The smallest size in nature. What is the smallest particle in the universe

The animal world is so diverse that we are hardly familiar with a hundredth of the inhabitants of our planet. The most famous are large mammals. But there are many miniature representatives of the fauna.

The smallest frog

The length of this tiny frog called Paedophryne is 7.7 millimeters, although there are “giants” among them, reaching 11.3 millimeters. Males are always smaller than females. Due to their brown color, they manage to remain unnoticed both on the ground and in the trees.

The smallest chameleon

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The tiny chameleon lizard the small brookesia (Brookesia minima) lives in the tropics of Madagascar. Its length is 1.2 centimeters.

The smallest jellyfish

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The Irukandji jellyfish looks like a tiny (25 by 12 millimeters) almost transparent white bell. At the same time, the size of the tentacles can reach lengths from one millimeter to a meter. The main feature of the Irukandji is that its poison, which, by the way, has not been studied by scientists, can paralyze or kill a person.

smallest mammal

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The weight of a dwarf multi-tooth with a body length of 3-4.5 centimeters is less than 2 grams.

The smallest deer

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The growth of the northern pudu reaches 30-40 centimeters. The horns are also very small. The northern pudu lives in southern Chile and the island of Chilos, although it is very difficult to see it there - the animals lead a rather secretive lifestyle.

Little animals of Russia

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The smallest bird is the yellow-headed kinglet. The length of his body is about 10 centimeters, the bird weighs up to 10 grams. His brother - the red-headed kinglet - weighs even less, only 5 grams, and the body length barely reaches nine centimeters.

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Quails are considered the smallest representatives of chicken. They weigh about 100 grams.

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The smallest fox is called the corsac. With a body length of about 50 centimeters, the fox reaches a height of 30 centimeters.

The smallest creature on earth

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Kitty's pig-nosed bat is considered the smallest creature on Earth. This inhabitant of Thailand weighs less than 2 grams with a body length of 2.9 cm to 3.3 cm. During the day, animals hide in the caves of limestone hills, and in the evenings they hunt insects in small groups. According to biologists, their number reaches a little more than 500 individuals.

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The pygmy shrew Savi is the smallest animal on Earth among land mammals. Its weight is approximately 1.5 - 2.5 grams. This creature has one feature - it eats food about three to four times its weight per day.

What do you think is the smallest animal on Earth?

It is natural to say that one of the smallest animals on Earth is the mosquito, it is also one of the most dangerous animals, according to statistics, due to the fact that it carries many diseases.

Animals (from Wikipedia):

“In the scientific sense, animals, in addition to mammals, reptiles and amphibians, include a huge variety of other organisms: fish, birds, insects, arachnids, molluscs, starfish, all kinds of worms, etc.”

A mosquito is one of the smallest creatures, but by no means the smallest, however, all sorts of midges and insects are of no particular interest to the townsfolk.

Consider the smallest interesting animals, by species, for example - the smallest dog, cat, monkey, frog, snake.

Pictured reindeer pudu

The smallest deer

The northern pudu is a deer the size of a small dog. The height at the withers is only 30-40 cm, such a compact animal is found in southern Chile and the island of Chilos. Leads a secretive life.

Pictured is a biruang bear

The smallest bear

Biruang is tiny but ferocious, in the West it is considered one of the most dangerous bears in the world (especially angry females feeding cubs), however, in Asia it is called sunny and, sometimes, even planted as a pet. In addition to being the smallest and also the rarest bear on the planet. Growth is usually no more than one and a half meters, weight 25-65 kg.

Pictured Yorkshire Terrier Millie

Pictured Chihuahua Tuddy

The smallest dog

Until 2001, one of the representatives of the pygmy Yorkshire terrier rightfully bore the title of the smallest dog: his height was only about 62 mm. Of the living, the smallest until recently was the Chihuahua Boo-boo - her height is 100 mm. Nowadays, several representatives of miniature breeds, or rather their owners, are fighting for the right to have the title of the smallest dog and be listed in the Guinness Book of Records.

