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Kenya ... a newly discovered giant spitting cobra, the Naja Ashei, measures 2.6m and carries enough venom to kill at least 15 people / AFP
Octopussy ... this giant squid washed up dead on Tasmania's west coast and is thought to be one of the biggest ever found, weighing in at 250kg / AP
Monster fungi ... this 20kg mushroom was picked in a forest in Mexico's southernmost state of Chiapas / Reuters
Hogzilla ... people are still divided over whether this giant boar shot by Alabama boy Jamison Stone is real / AP
Gaping ... giant sinkhole 100m deep in Guatemala City / AFP
Fat cat ... a worker at a Berlin animal shelter holds six-year-old Mikesch who weighs 18.5kg / AFP
Big kids... Russian children Luka Meliksishvili, 15 months, weighs 26kg and Georgiy Bibilauri, 5, weighs 62kg / AFP
Car crushers ... workers inspecting the tyres on giant mining trucks near Kalgoorlie / Reuters
Tourism ... John and Janette Howard next to a giant platypus at the 2005 World Expo in Nagakute, Aichio, Japan / AFP
Uncomfortable ... Manuel Uribe, 40, weighs 550kg and has suffered with morbid obesity for 20 years / AFP
Gentle giant ... Yao Defan, the tallest woman in Asia at home in China / Reuters
Royal Easter Show ... Peter Barratt polishes a giant squash grown by Rodney Leadbetter. Picture: Pip Blackwood
Tallest structure ever to be moved ... it took 10 tugs to pull the Troll offshore natural gas platform out to sea / Reuters
Labour ... giant baby weighing 5.5kg photographed next to a normal sized chilld in China. Picture: Xinhau News Agency
Fit ... a worker looks inside a giant adidas sport shoe at the Munich sports goods fair / AFP
Up there ... artist's impression the world's tallest building - the Burj Tower in Dubai will stand more than 800m high and is due to be completed in September 2009 / Reuters
Message ... the world's largest advertising banner is revealed at Dubai International Airport. The advert for a real estate firm measures more than 20,000 sq m / Reuters
Priceless ... the De Beers Millenium Star is the world's largest D-colour flawless diamond. Picture: Supplied
Airship ... the Zeppelin NT blimp, pictured cruising over central Tokyo, claims to be the world's largest / AP
People mover ... Airbus A380 - the largest passenger plane in the world / AFP
Backyard snack ... the image of the giant mammoth spider feasting on a bird has been circulated via email worldwide.
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