Biggest Giant Grouper-world record set by Nelson Shayne. [Jan 4]Latham Island,Tanzania--One of The Pemba Channel Fishing Club's Bertram's Shuwari, while fishing out of Latham Island hooked up and boated a Giant Grouper weighing 179.5 kg. This is a new world record for the biggest Giant Grouper. Nelson Shayne and a couple of friends chartered Shuwari for a trip to Latham Island, Dar es Salaam.
Robert Paddle (2000, p. 4), in his book: The Last Tasmanian Tiger, quotes an average direct length for an adult male thylacine as 1.63m, and an adult female as 1.54m. The average male body length measurement as cited by Paddle is consistent with the sample group.
The Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a carnivorous marsupial mammal that is native to Tasmania.ore recently, they are threatened by a fatal form of cancer called Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) which has killed more than 90% of adults in high density areas and 45% of adults in medium to low density areas. As of May 2009, the Tasmanian Devil was upgraded to the Endangered Species list.