What are the strongest animals relative to their size?

The answer

Relative to body weight, the horned dung beetle (Onthophagus taurus) is the strongest animal on Earth, capable of pulling 1,141 times its own body weight. The rhinoceros beetle can carry 850 times its body weight. Among larger animals, the leafcutter ant carries fragments 50 times its weight while walking, and the gorilla can lift about 10 times its body weight. In absolute terms, the African bush elephant is the strongest land animal, capable of carrying about 9,000 kilograms. In the ocean, the blue whale's tail can generate a force of up to 60,000 Newtons. These strength differences reflect the square-cube law: as animals get smaller, their strength-to-weight ratio increases dramatically.