Previously, National Geographic listed the green anaconda as the largest snake in the world, noting that the species can grow to more than 29 feet and weigh more than 550 pounds, but these were ...

This year, the Guinness Book of World Records declared Uribe, who tipped the scales at 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms) in 2006, the world's heaviest man. "I have no interest in reaching that record ...