Question: What animal has the strongest insides?

John Welford answered on 2 Jul 2012:

Wow, what a question! I think it’s awesome even though I’m not quite sure what you’re asking!?

Perhaps you want to remove some animal internal organs for using for something – in which case maybe consider a pigs bladder? They used to be used as the airtight membrane inside a footballs and rugby balls before rubber bladders started to be made.

Alternatively if you wanted to build something yourself using the insides of an animal then I would go for a spiders silk. For the same weight spiders silk is much stronger than steel, although obviously to use it you would need to weave it together first. It is such a good material that scientists are looking into ways of mass producing spiders silk, but this is difficult as spiders as hard to farm and milk!

Maybe you’re wondering what animals will eat almost anything, in which case you probably want a pig again, but foxes, bears, rats, mice and racoons are also all not very fussy eaters.

If you were thinking of hiding inside an animal because you were under attack, then I would go for the whale shark. They have skin that is up to 10cm thick and is pretty much bulletproof. They also have the benefits of a mouth that can open up to 1.5m for you to get in and out, and a total length of about 10m. So there should be plenty of space for you to relax once you’re hiding inside!

Maybe that answers your question?