Pictured is Pibbles the cat

The smallest cat

Peebles, a cat weighing 1350 grams and 15.5 cm long, lives with his mistress in Illinois. It looks like just a kitten, but with the experience of an experienced cat, capricious, playful. Listed in the Guinness Book of Records.

Everywhere the indicated weight parameters are 1.5 kg, but there are versions that this is some kind of confusion, in my opinion, a 15-centimeter cat weighs 1.5 kg.

Pictured is a Vechur cow

The smallest cow

In India, dwarf breeds of cows - Vechur - were bred. Animal height - up to 90 cm, weight - up to 100 kg. Milk yield is minimal - up to 3 liters per day (however, this is quite normal for many if you keep a cow for yourself), the meat is sinewy, tough.

In India, where they were bred more than a hundred years ago, the meat of cows is not eaten - there the cow is a sacred animal. However, keeping such a mini animal is less expensive than a large cow, and besides, evenings can become great friends to a person.

A cow with a height of 83 cm is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.

In the photo is the smallest horse - Tumbelina

The smallest horse

Tumbelina lives in the USA, her weight is 27 kg, her height is 43 kg. According to the stories of the owners, a very friendly, meek horse. Listed in the Guinness Book of Records.

In the photo, the smallest fox in Russia - Korsak

The smallest fox in Russia

Korsak (the smallest breed of foxes) is 50 cm long, 30 cm tall at the shoulders, lives in Tatarstan, the European part to Volgograd.

Pictured is a dwarf multi-toothed

One of the smallest mammals in Russia is the pygmy multitooth, its length is 3-4.5 cm, and its weight is less than 2 grams. It looks like a shrew, a mouse, it is considered a predator, it destroys insect pests - worms and everyone in a row. Almost does not sleep - eats all the time, heart rate - 1300 beats per minute.

Pictured is a red-headed kinglet

One of the smallest birds in Russia is the red-headed kinglet: its weight is 5 grams, its size does not exceed 9 cm.

Pictured is a hummingbird

The smallest bird in the world

Hummingbird - weight 1.6 g, length up to 5.7 cm. It buzzes like a bee when it flies, as it makes 80-100 flaps of wings per second, the number of heartbeats is 350 beats per minute, body temperature is 40 degrees. Flight speed - 80 km / h. They feed on flower nectar and insects.

Lives only in Cuba. It is an endangered species. Also one of the most beautiful birds.

On the photo of the toy

The smallest monkeys

Marmosets do not grow longer than 15 cm, weigh up to 150 grams. Marmosets live in hot countries: Bolivia, Peru, South America, Brazil, they are also kept in captivity, they are considered the cutest creatures.

“Pygmy marmosets compete with pygmy mouse lemurs for the title of the smallest primate. Their size is only from 11 to 15 cm, not counting the tail from 17 to 22 cm long. The weight of pygmy marmosets is from 100 to 150 g. Their hair is thick and long and is colored golden brown on the upper side. The underside is white or orange."

Pictured is the smallest hamster

The smallest hamster

His name is PeeWee. Its growth is six times smaller than that of ordinary hamsters - 25 mm, it is the size of a ten-ruble coin.

Pictured is the smallest chameleon

The smallest chameleon

Miniature Brookesia - a species of dwarf chameleons - a little more than a match head, only about 2 mm. It lives in the tropical forests of Madagascar. Often disguised as fallen leaves. It has two rows of spines along the ridge, serrated growths above the eyes, and a slightly curling tail.

The mini-chameleon is so tiny that it is not even really known what it eats, because all the bugs and insects that most of its larger relatives eat are simply larger than the chameleon itself.

Due to deforestation and little research, the species is in a state of threat to survival.

Pictured are the smallest fish.

The smallest fish

“The title of the smallest fish was shared between Stout infantfish and Paedocypris progenetica.

There were two winners, because one of them is freshwater, and the other is a marine inhabitant. Paedocypris progenetica lives in peat bogs on the island of Sumatra and, despite being closely related to carp, reaches only 10 millimeters (for males) or 7-8 millimeters (for females).

The Great Barrier Reef, in turn, became the home of Stout infantfish, growing up to 7-8 millimeters.

