Uniondale Clerk. 1.5 miles Hempstead 4.0 miles Westbury 4.0 miles Mineola 4.7 miles Malverne 5.4 miles New Hyde Park 5.7 miles East Rockaway 5.9 miles Old Westbury 6.5 miles Valley Stream 6.7 miles Massapequa 7.4 miles Roslyn 7.9 miles Manhasset.
Blosom, the 13-year-old Holstein Friesian bovine, has just entered the Guinness Record books as the world's tallest cow. The huge bovine, which is taller than 6ft 3in Premier League striker Emmanuel Adebayor, is the star attraction at owner Patty Hanson's farm in Orangeville, Illinois, US. Blosom is the pride of the farm, Patty told RRStar.com.
A member of the order Cetacea, the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), is thought to be the largest animal ever to have lived. The maximum recorded weight was 190 tonnes for a specimen measuring 30 metres (98 ft), whereas longer ones, up to 33.4 metres (110 ft), have been recorded but not weighed.