Largest organisms photosynthetic unicellular and multicellular protists that are related to land plants. The thallus of the unicellular mermaid's wineglass, "Acetabularia", can grow to several inches (perhaps 0.1 to 0.2 m) in length. The fronds of the similarly unicellular, and invasive "Caulerpa taxifolia" can grow up to a foot (0.3 m) long. 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 metric tonnes for a specimen measuring , whereas longer ones, up to , have been recorded but not weighed. The African bush
Alliance for Animal Rights Alliance for Animal Rights The Alliance for Animal Rights (AFAR) is an Irish animal rights movement group based in Dublin which was founded in 1989. The group claims to be the first animal "rights," as opposed to animal welfare, organisation ever to form in Ireland. AFAR states that they stand for and employ "education, campaigns, legislation, and direct action." The group have actively campaigned against the fur trade, animal experimentation, greyhound racing, zoos, animal farms, live exports, and other forms of animal use. They are currently in alliance with a younger Irish animal rights group, National Animal Rights Association (NARA)