Pictured is the smallest lizard

The smallest lizard

The Kharaguan sphero rarely reaches a length of more than 1.6 cm. It can easily fit on a one-ruble coin.

Miniature lizards are now in vogue, the most modest prices for such specimens are from 10 thousand rubles, it is difficult to find information on prices according to the above indicated instance of price information. True, it is very problematic to keep the Kharaguan sphero ...

The species was discovered only in 2001, but even now, like the miniature chameleon, it is on the verge of extinction due to deforestation.

Pictured is the smallest snake

The smallest snake

A species of miniature Karla snakes lives on the island of Barbados, feeds on ant eggs and termites. The length of the snake is only 100 mm, that is, 10 cm, which allows it to remain invisible to people and potential food.

It looks like an earthworm, only nimble and shiny. The species is listed in the Red Book as endangered.

Pictured is a pig-bearing bumblebee bat

The smallest bat

A pig-nosed bat belonging to the order of bats (also called a bumblebee mouse) - weight up to 2 grams, length up to 3 cm. It is smaller than many insects. They called the mouse pig-bearing because of its nose, which looks like a piglet. She lives in Thailand, Myanmar, in limestone caves, keeps in groups, hunt insects at night. Their numbers are declining, they are listed in the Red Book in the top ten rare species.

In the photo, the jellyfish Irukandji

The smallest jellyfish

The Irukandji jellyfish belongs to the Cubomedus order, it resembles a transparent white bell. Its dimensions are 25 by 12 mm, but the tentacles can be from one mm to ... one meter. Despite its tiny size, this is a very dangerous creature, poison can kill a person or cause paralysis, lives in the Pacific Ocean, Australian waters, “discovered” in 1952 by academician Hugo Flecker, named after an Australian tribe.

The box jellyfish releases poison not with its whole body, but with a tentacle, which is not taken seriously by tourists, because it looks like a mosquito bite, many do not immediately notice and understand what happened.

The academician himself tested the effect of the poison on himself and described its symptoms. He survived, but there were deaths. Paralytic effects begin with an unbearable headache, spasms throughout the body, muscle pain, pulmonary edema, tachycardia, hypertension. This complex manifestation is even called the Irukandji syndrome. In fatal cases, terrifying pain throughout the body lasts about a day.

Interesting fact: "According to recent studies, global warming, including ocean waters, leads to the gradual spread of Irukandji in the waters of the world's oceans."

Pictured is the smallest frog Paedophryne amanuensis

The smallest frog

Frog Paedophryne amanuensis, body length from 7.7 mm to 11.3, females are larger than males. Frogs are brown in color, which allows them to camouflage well on the ground. She leads a nocturnal way of life, jumps to distances 30 times the size of her body.

Pictured is the smallest seahorse

The smallest seahorse

Denis's seahorse (lat. Hippocampus denise) is a very miniature inhabitant of the deep sea, its length is only 10-14 mm. Leads a lonely life. Beautiful, unusual creature. Found in tropical waters off the coast of southern Japan, Indonesia, northern Australia and New Caledonia, and native to coral reefs.

Pictured is a pygmy hippopotamus

Pygmy hippopotamus (Pygmy Hippopotamus)

Pygmy hippo - “herbivorous mammal from the hippopotamus family. Lives in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Côte d'Ivoire. They live in the forest of Upper Guinea (Upper Guinea) in Africa, where they are protected as an endangered species.

In weight, it reaches only a tenth of the size of its large relatives.

grows only up to 1/10 of the weight of its larger counterparts. They are solitary, elusive creatures, prefer to lead a secretive, nocturnal lifestyle, keep apart, and not in packs like large relatives.

Deforestation, pollution of the biosphere has led to the fact that this species is on the verge of extinction.

These are very touching, charming creatures, similar to large guinea pigs.

And finally about the second kind of the smallest monkeys.

Pictured is a pygmy mouse lemur

Pygmy mouse lemurs

Madame Berta's pygmy lemur “the smallest of the mouse lemurs and one of the smallest primates (the main competitor for this title is the pygmy marmoset). Weight about 50 grams, body length about 20 centimeters, 10 of them are on the tail.

