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Anna Wild tells Rob about amazing animals. The largest animal in the world is the blue whale*. It can be 32 meters long. The bumblebee bat* is a tiny* animal. Its body is only 30 millimeters long!  And it weighs just two grams*. The sloth is the slowest land animal. It can't move fast because of its long claws.

Conversation A

(in the studio)

Rob:     Welcome to the show, Anna Wild!

Anna:    Thank you, Rob. I'm glad to be here.

Rob:     There are some amazing animals in the world. Tell us about some.

Anna:    Do you know what the largest animal in the world is?

Rob:     I think so. It's some kind of whale*, right?

Anna:    Yes! A blue whale can be 32 meters long.

            And it eats about 3,600 kilograms of food a day!

Conversation B

Rob:     What about the smallest animal?

Anna:    That's a little harder to decide. There are some tiny* animals out there.

Rob:     Tell me about one.

Anna:    Well, the bumblebee bat's* body is only about 30 millimeters long.

Rob:     That's pretty small! Where do they live?

Anna:    They live in Thailand. No one knew about them until 1973!

Rob:     Interesting! How much do they weigh?

Anna:    They weigh about two grams*.

Conversation C

Rob:     Tell me another interesting animal fact.

Anna:    Well, one of my favorite animals moves very slowly.

Rob:     What animal is that?

Anna:    A sloth. It's the slowest land animal. It moves only 0.24 kilometers an hour!

Rob:     So it takes more than four hours to go a kilometer? Wow!

Anna:    They're slow because their claws are so long.

            But they don't walk much. They spend most of their time in trees.

Answer it!

1. How much does the bumblebee bat weigh?

2. What is your favorite animal? Why?