It’s not every day that one can simply show off their giant goldfish to the world. But that’s exactly what Lee Tak-sun can do. This fish breeder from Hong Kong can be seen putting his two-year-old 1.54kg goldfish Pin Day Kam on display for the world to see.
He hopes his beloved fish can seize the world record for the heaviest goldfish on the planet. Lee owns the Sun Sun Fishing Farm at Ngau Tam Mei in Yuen Long. Goldfish are actually very intelligent, despite people assuming the opposite. But Pin Day Kam is never going to steal the headlines for his intelligence, that’s for sure.
Supersize Spiders
If you have a fear of spiders, you'll want to steer clear of the Goliath Spider. Also known as the bird-eating spider, it is the largest spider in the world in terms of mass and size. They live in the rainforest of South America in which it makes its home in burrows. Females can live from 15 to 25 years, while males only live from 3 to 6 years.
Despite its name, it only sometimes eats adult birds. Instead, it often feasts upon other spiders, amphibians, snakes, and rodents. The Goliath Spider is venomous, although its venom isn’t as strong as you might imagine and isn't much more powerful than the venom from a wasp sting.
This 922-Pound Liger Is The World’s Largest Living Cat
Meet Hercules, the 922-pound liger. Hercules is a hybrid offspring from a male lion and a female tiger. Ligers enjoy swimming like tigers and are sociable like lions. Hercules lives at the Myrtle Beach Safari wildlife preserve home. He measures in at 131 inches long and 39 inches tall at the shoulder.
Despite his fierce appearance, he still enjoys feeding on a bottle by his keepers and likes to play like a kitten despite being over 100 times the average weight of a house cat. Ligers are much larger than pure-bred tigers and lions and can grow to twice the size.
A Huge 36 Foot Great White Was Pulled Up In South Australia
There's a reason why Great white sharks have their name and that's because they're well, great. They average 20 feet in length and 5,000 pounds but they are often much bigger than that. The biggest great white sharks ever to be taken from the ocean measured 36 and 37 feet long, according to The Guinness Book of World Records.
The biggest of the two was caught in Port Fairy, South Australia in the 1870s, while the smaller monster was caught in the 1930s in New Brunswick, Canada. I can only imagine how big those teeth must have been! Great whites are found in the coastal surface waters of all major oceans. They can live for longer than 70 years. They can swim at speeds over than 56 kilometers per hour and to depths of 1,200 meters.
Largest Land Carnivores
Our list would be incomplete without the Polar Bear and Kodiak bear. These are the world's largest land carnivores. A male polar bear can weigh between 772 to 1,543 pounds. Females can weigh half that amount. The polar bear uses sea ice to hunt seals. As a result of climate change and the sea ice melting, Polar Bears are being deeply impacted.
There are an estimated 20-25,000 polar bears currently alive. While Polar Bears are huge and often get the reputation of being aggressive, this is actually hardly the case. When faced with a confrontation, they choose to walk away if possible.