In a battle royale for the most powerful animal, what species would win? The Asian elephant? The tiger? The saltwater crocodile? Evolution has nudged wild creatures to hone their blows, bites, and brute strength for survival—but in the end, who puts the “king” in animal kingdom depends on what kind of strength you’re looking at.<br /><br />--<br /><br />Producer/Video by:<br />Jason Lederman<br /><br />Research:<br />Sara Chodosh<br /><br />Narrator:<br />Eleanor Cummins<br /><br />Media Used:<br />Pixabay<br />British Library/Flickr<br />Prelinger Archives/archive.org<br />Pond5<br />Getty Images/John Phillips<br />Enter the Fist (1973) Warner Bros.<br />National Park Service<br />Biodiversity Heritage Library/Flickr<br />Wellcome Library, London (via Wikimedia Commons)<br />Freesound.org<br />Freesoundeffects.com<br /><br />CC BY 2.0 (cropped & cut out)<br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/61021753@N02/9472520128<br /><br />CC BY 3.0<br />https://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/66952/<br />https://freesound.org/people/murraysortz/sounds/192501/<br />https://freesound.org/people/digifishmusic/sounds/53682/<br /><br />CC BY 4.0 (cropped & cut out)<br />https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zoological_Society_of_London;_an_elephant._Coloured_etching._Wellcome_V0023127.jpg<br /><br />--<br /><br />FOLLOW POPULAR SCIENCE<br /><br />https://www.popsci.com<br /><br />Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/popsci<br /><br />Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/popsci<br /><br />Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/popsci<br /><br />Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/popularscience<br /><br />Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/popularscience
