largest and weirdest pets people actually have

10.  Big Jake is the tallest horse in the world. He is 82 inch or 210 centimetres tall. He is a Belgian gelding horse and he lives on a farm in Wisouncisn Untied States. Big Jake is a legend among the locals and he was recordedd few years in a row up to date as the tallest in guiness book of world records. A normal day is his diet would include one and a half  bales of hay and 40 quarts of oats per day.
Other than being the tallest , Big jake is a normal horse on a normal farm leading a good life and exercise every day, being ridden or driving a chariot with other horses. 

9.   Goldie is one of the largest pet goldfish in the world and it measures an impressive 15 inch or 38 centimetres. carrying one of the most used names for a gold fish, it weighs 2 pounds 900 grams which is pretty big for this kind of indoor fishtanks companion.

The fish was bought by his owner for 99 cents and and it measured only one inch or approximately 3 centimetres 15 years ago. 

However Goldie is not the largest goldfish ever recorded in the world. The record is held by the longest goldfish owner by a man from Netherlands and the size from the snot to the tails was measured to be 18.7 inches or 47 centimetres

8. Ulric – 30 pound 13 kg  cat was believed to be the fattest cat in Britain. Ulric is suffering from chronic obese due to a lazy lifestyle and plenty of food. The cat owner, Jan Mitchell of Dorchester UK, has enrolled Ulric into a pet fitness competition, to avoid a further health issues. 

Despite the fact Ulric is famous  and cute due to unusual size, the owner has really concerns about the beloved cat health.

Elric is a Norwegian forest cat and it is twice as big as he should be.  

7.Giant George is a 43 inch tall (109 centimetres) great Dane in Arizona and it was recognised as the tallest dog ever by Guinness World Records book. He appeared in 2010 in the Oprah show in 2010 due to its size and attracted a lot of media attention. This is a dog which has a website and facebook account but unfortunately it died in 2013 at the age of 7. 

He used to eat more than 180 pounds of food per month, and had to sleep on a queen size mattress. A normal meal would consisted off 2 cups of rice, one cup of dog food, 1 cup of chicken and five tablesopoon of yougurt.

Giant Georege was owned by Dave Nasser from Tucson Arizona who actually published a book about how to live with his dog, available on Amazon

6.       Gary is the largest rodent pet weighing 112 pounds or 50 kilos. he is a giant guinea pig called capybara and he was adopted by an american family from Venezuela during their holidays. Melanie and her husband Richard feel in love with this animal and brought him back to Texas where they have built for him to remind him from his natural habitat. 

Gary is living in harmony among many other animals in this texan household including a horse, rabbits, dogs and cats. 

the owners are saying that gary is loving the attention, loves the grass and to be pet by children when ho goes to local schools to visit.

5.       Christian  was a lion born in captivity in 1969 in a zoo in London uk.  It was purchased as a small cub by 2 friends Rendall and Bourke from Harrods, a department store in London. which had an entire zoo department, where one could buy all kinds of animals, from lions, to tigers, snakes monkeys and birds. 

They paid $3500 pounds or $4300 USD in todays value. They looked after Christian for about a year when they decided to release him into the wild in Africa. 

Randall and Bourke managed to take Christian into Kenya and leave him in a natural reserve under supervision of an experienced conservationist named Adamson, who has previous experience with lions. 

the 2 friends have visited their lion one year after their separation and the video of their reunion made one of the earliest youtube sensations and become viral in 2008 with over 50 million views. 

4.       Darius is the largest rabbit in the world recorded in the Guinness World Records.He is more than 4 feet or 1.2 meters long and it weighs around 55 pounds or about 24 kilos. Like many animals here, Darius and made the news across the world after getting recorder in the Gunnies World Records book. 
Darius has a son Jeff and they are living together with other animals. They have a website and the owners are selling the the babies as a business.
Darius is a continental Giant rabbit and he beat the record as the largest rabbit in the world from his mum Alice. 

