The 3-Pound Goldfish
A fisher named Mike Martin recently got his hands on a giant goldfish. Initially trying to catch some perch on Lake St. Clair, just north of Detroit, Michigan. Martin ended up reeling in a 15-inch goldfish that tipped the scales at 3 pounds. The average goldfish fit for your home fishbowl measures at just a couple inches. The main question on his mind is, how did this get so big?
According to National Geographic, legend has it that about 2000 years, the Chinese were domesticating carp. Over time mutations occurred, resulting in the orange-colored fish we know today as goldfish. These fish were transported in the 1600s to Europe and then to America in the 1850s. Some researchers believed that a few fish escaped during these imports and are offshoots of bigger carp.
The Biggest Fish On The Planet: Ocean Sunfish
Meet Mola Mola, the Ocean Sunfish. They take the cake for being the biggest and heaviest bony fish on the planet. The Mola Mola is characterized by its flat body and a huge head. They usually weigh more than 2,200 pounds, with fins that reach up to eight feet in length. Some have even weighed up to 5,100 pounds with fins which measure 10.8 feet to 14 feet. You can find these fish in tropical and temperate waters.
They maintain a diet mostly of sea jellies. Because their diet lacks adequate nutrition, they eat large amounts in order to develop and maintain their weight. Female Sunfish can produce more eggs than any other known vertebrate, producing up to 300,000,000 at once. As large as they are, they are feasted on by sea lions, killer whales, and sharks.
Meet Koji
With such a tender gaze in Koji's eyes, it would be hard not to cuddle him; he is like a new kind of body pillow! Not into body pillows? Koji would make a great security blanket. Not only will Koji make you feel safe, lower your anxiety, but it will also be the right kind of clingy.
Why get a body pillow when you can just get another Koji? And we can't help but wonder - is Koji just a good-boy version of the infamous dog from the Stephen King novel "Kujo?" If so, that is one clash of the canine titans we would love to see one day.
Zorba, The Giant English Mastiff
Breaking the Guinness World Record in 2008, this English Mastiff held the record for the largest dog in the world from the year 1989. Zorba, the goliath of a dog is currently still the longest dog, measuring an insane 8 feet. The behemoth is also considered the heaviest dog in the world, weighing at 343 pounds.
If you need a point of reference, this breed of dog usually grows to weigh around 230 pounds - a typical size of a pro wrestler. Zorba even made an appearance on the "David Letterman Show" in 1989. If he was alive today he would be a social media sensation.
Big Hug
This big Saint Bernard is named Heisenberg, after the famed German physicist, or it could be after the fictional character on the hit TV series "Breaking Bad." If so, maybe it's referring to Walter White before he met Jesse Pinkman and became "the one who knocks."
One thing is for sure, this big boy is "the one who hugs," and probably "the one who barks too." We just hope he isn't "the one who bites." Heisenberg might be huge, but he doesn't let his size get in the way of a good old-fashioned cuddle. His human friend, better be careful; he might injure his back one day!