“Unbelievable Beasts: Discover the Colossal Creatures Roaming Our Planet Today!”
Big Jake Weighed 2,600 Pounds
Big Jake was listed in the Guinness World Records in 2012. He was credited as the world’s tallest horse at six feet, nine inches. He weighed 2,600 pounds. His owner, Jerry Gilbert, raised the equine on his farm in Michigan. He explained: “He was extremely hard to hold on to when he was young and when I would turn him outside sometimes he would take me with him!” Big Jake got along well with other animals and liked pulling a wagon. Because of his size, he lived in an extra-large stall — it was 20X20 feet instead of the more common 12X12 feet.
World’s Biggest Bunnies
Darius the bunny is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest bunny at 4 feet and 4 inches, but his son Jeff the bunny currently surpasses him at 4 feet 5 inches, and Darius’ daughter Enya is expected to surpass them both! Once bred for meat, the continental giant breed of bunnies makes great house pets. Darius is so large that the owner Annette Edwards houses him in his own dog crate! A bunny of Darius’s size isn’t exactly cheap to maintain as Darius consumes over 2,000 carrots and 700 apples a year in addition to a great deal of rabbit food.
King of the Jellyfish
The Lion’s Mane Jellyfish is the largest species of jellyfish in the world! The creature gets its name from the association of its tentacles appearing like the hairs on a lion’s mane. The biggest recorded specimen of a Lion’s mane was found on a shore in Massachusetts Bay in 1870. The bell of this colossus measured about seven feet and six inches, and with tentacles reaching up to 121 feet, it may be a while before we find another Lion’s Mane of this size. The Lion’s Mane jellyfish is a cold-water creature, has a lifespan of about a year, and its diet consists of other smaller jellyfish.
