8 Animals Who Could Beat Olympic Record Holders

Photo by: GE Schmida @ Australian Museum

Longest Jump

Human Record Holder: The record for the long jump - currently the longest-standing Olympic record - was set at the Mexico games in 1968. Bob Beamon of the U.S. jumped 29 feet and 2.5 inches, breaking the world record by nearly two feet.

Animal Contender: The Australian rocket frog can make a leap of almost seven feet. Since the amphibian is only two inches long, that's over 50 times the

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Photo by: GE Schmida @ Australian Museum

Longest Jump

Human Record Holder: The record for the long jump - currently the longest-standing Olympic record - was set at the Mexico games in 1968. Bob Beamon of the U.S. jumped 29 feet and 2.5 inches, breaking the world record by nearly two feet.

Animal Contender: The Australian rocket frog can make a leap of almost seven feet. Since the amphibian is only two inches long, that's over 50 times the frog's body length. Beamon's jump was impressive, but it was less than five times his height.

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