Post by Jamie on May 28, 2009 15:42:21 GMT -5
CROCODILE
BHITARKANIKA, India -- The Bhitarkanika Park on the Orissa coast has achieved the rare distinction of housing the world's largest salt water crocodile measuring about 23 feet.
What has delighted the wildlife lovers and wildlife officials in the state is that the largest crocodile of Bhitarkanika has again found a place in the 2006 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
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DOG
Guinness Book of World Records Largest Dog Hercules
There have been a few different dogs that are either known for being the largest dogs or better yet, in the Guinness Book of World Records. One dog in particular was Hercules, a massive three-year old English Mastiff that was put in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2001.
J. Flynn and his wife Wendy of Peabody, Massachusetts own Hercules. Flynn, not a small man himself, weighed 270 pounds and his dog still weighed more than him, tipping the scales at 282 pounds with a 38-inch neck.
Flynn says that Hercules has paws the size of softballs, but is gentle as a baby and wouldn't hurt a fly. They got him because Wendy wanted a dog larger than their two-year old bull mastiff was. They did think he was big even as a puppy, which is why they gave him the name Hercules. However, they had no idea Hercules would get quite so big when they first got him and Flynn claims he's done nothing out of the ordinary to encourage the growth other then feed him a normal diet.
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SPIDER
The goliath bird-eating spider (Theraphosa blondi) is one of the largest spiders on earth. It can reach a leg span of up to 12 inches and lives mostly in the rain forests of northern South America. It's a member of the tarantula family and prefers to live in burrows, mostly in marshes and swamps.
Anatomy
As mentioned, the leg-span of the goliath bird-eating spider can reach nearly a foot in length. Its massive fangs can penetrate the human skin between one to two and a half centimeters in depth. They are related to the tarantulas and the bird-eating spiders aren’t particularly dangerous to humans. The bite of the spider, usually only causes mild pain and swelling. Like other tarantulas, bird-eating spiders have hair covering their abdomen, bodies and legs. They are solitary creatures and their colors range from dark to light brown, with some having leg markings. The spiders molt as they grow and have the ability to grow any limbs lost in the process during this time.
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BAT
The giant golden crowned fruit bat (Acerodon jubatus) is endangered by overactive hunting and habitat destruction. They can be found on the Philippines, in the province Sarangani. It is believed to be the largest bat in the world according to Wikipedia and several other sites. However, this site, on the vanishing treasures of the earth by the Field museum in Chicago, suggests otherwise. It says the giant golden crowned fruit bat is indeed the largest in weight, but the Pteropus Vampyrus is the largest in size (wingspan), which is the criterium in my book. Bats are usually called by how they look... You have the dog-faced bat, spear-faced bat, hammer-head bat, bull dog bat, and little brown bat. The giant golden crowned fruit bat follow this line (see image). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify the image of the golden crowned fruit bat under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Subject to disclaimers. Released as GFDL by LDC, Inc. Foundation.
BHITARKANIKA, India -- The Bhitarkanika Park on the Orissa coast has achieved the rare distinction of housing the world's largest salt water crocodile measuring about 23 feet.
What has delighted the wildlife lovers and wildlife officials in the state is that the largest crocodile of Bhitarkanika has again found a place in the 2006 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
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DOG
Guinness Book of World Records Largest Dog Hercules
There have been a few different dogs that are either known for being the largest dogs or better yet, in the Guinness Book of World Records. One dog in particular was Hercules, a massive three-year old English Mastiff that was put in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2001.
J. Flynn and his wife Wendy of Peabody, Massachusetts own Hercules. Flynn, not a small man himself, weighed 270 pounds and his dog still weighed more than him, tipping the scales at 282 pounds with a 38-inch neck.
Flynn says that Hercules has paws the size of softballs, but is gentle as a baby and wouldn't hurt a fly. They got him because Wendy wanted a dog larger than their two-year old bull mastiff was. They did think he was big even as a puppy, which is why they gave him the name Hercules. However, they had no idea Hercules would get quite so big when they first got him and Flynn claims he's done nothing out of the ordinary to encourage the growth other then feed him a normal diet.
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SPIDER
The goliath bird-eating spider (Theraphosa blondi) is one of the largest spiders on earth. It can reach a leg span of up to 12 inches and lives mostly in the rain forests of northern South America. It's a member of the tarantula family and prefers to live in burrows, mostly in marshes and swamps.
Anatomy
As mentioned, the leg-span of the goliath bird-eating spider can reach nearly a foot in length. Its massive fangs can penetrate the human skin between one to two and a half centimeters in depth. They are related to the tarantulas and the bird-eating spiders aren’t particularly dangerous to humans. The bite of the spider, usually only causes mild pain and swelling. Like other tarantulas, bird-eating spiders have hair covering their abdomen, bodies and legs. They are solitary creatures and their colors range from dark to light brown, with some having leg markings. The spiders molt as they grow and have the ability to grow any limbs lost in the process during this time.
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BAT
The giant golden crowned fruit bat (Acerodon jubatus) is endangered by overactive hunting and habitat destruction. They can be found on the Philippines, in the province Sarangani. It is believed to be the largest bat in the world according to Wikipedia and several other sites. However, this site, on the vanishing treasures of the earth by the Field museum in Chicago, suggests otherwise. It says the giant golden crowned fruit bat is indeed the largest in weight, but the Pteropus Vampyrus is the largest in size (wingspan), which is the criterium in my book. Bats are usually called by how they look... You have the dog-faced bat, spear-faced bat, hammer-head bat, bull dog bat, and little brown bat. The giant golden crowned fruit bat follow this line (see image). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify the image of the golden crowned fruit bat under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Subject to disclaimers. Released as GFDL by LDC, Inc. Foundation.