That is, an adult little animal is only 5 cm (excluding the tail). It lives in Madagascar, but those who want exotic things regularly try to tame the monkey to their home habitat. However, the animal is difficult to accustom to hands - it is quite aggressive, docile individuals are rare.

Nature made such animals small or is it the result of evolution with a restructuring for survival, because many species “mutated” and changed in order to be less noticeable, more tenacious - it is not known, however, such tiny individuals are undoubtedly a mystery of nature. Perhaps, these are one of the most unexplored species of animals, fraught with not only good, but bad, as, for example, the smallest box jellyfish.

Among the incredible variety of fauna that lives on our planet, there are some species of animals of very small sizes. These defenseless creatures can only survive in the wild by taking advantage of their small size and hiding from natural enemies.

1. Dwarf marmosets

The first in the list of the smallest animals on the planet are pygmy marmosets, tiny monkeys, considered the smallest species of primates on Earth. An adult marmoset weighs a maximum of 150 grams and grows in length no more than 15 cm, not counting the tail.

This type of monkey is found in the rainforests of the Amazon, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru, where they jump through the trees, biting their sharp teeth into their bark and drinking the juice. They also feed on insects and fruits. The adorable, little creatures are relatively docile and are a favorite with vendors in exotic bird markets.

2. American miniature horses

American miniature horses are distributed throughout the world, but most of them live in America and Europe. This breed of horses differs from its larger counterparts in its small weight and height.

One of the stallions of this breed, nicknamed "Little Pumpkin", was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest horse on the planet with a height of 35.5 cm and a weight of 9 kg.

These beautiful and cute creatures have a very friendly nature, which makes them great pets.

3. Hummingbird - bee

The hummingbird is the smallest bird species on the planet, the birds grow no more than 6 cm in length and weigh a maximum of 2 grams. These hummingbirds live only in some forest areas of Cuba and on the Guanahacabibes Peninsula.

They feed exclusively on nectar, which they can collect from flowers at any height. Only 15 certain types of plants are suitable for hummingbird food. Birds of this species are strong and fast flyers, they are able to make 90 strokes of their wings in 1 second.

4. Philippine tarsiers

Philippine tarsiers are considered the indigenous inhabitants of the Philippine Islands, and their striking feature is their disproportionately large eyes, giving their face a cute and "cute" look.

It is one of the smallest primate species, and tarsiers rarely grow larger than the palm of an adult male. They are nocturnal and feed mainly on insects. The length of an adult tarsier reaches 10 cm, the weight of males does not exceed 134 grams, females -117 grams.

5. Miniature Pigs or Mini Pigs

Miniature pigs were bred in Europe in the early 1950s for medical research, later they were increasingly used as pets.

They are considered very smart animals and are easy to train, there is practically no smell from them, which makes it possible to keep mini-pigs in apartments. Unfortunately, miniature pigs are prone to obesity and require a strict diet throughout their lives.

6. Fenech

One of the smallest animals in the world is a miniature fennec fox that lives in the hot deserts of North Africa. The body length of the animal rarely reaches more than 40 cm, and the weight does not exceed 1.5 kg.

A distinctive feature of fennec foxes is unusually large ears, reaching 15 cm in length. With the help of them, the fox perfectly hears the movement of insects and small vertebrates, which it hunts at night, and during a hot day, the ears help the animal to cool.

7. Cow - panda

The panda cow is a tiny bovine that has markings similar to the spots on the skins of giant pandas. At last count, there are only a couple of dozen of them in the world, and the cost of each of them reaches 30,000 US dollars.

This type of miniature cow was artificially bred by breeder John Balterd of Washington. According to his idea, each calf by the age of three should reach a height of no more than 106 cm and at the same time have a skin color that matches the patterns on the bodies of rare Chinese pandas.

8. Dwarf rabbit

The dwarf rabbit is the smallest species of rabbit on the planet and is most common in the United States. An adult rabbit weighs about 3 kg, the body length reaches 34 cm. In the wild, rabbits mainly live in thickets of high and dense sagebrush, which is used for protection and food.

