The title of the largest dog in the world was awarded to a dog named Zeus.
The record-breaking pet is a representative of the Great Dane breed.
The owners of the unusual dog are members of a family from the town of Otsego in the American state of Michigan.
The height at the withers is 111.8 centimeters. Standing on its hind legs, the dog “grows” to 224 centimeters.
Record figures were recorded back in 2011.
And Zeus weighs more than 70 kilograms. But this is far from a record.
There were heavier dogs. For example, the Great Dane George - 111 kilograms.
And several decades ago, the record holder was a dog named Zorb, a representative of the English Mastiff breed.
The giant was weighed several times. In 1987, the dog's weight was 142.7 kilograms, and in 1989 - almost 156 kilograms.
There is another interesting fact: the largest dog in history was a wild dog that lived on Earth fifteen million years ago. The estimated weight of this animal is 170 kilograms.