Guinness World Records, 2007"Guinness World Records" 2007 is better than ever, with a custom-designed cover and all-new photos that bring the over 3,000 new and fully updated records to life, including new sections and an In a Minute feature where readers can learn all about records broken in just 60 seconds. |
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... EGGS PRODUCED BY A FISH The mouth - brooding cichlid Tropheus moorii of Lake Tanganyika , east Africa , produces seven eggs or fewer during normal reproduction . As each egg is released , the female takes it into her mouth , where it is ...
... EGGS PRODUCED BY A FISH The mouth - brooding cichlid Tropheus moorii of Lake Tanganyika , east Africa , produces seven eggs or fewer during normal reproduction . As each egg is released , the female takes it into her mouth , where it is ...
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... EGG The egg of a whale shark ( Rhincodon typus ) found by a shrimp trawler in the Gulf of Mexico on June 29 , 1953 , measured 12 x 5.5 x 3.5 in ( 30.5 x 14 x 8.9 cm ) . It contained a live embryo measuring 13.8 in ( 35 cm ) long ...
... EGG The egg of a whale shark ( Rhincodon typus ) found by a shrimp trawler in the Gulf of Mexico on June 29 , 1953 , measured 12 x 5.5 x 3.5 in ( 30.5 x 14 x 8.9 cm ) . It contained a live embryo measuring 13.8 in ( 35 cm ) long ...
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... EGG RELATIVE TO BODY SIZE The brown kiwi ( Apteryx australis ) of New Zealand lays the largest eggs relative to body size . One female kiwi weighing 3.7 lb ( 1.7 kg ) laid an egg weighing 14.3 oz ( 406 g ) , which is almost one ...
... EGG RELATIVE TO BODY SIZE The brown kiwi ( Apteryx australis ) of New Zealand lays the largest eggs relative to body size . One female kiwi weighing 3.7 lb ( 1.7 kg ) laid an egg weighing 14.3 oz ( 406 g ) , which is almost one ...
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