They also make excellent pets, the animals have a playful and friendly character and love to communicate. They are unpretentious in care, the cost of their maintenance is small. These rabbits can be walked on a leash, or they can never be taken outside. They very quickly get used to the cat's tray and do not have an unpleasant smell.

9. Paedocypris fish

The smallest fish on the planet lives in Southeast Asia, in the peat swamps of Sumatra. An adult Paedocypris reaches a length of no more than 7.9 mm. This fish belongs to the carp family and is also considered the smallest vertebrate creature on the planet.

They feed mainly on plankton, which they collect from the bottom of the swamps. Unfortunately, the future prospects for this fish are unimportant: due to human activities, swamps in Sumatra are getting smaller, and the habitual habitat of Paedocypris will soon completely disappear.

10 Noble's Frog

And the last representative of the fauna in the ranking of the smallest animals in the world is Noblell's frog (Noblella pygmaea). This tiny creature was first discovered by scientists in the Andes, in southern Peru.
Possessing a brown camouflage coloration and miniature size (an adult frog does not grow more than 11 mm), the noblella has been quite successfully hiding from wildlife researchers for many years.

Frogs live at an altitude of 3000 meters above sea level in vegetated meadows and tropical forests. In their entire life, females lay only two eggs, which are cared for until the little frogs hatch.

On Earth you can meet many animals that surprise every person with their size, external features and behavior. In addition to water giants, large mammals and ferocious predators, tiny representatives of the fauna also live in nature. Today we will highlight the TOP smallest animals in the world.

As the statistics say, many have never heard of many miniature creatures, and when they meet them, they take their breath away. Rating, we will pay attention to the inhabitants of reservoirs, forests and steppes, as well as the class of amphibians. Oddly enough, but unique individuals with incredibly small sizes are found in almost all classes of animals. We select representatives:

• the organic world as a whole;
• amphibians;
• reptiles;
• mammals;
• birds;

The smallest animal in the organic world

If we take into account the little-studied organic world of wildlife, then mycoplasma will become its smallest representative. Although it is essentially impossible to call this creature an animal. This is just one of the varieties of living matter of the organic world, which is the simplest microscopic unicellular organism. Having studied the structure of such matter, scientists determined that her cell lacks a nucleus. It's hard to imagine how small mycoplasma is.

According to microbiologists, the size of such an organism rarely exceeds 0.8 microns and ranges from 0.3-0.8 microns. But despite this, the creature can significantly harm the human body, becoming the causative agent of diseases of the genitourinary, circulatory and immune systems.

The smallest amphibian

Few people know about the existence of a tiny frog Paedophrynewhose length is 7.7 mm. The largest individuals rarely reach 11.3 millimeters in length and, as a rule, they are females. The miniature animal has a brown color, so it is almost impossible to notice in the wild. especially on the grass, tree bark or foliage. Due to its tiny size, the frog received presacral vertebrae and a reduced number of fingers.

The frog was first found by American biologists during an expedition to New Guinea. The creation is several times smaller than the 100-cent coin of the United States of America, so it can easily fit on such a coin. The amphibian is considered the smallest animal belonging to the subtype of vertebrates.

The smallest representative suborder of lizards on Earth is the chameleon lesser brookesia. Its dimensions are 1-2 mm. There is a chameleon in the forests of Madagascar, although it is extremely difficult to find it among the foliage. It is known that such an animal has a unique ability to change the color of its skin in accordance with the colors of the environment.

Also on the list of the smallest reptiles is the Namaqualand tortoise, or as it is called the "Cape speck". If the largest turtles reach 200 kilograms of weight, then these individuals rarely weigh more than 160 kilograms. The average body weight of an adult varies between 95-165 kilograms with a body length of 6-10 centimeters. Females are always larger than males.

During the mating season, males become aggressive, and not only to other same-sex individuals, but also to females. Because of this, they often fight each other, bite and stab with the front edge of the shell.

The female goes to the winner, and after mating immediately lays tiny eggs in a dug hole. After four months, a newborn appears in the world, which weighs less than 5-8 grams. By the way, by weight, it is less than a quail egg, which reaches 10-12 g.

