Hercules: The World's Biggest Dog Ever According to Guinness World Records
Hercules was recently awarded the honorable distinction of Worlds Biggest Dog by Guinness World Records. Hercules is an English Mastiff and has a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds.
With "paws the size of softballs" (reports the Boston Herald), the
three-year-old monster is far larger and heavier than his breed's
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A golden retriever-type dog has a unique hobby to sweep the street while
walking with the owners. This dog became a celebrity in China when he
was photographed carrying a broom while walking in Changchun City, Jilin
Province, China. Similarly, as reported by Orange.
This special dog loves to clean so much that he fills his need to do so by cleaning by sweeping the city streets
of Changchun, Jilin Province, while out on his daily jaunts with Xu
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NAHA, Japan — At a Zen Buddhist temple in southern Japan, even the
dog prays. Mimicking his master, priest Joei Yoshikuni, a 1 1/2-year-old
black-and-white Chihuahua named Conan joins in the daily prayers at
Naha's Shuri Kannondo temple, sitting up on his hind legs and putting
his front paws together before the altar.
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The first generation of household robot, a robot dog called
Aibo, was designed and massed-produced by Sony in January 2001.
The
excitement it generated was long-lasting. It is the first time we see a
functional robot, even though a very simple one, that lives in households. A
robotic companion is no longer in science fiction. The success of Aibo is a
culminant point of artificial intelligence (and robotics, of course), and it
provides more challenges for the future research of AI. The basic functions of
Aibo requires a rule-based system, through which Aibo recognizes basic
commands, recognizes th
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South Korean scientists said that they have created a glowing dog using a cloning technique that could
help find cures for human diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, Yonhap news agency reported. |
Genghis Khan had one, legend says. So did the Buddha.
And now, the prized red Tibetan mastiff, thought to be one of the
world’s oldest and most venerable breeds, has another distinction: One
of the massive, fluffy dogs has become the most expensive dog ever sold. An 11-month old pup named Big Splash ("Hong Dong” in Chinese)
recently sold in the Chinese city of Qingdao for 10 million yuan — about
$1.5 million in U.S. dollars.
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