World Record of being ‘largest loon’ has been achieved by town of Virginia from Vergas, United States of America (USA).
Minnesota’s state bird is the loon and the town of Virginia has the Twenty (20) foot fiberglass floating world’s largest loon. The sculpture is by Long Lake, in the centre of City Park in Vergas.
The World Record of ‘Smallest Bird’ has been achieved by Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) of Cuba and the Isle of Youth.
In the world’s smallest Birds; its male’s length measure around 57 mm (2.24 in), weighs approximately 1.7 g while females are slightly larger. Bee hummingbird flies extremely fast – up to 80 km/hour with upto 80 swings per second.
The World Record of finding “Smallest Frog” has been achieved by Professor Chris Austin and his graduate student Eric Rittmeyer from Louisiana State University, Amau, Papua New Guinea.
In 2009 a crimson and black frog named Paedophryne amanuensis is the smallest vertebrate in the world at a mere 7.7mm (0.30 inches) in size at adulthood.
The World Record of growing ‘heaviest Onion’ has been achieved by Peter Glazebrook from Harrogate, England.
This heaviest onion of the world weighed 18lb and 1oz at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show.
The World Record of “heaviest insect” has been achieved by the Giant Weta species of New Zealand.
This particular specimen was found by a nature observer and discoverer called Mark Moffett. This insect was found in a remote island of New Zealand called the Little Barrier Island. There are over more than seventy types of Weta species in New Zealand but the Giant Weta is the biggest insect in the world because of its weight. The Giant Weta species resembles a cricket in appearance and is endemic to the Little Barrier Island. This particular insect weighed 71 gms. and had a wing-span of seven inches.
The World Record of ‘tallest tree’ in the world has been achieved by the tree called Hyperion (Californian redwood) from California, USA.
This tree belongs to the General Sherman (more commonly known as the coast redwood or Californian redwood) species. The scientific name of the species is Sequoia Sempervirens. The total height of this particular tree is 115.61 meters (379.3 ft). This is the tallest living tree in the world and is located in the Redwood National and State Park in the state of California. The estimation of the details of the tree is that it is likely to contain 18,600 cubic feet (530 cubic meters) of wood. The age of this particular tree is estimated to be 700-800 years.