3. Bandit was the fatest racoon pet in the world. he lived in Pennsylvania United States and he weighed 75 pounds or 34 kilos. He lived for 10 years between 1994 and 2004 and he got a lot of attention in the media and recorded in the guiness book of World Records.
Banit was raised by a surrogate dog mother and later he was adopted by a women Deborah Kitsch. He loved fast food and he was a regular at Ice Cream Works. The women denied she was overfeeding bandit, however the racoon had a thyroid gland health problem, otherwise he could not reach 3 times the size and the weight of a normal racoon.

2.   Esther 670 pounds or 300 kilos pet pig. Esther was initially a cutte little big adopted by Steve and Derek from Canada. What was believed to be a dwarf piglet which over time turned into a massive 670 punds pig. The loving family got attached to this animal which proved not to be only meat on the table like the rest of the world would expect, but a friendly, smart and loving house companion. After Esther become their beloved friend and pet, Steve and Derek decided to stop eating pork and became vegans.

They are not the only ones having a pig as a pet, there are many others, however raising a pig inside the house is not for everyone.

1.       Chamroeun is a 16 ft oor 4.8 meters and  220 pounds or 100 kg female python who is the best friend of a young cambodgian boy named Uorn. When the boy was only 3 months old, th mother found the snake in bed. The snake was so small at the time, just like a finger. She kept the snake as a pet for her son and they grew up together and become inseparable


The boy sleeps on the snake  coils, rides it and pats it down with baby powder as a sign of affection. 
the special bond between them caught a lot af attention from the locals an edit become international with people visiting them from all around the world.

Snake experts are saying that pythons will not attack humans unless provoked. Also Pythons are not venomous and usually they are killing their prey by asfixiation. 

10 scariest and craziest diseases in the world

10. hidradenitis suppurativa
this is an inflammatory condition of the sweat glands under the arms, under breasts, inner thighs, groin and buttocks. The sweat glands get swollen and outbreaks are painful, and might take a long time to heal, as they may persist due to cycles of inflammation and drainage of pus, which leads to further scarring, open wounds and lesions.
if untreated and repeated, the condition leads to formation of sinus tracts and tunnels inside the tissue, connecting abscesses and infected areas. At this stage complete healing becomes a challenge, and the only way to deal with it, is to stop the spread by surgery.
This condition leads to low self esteem, emotional stress, excessive sweating, hormonal change, and depression.

9. adiposis Dolorosa
or anders disease is a rare condition affecting obese people. It consists of multiple painful skin tumours on the body extremities. How this disease works is still unknown, but it is estimated that due to excessive fat tissue on the human body, the nervous system will stop working normally due to constant and increased pressure on nerves.
The diseases is manifested by painful body skin areas and leads to weakness and fatigue, emotional instability, depression, epilepsy, confusion and dementia.
like many other diseases today, there are many drugs treating the symptoms, however the best way to eliminate the cause is to loose weight.

8. madura foot

it is the result of a fungus spreading usually on the legs. as a result of a weak body immune system which cannot fight the infection, this disease is difficult to diagnose in early stages as there is no pain involved.
Once infected, the fungus spreads into the body, causing eruptions and secretions and series irreversible tissue damage, ending up with significant swelling and discharges from the feet.
there is no vaccines or medication to treat this condition, but unfortunately there are still parts of the world where the most basic hygiene behaviours are not present, such wearing shoes or washing to maintain a clean body.


7. Echinococosis
this is the result of a parasitic tapeworm infection, which creates a internal cyst inside the body of the victim and starts to grow and expand until it gets removed surgically, or overcome the host. Unfortunately this parasite infection prefers the brain but can establish itself in other parts of the body.
it is spread through food and water and unfortunately it starts without any symptoms and may last years until becomes a problem.
this disease affects currently one million people around the world and can result in death if not treated immediately, especially the infections affecting critical organs of the body such as brain, heart lungs and liver.


