Colossal squid
The largest recorded specimen was captured in 2007 by a New Zealand fishing boat off Antarctica. It was initially estimated to measure in length and weigh . The squid was taken back to New Zealand for scientific study. A study on the specimen later showed its actual weight was , but it only measured in total length as a result of the tentacles' shrinking "post mortem".
Lolong
In June 2012, six months after Australian zoologist and crocodile expert Dr. Adam Britton gathered measurements, Lolong was officially certified by the "Guinness Book of World Records" as the "world's largest crocodile in captivity" at . Experts from the National Geographic Channel found out that Lolong breaks the record of the previous record-holder: a male saltwater crocodile named Cassius kept in the crocodile park of MarineLand Melanesia in Queensland, Australia.
The certification was read in public during Bunawan's annual local festival, "Araw Ng Bunawan" (Bunawan Day).