumped. Your friends in Minnesota! Carlos Sep 5, Can you make a wonder of the day about basketball or soccer or baseball? Foster's CLass Sep 5, Hello Wonderopolis, We are happy to have checked out our first Wonder together on our first full day of school. Watching the video of Javier was, "cool, amazing, awesome. We are looking forward to seeing more Wonders!

Thank you, Mrs. Seddy Sep 5, Today I was watching that slow motion movie and I was like oh my goodness, the video was soooooo cool! And the picture of the flea was awesome!!!!! Talk to you later! Thank you Wonderopolis. Schrader's 4th Grade Sep 5, We think tomorrow's wonder will be about a one man band. I have no clue but probably the tallest person could jump the highest. Hey Wonderopolis, I guess I would comment today and tomowwow!

I set the record with 67 captures split screen on the xbox map. Bryleigh Sep 5, I love this blog! I love every one of the wonders! It's really interesting! Johnson's 4th grade Sep 5, Dear Wonderopolis, I am so excited to introduce Wonderopolis to my new fourth graders. Thanks for giving us such great information about jumping. We were really surprised at how high Javier could jump. We are going to go out to the playground and see if any of us can jump that high.

We did not know that fleas and froghoppers could jump that high either. That is amazing! Thanks for sharing, Mrs. Johnson's 4th grade. Siddman MC Sep 5, I though today's wonder of the day was cool because I like the sport: high jump. Aaronyana Sep 5, Dear Wonderopolis, i think the grown adults can jump highest because they are taller than us kids.

Sincerly, Aaronyana. Hazel Nov 15, But kids a smaller and way less so they can get higher then grown-ups. Wonderopolis Nov 16, Aarya Jan 10, Jan 16, Related Wonders for You to Explore Match its definition: physical strength, power, or effect.

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