The miniature turtle can be found in South African regions, usually in dry forests and scrub savannahs. Currently, reptiles are listed in the Red Book as an almost extinct species. Until recently the tribes, inhabiting the Republic of South Africa, used these animals for medical purposes.

The smallest fish in the world

Compiling a rating of the smallest animals in the world, one cannot ignore the group of fish. According to the latest up-to-date information, there are two representatives of the group in the Guinness Book of Records. The first, called Paedocypris progenetica, belongs to the carp family and is found in the peat bogs of Indonesia. The second one (Photocorybus spiniceps) lives in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans at depths of 1000 meters, where there is practically no sunlight. An adult reaches 7.9-10.3 millimeters.

Males are distinguished by unique spots between the eyes and on the crown. It is important to note that until the 21st century, scientists did not study the fauna of peat bogs, referring to the high acidity of the water, which prevents the formation of any life forms. However, in 2006 they managed to make an incredible discovery in the form of a tiny fish from the carp family. Such a surprise from nature has become a real phenomenon of the underwater world. The body length of the female reaches 5-7 centimeters, and the males - 6-9 millimeters.

The smallest mammals

The list of the smallest mammals includes unique animals that may seem like a miniature copy of their larger counterparts or characters from a science fiction movie about other worlds. Due to their amazing size, these little animals freely climb plants, thin branches of trees and catch insects in the smallest depressions. Often their size is comparable to the size of a bumblebee.

So, let's highlight the smallest mammals that are found in the world.

dwarf couscous

And although pygmy couscous looks more like tiny chinchillas, it belongs to the marsupial family and is compared with kangaroos. The length of an adult couscous varies between 5-10 centimeters and weighs 10-45 grams.

Like other relatives, these tiny creatures are used to being nocturnal. Using a flexible tail, they calmly hang upside down from tree branches. The main range is Australia, Papua New Guinea and the islands of Indonesia. With the advent of winter cold, the animal forms a dense ball, and closing its eyes with its ears, it goes into hibernation. Due to the decrease in metabolism, there is no need for nutrition. For wintering, there is enough nutrients collected during the warm season, which are found in the sebaceous deposits of the tail.

American shrew mole

The length of this mammal reaches 6 centimeters, while the tail grows up to 2.5 cm. The tiny fluffy is found in the forests of the northwestern United States and in Canada, in places with high humidity.

The animal has a long, flat-tipped snout, characteristic of other moles, and sharp claws that allow it to quickly dig deep tunnels underground. Unlike relatives leading an underground lifestyle, these miniature moles often come to the surface of the earth in search of food. They often prey on insects by climbing bushes and plants.

Etruscan mouse shrew

The weight of an adult Etruscan shrew mouse is 2 grams. The body length is 3.5 centimeters, while the tail reaches 1/3 of the body length.

The mouse stands out with an impressive appetite, because. she is able to eat a lot of food, about twice her weight. And this is every day. Also, the crumbs are characterized by an increased heart rate, about 25 heart beats per second or 1500 beats per minute. For example, the human heart makes 72-80 beats per minute.

Most often, the Etruscan mouse is found in the wet fields of southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

The smallest birds

Among the smallest birds in the world, the following types can be distinguished:

• Cuban bird-bee - hummingbird. It is considered the smallest bird in the world and the smallest warm-blooded animal. The length of an adult male from beak to tail hardly reaches 5 centimeters. Females are slightly larger, although when compared to butterflies or beetles, they still seem like real crumbs. The size of the bird is slightly larger than the size of a bee, due to which the hummingbird began to be called the “bird-bee”. Distinctive features of the hummingbird are the incredible speed of the flapping of wings, which reaches 80 times per second, the bright color of shiny feathers and the sharp beak - a tool for extracting flower nectar.
• Korolki. They are found in the forests of the Russian Federation and are considered the smallest songbirds in the world. They can only live in the wild, so any attempt to keep them in a cage leads to the death of the chicks. The bird needs a constant search for food in the form of larvae, small insects and their eggs. You can’t feed the beetle with anything, because. his diet should be balanced. The body length of the beetle reaches nine centimeters, and the weight is 5-6 grams.
• Wrens are another species of the smallest birds in the world, which reach 10.7 centimeters in length. These birds differ from the aforementioned kinglets only in body weight. These little ones feed on spiders and other small insects. They live in Russia.

