Nice Try But New Zealand Couple's Giant Find Isn't World's Largest Potato — It's Not Even a Potato
The tuber became something of a local celebrity, after the couple began posting photos of it on Facebook with a hat on and even built a cart to tow it around.
An official weigh-in at a local farming store put Dug at 7.8 kilograms , equal to a couple of sacks of regular potatoes, or one small dog. The existing Guinness record will stand, a 2011 monster from Britain that weighed in at just under 5 kg.“I say ‘gidday’ to him every time I pull out some sausages. He's a cool character,” Craig-Brown said. “Whenever the grandchildren come round, they say, ‘Can we see Dug?'"Craig-Brown said he's not done yet with chasing the potato record.
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