15 Biggest Animals in the World Pt 1
Posted on May 30th, 2009 in Animal | 10 Comments » |
Have you wonder what are the biggest animals on the earth? The article below will describe some of the largest animals in the world. You may have heard of some of them, but hopefully a few will be new.
Giant Mutant Cows of Belgium
This enormous Belgian cow got its huge size and muscle mass from natural mutation of the gene or sometimes called “double muscling,” which results in accelerated lean muscle growth. [via divinecaroline]
World’s Biggest Dog
Hercules, an English Mastiff is currently known as the biggest dog in the Guinness Book of World Records, weighing in at 294 lbs (133 kg). [via worldslargestdog]
World’s Tallest Dog
Certified by the Guiness Book of World Records, Gibson is currently the world’s tallest living dog. He measures in at 180 lbs (81 kg), 3.5 ft (107 cm) tall, and is more then 7 feet (2.1 m) tall when standing up. [via gibsondog]
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Tallest Living Horse
Radar, a Belgian draught horse from Mount Pleasant, Texas is officially the World’s Tallest Living Horse. [via worldsmostunique]
• Belgian Draft horse gelding
• Born in 1998 in Iowa, USA
• 19 Hands 3-1/2 inches tall (6′ 7-1/2″)
• Weighs over 2,400 pounds (1,088 kg)
• Eats 18lbs. of grain, 40lbs. of hay each day
• Drinks 20 gallons of water each day
World’s Longest Goldfish
The world’s longest goldfish (Carassius auratus) is owned by Joris Gijsbers in Hapert, The Netherlands. The fish is measured 18.7 in (47.4 cm) from snout to tail-fin end. [via guinnessworldrecords]
Biggest Freshwater Fish Ever Caught
The official world record for the biggest freshwater fish ever caught is the Giant Mekong catfish. This huge catfish was caught in Thailand in May 2005 and is measures in at 9 feet (2.7 m) long, weighed 646 lbs (293 kg), and is 5 times bigger than the ‘world record’ catfish caught in North America. [via extremescience]
World’s Largest Rabbit
Try pulling a rabbit as large as this out of a hat. This gigantic rabbit weighs 17 lbs (7.7 kg), has ears measuring at 8.2 in (21 cm), and is almost 3.2 feet (1 m) tall. Herman could easily be the world’s biggest rabbit, but Guinness World Records have stopped accepting entries because of fears people were over-feeding their pets. [via urbanlegends]
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some of these are faked. the bulls horns are photoshopped, and that python is not 48 ft long. the longest snake ever measured was nowhere near fifty feet! what a load of crap!!!
@lee: If you dont have anything nice to say then dont say it at all. Didn’t your mom teach you that?
this is amazing but i have to admit some of it does looked photoshoped
those are scary T_T
@lee: no the bulls horns are real i have seen him in person but the snake ya fake the longest one ever recorded was 36 feet
There is a crab recorded to be bigger then the coconut crab now. And just to point out, Wikipedia can be changed by anyone, its not true.
The current worlds biggest crab is in britain, measure around 10ft, and still growing.
If you wish to see this thing face-to- face, you’ll have to go to the National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham where the ‘Crabzilla’ is displayed for visitors.
Unknown breed.
http://www.davesblogcentral.com/2010/04/biggest-crab-in-britain-is-huge-and.html
http://zuzutop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/The-biggest-crab-ever-seen-in-Britain.jpg
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