This world is strange: some people strive to create something monumental and gigantic in order to become famous all over the world and go down in history, while others create minimalist copies of ordinary things and amaze the world with them no less. This review contains the smallest items that exist in the world and at the same time are no less functional than their full-sized counterparts.

1. SwissMiniGun gun

The SwissMiniGun is no bigger than a regular wrench, but it is capable of firing tiny bullets that shoot out of the barrel at speeds in excess of 430 km/h. That's more than enough to kill a man at close range.

2. Car Peel 50

Weighing just 69 kg, the Peel 50 is the smallest vehicle ever to be approved for road use. This three-wheeled "pepelats" can reach speeds of 16 km / h.

3. Kalou School

UNESCO recognized the Iranian Kalou school as the smallest in the world. It has only 3 students and a former soldier, Abdul-Mohammed Sherani, who works as a teacher.

4. Teapot weighing 1.4 grams

It was created by ceramics master Wu Ruishen. Although this teapot weighs only 1.4 grams and fits on the tip of your finger, you can brew tea in it.

5. Sark Prison

Sark Prison was built in the Channel Islands in 1856. There was room for only 2 prisoners, who, moreover, were in very cramped conditions.

6. Tumbleweed

This house was called "Perakati-field" (Tumbleweed). It was built by Jay Schafer of San Francisco. Although the house is smaller than some people's closets (only 9 square meters), it has a workspace, a bedroom, and a bath with shower and toilet.

7. Mills End Park

Mills End Park in Portland is the smallest park in the world. Its diameter is only ... 60 centimeters. At the same time, the park has a swimming pool for butterflies, a miniature Ferris wheel and tiny statues.

8. Edward Niño Hernandez

The growth of Edward Niño Hernandez from Colombia is only 68 centimeters. The Guinness Book of Records recognized him as the smallest person in the world.

9. Police station in a telephone booth

In fact, it is no more than a telephone booth. But it was actually a functioning police station in Carabella, Florida.

10. Sculptures by Willard Wigan

British sculptor Willard Wigan, who suffered from dyslexia and poor school performance, found solace in creating miniature works of art. His sculptures are barely visible to the naked eye.

11. Bacterium Mycoplasma Genitalium

Although there is still debate about what can be considered "alive" and what is not, most biologists do not classify the virus as a living organism due to the fact that it cannot reproduce or has no metabolism. A virus, however, can be much smaller than any living organism, including bacteria. The smallest is a single-stranded DNA virus called porcine circovirus. Its size is only 17 nanometers.

13. Amoeba

The size of the smallest object visible to the naked eye is approximately 1 millimeter. This means that under certain conditions, a person can see an amoeba, a ciliate shoe, and even a human egg.

14. Quarks, leptons and antimatter...

During the last century, scientists have made great strides in understanding the vastness of space and the microscopic "building blocks" of which it is composed. When it came to figuring out what is the smallest observable particle in the universe, people faced certain difficulties. At some point they thought it was an atom. Then the scientists discovered the proton, the neutron, and the electron.

But it didn't end there. Today, everyone knows that when you push these particles against each other in places like the Large Hadron Collider, they can be broken into even smaller particles, such as quarks, leptons, and even antimatter. The problem is that it is impossible to determine what is the smallest, since the size at the quantum level becomes irrelevant, as well as all the usual rules of physics do not apply (some particles have no mass, and others even have negative mass).

15. Vibrating strings of subatomic particles

Given what was said above about the fact that the concept of size does not matter at the quantum level, we can recall string theory. This is a slightly controversial theory, suggesting that all subatomic particles are made up of vibrating strings that interact to create things like mass and energy. Thus, since these strings do not technically have a physical size, it can be argued that they are in some sense the "smallest" objects in the universe.