The World Record of ‘fastest marathon runner in an animal costume’ has been achieved by Guillaume Bénazéraf from Strasbourg, Alsace, France.
On Jul 26, 2015; Bénazéraf dressed in tiger costume completed the marathon in 2 hr 40 min.
The World Record of ‘largest processing of a medicinal fruit’ has been achieved by Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust from Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
In the year 2015-16; under the guidance of Swami Ramdev ji and Acharya Balkrishna ji; Patanjali Yogpeeth had processed Twenty Five Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Six (25666) Metric Ton of Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica).
The World Record of ‘first Ayurvedic museum’ has been achieved by Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust from Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
In 1997; under guidance of Swami Ramdev ji and Acharya Balkrishna ji, Yogpeeth has inaugurated the first Ayurvedic museum which has more than 700 varieties of plants, shrubs, creepers and trees of Ayurvedic medicinal value.
The World Record of ‘smallest primate’ has been achieved by tarsier measures from The Philippines.
The smallest primate, Philippine Tarsier is only about 85 to 160 mm (3.35 to 6.30 in) in height. The mass for males is between 80–160 g (2.8–5.6 oz). The average adult is about the size of a human fist. The small size makes it difficult to spot.
The newborn tarsier is born with much fur and eyes open. The body and head length of newborn tarsier is about 70 mm, and its tail is around 115 mm long. The Philippine tarsier’s eyes are fixed in its skull; they cannot turn in their sockets. Instead, a special adaptation in the neck allows its round head to be rotated 180°. Their eyes are disproportionately large, having the largest eye-to-body size ratio of all mammals.
The World Record of ‘most medicinal plants species in an herb garden’ has been achieved by Patanjali Yogpeeth from Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
Till Aug, 2016; under guidance of Acharya Balkrishna ji and Swami Ramdev ji, Yogpeeth has developed ‘Patanjali Harbal garden’ in which 850 species of medicinal plants are grown in area of 7 acres.
The World Record of ‘largest mangrove forest’ has been achieved by Sundarban from India and Bangladesh.
Mangroves are various large and extensive types of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics.
Sundarban Mangrove is spreaded for 15540 km² across India and Bangladesh. The mangrove biome is a distinct saline woodland or shrubland habitat characterized by depositional coastal environments, where fine sediments collect in areas protected from high-energy wave action.
