15 Biggest Animals in the World
Posted by Minh Nguyen in Animal 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]
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]
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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]
World’s Largest Snakes Ever
Caught in Indonesia, this huge Python is measured in at 48 ft (14.85 m) long and weight 985 lbs (447 kg). [via scienceray]
Largest Wildcat in the World
The largest wild cat in the world is a liger, also known as a hybrid cross between a male lion and a female tiger. Similar to the English Mastiff, this huge liger is also named Hercules and is recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records as the largest cat on Earth, weighing in at 900 lbs (408 kg). [via allvoices]
Biggest Housecat in the World
Believe it or not this image was not a result of photoshopped. [via yeeta]
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World’s Biggest Pig
This 1984 lbs (900 kg) was found in the Liaoning Provincial, China. Unfortunately the pig past away on Feb 5th, 2009, but left behind records of 94 in (2.5 m) long, waistline of 87 in (2.23 m), and a tusk of 5.6 in (14.4 cm) long. [via my7475]
Biggest Stingray Ever Caught
It took 13 men and 90 minutes to heave this giant out of the water. This giant stingray weighed 55 tonnes (55,000 kg), measures in at 7 feet (2.1 m) wide, and has a tail of 10 ft (3 m) long. [via dailymail]
The Bull with the Largest Horn in the World
Lurch was born on in Missouri, USA and is currently known as the bull with the largest horn in the world, measuring in at 37.5 inches (95.25 cm) wide. [via rockyridgerefuge]
Biggest Lobster Ever Caught
A group of scientists has found what may be the world’s largest lobster ever captured. Current measurement is 19 inches (50 cm) long. [via bbc]
Largest Crab
According to wikipedia, the coconut crab, Birgus latro, is the largest land-living arthropod in the world. The coconut crab has body length of up to 16 in (40 cm), weight 9 lbs (4.1 kg), and a leg span of more than 3 ft (91 cm), with males generally being larger than females. [via wiki]
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May 31st, 2009 at 2:14 AM
[...] a well balanced person of the ying and yang, I cannot allow myself to publish just the 15 Biggest Animals in the World without annunciating the 15 Smallest Animals in the World. If large animals can exist so can small [...]
May 31st, 2009 at 4:07 AM
Another great posts. Throughly enjoy it. Thanks for sharing.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:57 AM
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!!!
July 20th, 2009 at 12:13 AM
@lee: hey listen here ass hole. Vinaminh didn’t wrote that. He found it on the web and decided to share it with us. If you dont have anything nice to say then dont say it. Didn’t your mom teach you that?
October 20th, 2009 at 7:18 PM
this is amazing but i have to admit some of it does looked photoshoped
October 30th, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Just to clear things up, the Daily Mail articles states that the stingray wheighed 55 STONE, not TONS, which is about 770 lbs or 350 kg. I really doubt the guy could have pulled in the catch if it had actually been 55 tons.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:12 PM
those are scary T_T
February 5th, 2010 at 8:45 PM
@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
May 30th, 2010 at 7:02 AM
hello everbody toi la nguoi` viet nam xin cac’ bac’ cho them y kien’thank’s you
May 30th, 2010 at 7:04 AM
theo toi duoc biet’ thi` chi co’ con meo` va` con cho and tho and ca vang` la` that vi` tat ca cac’ con khac’ deu` duoc photoshopped vi` o viet nam nhung~ tin vit nay` rat’ pho bien’ va` tat’ nhien la` no’ da~ co’ o viet nam