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Humans are so small compared to some animals; next to creatures like elephants and whales, we seem minuscule. But on the other end of the spectrum are animals a whole lot smaller than us - so small in fact, that we can hardly find them in the wild, let alone understand how they survive from day to day.
From a tiny chameleon to a pygmy monkey, here are 14 of the smallest animals on Earth.