6. leprosy
probably one of the oldest and scariest conditions which is mentioned thought the human history. it is an infection caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium Leprae and it is contagious. It is believed that the it is spread through saliva or nose fluid through coughs however recent studies have shown that the spread is not that easy.
The result of the leprosy infection are skin lesions, loss of tissue, damages to respiratory tract, eyes and nerves.
Thought the history people believed the limbs will fall off which is not true, however the infected people will loose the ability to feel pain, the limbs and extremities become numb, the tissues are regressing. Due to lack of pain, the damage to the body go unnoticed and lead to other infections and secondary infections and diseases.
Lepsoy has affected humanity since the beginning and the most common way to fight is is quarantine.  Leer colonies have been built where victims have been isolated. they still exist today but the good news is that the condition can be treated by modern medicine with a multi drug therapy


5. Filariasis
is a parasitic disease caused by an infection with a roundworm, spread by flies and mosquitos. one the larvae is inserted into the body develops in the adult worm which remains into one tissue, however once mature it would release its larvae into the blood stream causing the infection spread in other parts of the body
the most spectacular type of this worm is the elephantiases , or the elephant man diseases. the results of this infection are thickening of the skin, and underlaying tissue of the extremities, ears, hands, nose, fingers.
another subcategory of this worm is the river blindness, where a warm is present in the eye and cause blindness at the end.
There are many types of worms affecting many human body parts and once contracted life will never be the same. There are available treatments today with different drugs which are breaking the worms lifecycle, but less effective on the adult worms already present inside the body.
a good body hygiene is recommended as the best prevention method



4. myiasis
is another parasitic infestation of the body, caused by fly larvae maggots that grow under the skin and feeding on the tissue. Usually the fly is interested in open wound, but there are species which would attack and penetrate unbroken healthy skin.
the parasite can choose humans and other mama species, such livestock, sheep and cows.
if the humans can observe the maggots and can treat them immediately, the problem is with sheep or livestock where the infection can go unnoticed.
myiasis can affect the human body in many forms, depending of the location on the body such as skin,. eyes, stomach, intestines. The larvae will thrive mostly in an open wound making them easy to detect and treat.
body hygiene is the best way to prevent.


3.  fecal vomiting
is probable one of the worst human conditions one can imagine and it occurs when bowel gets blocked by a tumour or fecal material after prolonged constipation. The focal matter is a waste product  filled with toxic staff waiting to exist the body and when the door is blocked, is eventually finds it was back to the stomach causing instant vomiting.
This is a rare condition and required immediate hospital emergency as it is life threatening.

2. Noma - cancrum oris
is the result of bacterial infection which attacks young children under 6 years of age, and it is due to poor hygiene. most prevalent in Africa in very poor area, this diseases kills 80 percent of the victims and those 20% survivors are left with terrible disfiguration which leads to speaking disabilities, social isolation and horrible quality of life as one could imagine.
the bacteria can be killed by antibiotics, but most of the time it is either too late or not available for the remote poor areas where this disease still exists and it is estimate that over 100,000 children are affected every year.

1. tree man illness is a very rare condition triggered by the Human papillomavirus and it is characterised by skin warts growths. this infection can take many forms from the smallest largest skin growths going undetected and healed by the natural immune system, to the worst like the tree man illness.
the skin growth or warts are basically cancers, and they become active sometimes due to genetic disorders, allowing the virus to attack the body. There are many variations  and types of the virus and conditions in the world affecting millions of people but most of the time, the natural immune system will solve the issue by itself.
one of the most shocking cases of this conditions is Dede Koswara, an indonesian man called the tree man, due to his tree bark skin appearance. He become worldwide famous in 2007 when a video was published, and his story become widely known. he undertook surgery in 2008 removing 6 kg of warts, but unfortunately the problem did not go away and the warts reappeared. he is not the only one and as they are others sharing this painful disease.