Hercules, the heaviest dog at 282 pounds, with his owner John Flynn (© Kevin Wisniewski/Rex Features)

Hercules is an English mastiff who weighs in at a whopping 282 pounds, making him the world's heaviest dog.

Chilli the 6-ft cow & animal worker Sam Templeman at Ferne Animal Sanctuary in Chard, Somerset, England (© Ferne Animal Sanctuary/WENN)

At 6 feet 6 inches tall, Chili is the Shaq of the cow world.

Natalie Chettle and Rupert in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (© Chris Scott/Newspix/Rex Features)

Rupert is only 2 years old and already weighs 20 pounds, well on his way to being the biggest domestic cat.

Darius, a Continental Giant rabbit at over four feet long, with his owner Annette (© Mikey Jones/Caters News Agency)

Daris, the world's biggest rabbit, measures 4 feet, 3 inches from his nose to his little, or big in this case, cottontail.

Capybara Caplin Rous & owner Melanie Typaldos (© Rex Features)

Caplin Rous, a Capybara, is a rodent of unusual size.

Fishermen with a 20-ft great white shark (via San Carlos Fishing Forum, http://fxn.ws/IM3lpT)

We're confident that this great white could have handled eating a man in one bite.

Bailey the bison with owners Linda & Jim Sautner (© Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)

He may not be the biggest buffalo in the world, but Bailey Jr. is definitely the largest indoor pet.

Lolong, a saltwater crocodile, captured in Bunawan town in Agusan del Sur province, southern Philippines (© AP)

This 20-foot crocodile is the largest saltwater croc in captivity.

Zeus, the tallest dog, drinks from the kitchen faucet in Otsego, Mich. (© Guinness World Records 2013 Book, Kevin Scott Ramos, HO/AP)

At 44 inches, Zeus is the world's tallest dog.

American biologist Zeb Hogan posing with a giant stingray in the Mekong River after it was captured by a Cambodian fisherman near Kratie, Cambodia (© Zeb Hogan, University of Nevada-Reno/AP)

It took 13 men 90 minutes to get this giant ray onto their boat in Thailand.

Lucretia, a Goliath bird-eating spider, at Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm (© Mike Maloney/Rex Features)

The Goliath Bird Eater spider is the largest spider in the world, and thus, the scariest thing on the planet right now.

11 photos of ridiculously huge animals

9/28/2012

Animals may have a big place in humanity's heart, but, sometimes, the sheer size of the creatures that share this planet with us can be overwhelming, as evidenced by this week's news that a California man caught a 400-plus pound tuna off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. Inspired, we went in search of 11 other examples of ridiculously huge animals. Click on to see photos of the world's largest rodent, the largest (and scariest) spider, the world's biggest rabbit and more.

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