What is the strongest living creature by size?

Jim Moser I knew what it was actually asking, but an elephant is still stronger. The question wasn't "per pound, what is the worlds strongest creature?"

Creatures aren't organisms. Bacteria dwells in the body and not on the earth.

Again, another ambiguous question. So sad.

I still vote for the dung beatle.....

Steve Black also... it said "creature" .... bacteria is not a "CREATURE"... bacteria is an infection... or well more acurately creates an infection.... it is a parasitic organism... NOT a creature... I knew it was going to be ghonorrhea... but that is wrong it would be elephant... if the question was true to its wording... and ant if it was dependent on the ratio of weight to amoount it can lift. And ghonnorhea if it said living organism.

I was referring to the overuse of antibiotics,which causes deadly extermination of required beneficial microbial cultures.not the total ban of antibiotics,which would lead to more unnecessary disease microbial deaths.over use even misuse of antibiotics are killing off required bodily microbes,needed for digestion,etc.,which will cause more diseases,in the end.don't overuse,misuse/abuse,and become addicted,to needed chemical substances (aka,medication,drugs,etc.),such as antibiotics.but,of course,modern humanity,plant life ((domestic crops and (ecological needed) wild plant life)),and wildlife (animals and insects) ,need natural occurring beneficial (and even predatory and destructive) organic microbial cultures (because,what is destructive to one organism 😡👿😈is probably constructive to another organism☺😊😉😀😃😅😄😘) .

Carlton Oneal And if you didn't have antibiotics people would be dying of tetnus, typhus, brucitus im record numbers. Yes, why not go back to the time when you could die from a scratch.

We are fortunate that we have antibiotics that can control it, just barely.What now?

What was ambiguous about this question?

Badly defined question and I have never heard a bacterium referred to as a CREATURE

Wrong! This is not proven yet and a bacteria isn't considered a creature but an organism! Another one to report!

Hey, just common knowledge….right?

By size, most sites show the Dung Beetle as the strongest.

Dung beetle and ants should be the answer!

We talked about the strongest leaving Creature not a bacterium ,i strongly disagree with you

Bacteria lack a membrane-bound nucleus and other internal structures and are therefore ranked among the unicellular life-forms called prokaryotes. Prokaryotes are the dominant living creatures on Earth, having been present for perhaps three-quarters of Earth history and having adapted to almost all available ecological habitats. As a group, they display exceedingly diverse metabolic capabilities and can use almost any organic compound, and some inorganic compounds, as a food source. Some bacteria can cause diseases in humans, animals, or plants, but most are harmless and are beneficial ecological agents whose metabolic activities sustain higher life-forms. Other bacteria are symbionts of plants and invertebrates, where they carry out important functions for the host, such as nitrogen fixation and cellulose degradation. Without prokaryotes, soil would not be fertile, and dead organic material would decay much more slowly. https://www.britannica.com/science/bacteria Just in case any of you are in any doubt that bacteria are NOT living organisms; and therefore creatures.

Very confusing question.

Ambitious,ambiguous,it was a good question that I got. Wrong!

No fair... but is it a creature????? Lorraine

I would not think a bacterium would be considered a creature..not too thrilled with the trick question

Jim Moser , gonorrhea is a disease not a creature

It's a trick question. Gonorrhea bacterium is a disease not a creature.

This question was not clear.

Bacteria are not creatures!