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Getting ready for summer
– Scubatainment style!
“We pledge to bring you the weird, the wholly
unusual and nothing but the bizarre.”
It seems a bit strange to be introducing Scubatainment’s
first spring edition whilst most of us are still in shock over the
fluffy white blanket that covered the country recently – many
repeating, for the hundredth time, that it hasn’t snowed in
Pretoria for 20 years, or secretly wondering whether the bizarre
weather is a sign of our impending global warming doom (or
Sabrina Hindley
Publisher/
Editorial Director
even more secretly if this means that the world really will end in
December). However, as we watch winter make its exit to torture
the inhabitants of the north for a while, we can’t help but get
excited about summer and the warm waters, sundowners and
diving trips that follow in its wake – and keeping in line with
that excitement, we’d like to present the September issue!
We’re absolutely thrilled with the number of Scubatainment downloads so far (and
climbing)! If there’s still anyone out there unaware of the best thing to happen to
diving since decompression chambers, I would like to point an admonishing finger and
say that you clearly don’t know what’s what!
What a welcome sight as the dull weather and cold temperatures trade places with
sunshine and warmth! Much like spring is characterised by ideas of renewal and
regrowth, Scubatainment, too, bursts forth with fresh ideas! And so yet another
glorious edition blossoms; sure to put a spring in your step!
Nicolette Els
Copy Editor
There’s something about the ocean – the sound of the waves, the sense of endlessness
and the adventures it promises just behind the horizon that really speak to the soul.
But after finding out about the odd things that lurk beneath its surface, I’m not sure
I’m ever going near it again.
A fish in Florida called the gurnard makes grunting noises before a thunderstorm and
is 100% accurate. The lung fish can live out of water for as long as four years, and fish
that live more than 800m below the ocean surface don’t have eyes. This goes to show,
the deeper you go the weirder the fish… just like Scubatainment! The deeper you
read the weirder the facts!
Michael Hindley
Go-to-guy
aka
Technical Director
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CONTENTS IN THIS ISSUE
10
September 2012
Bizarre
behaviour
Contents
6
20
Top ten
10
12
In every issue
1 Not the
Sounds of the deep
When tranquil sounds of
the sea become songs to be
sunk... as deep as possible.
Bizarre behaviour
The leafy sea dragon – small
andnotsofirey
Odd destination
Thinking of a spontaneous
getaway destination?
16
20
23
Close encounters
When sea animals insist on a
little personal space
Top 10
Top 10 most colourful sea
creatures
Spot the difference
Think you’ve got a pair of
eagle eyes do you? We
challenge you!
editor’s note
What the team has
to say
4
What the…?
A collection of amazing
and weird marine stories
14
What the…?
18
Did you know?
12
Odd
destination
A second dose of your
favourite facts
Interesting facts
16
Close encounters
6
Sounds of the
deep
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4 | WHAT THE...?
What
the ...?
THE WHITE ORCA
Far East Russia Orca Project (FEROP)
scientists recently spotted a white orca off
the Commander Islands in the North Pacific.
While there have previously been two
sightings of the white orca, researchers are
unable to say if it is the same one, possibly
making it the only one of its kind in the
world, or even if it is an albino or not.
continued on page 14
Weird things happen every
day, and quite a few of
them occur underwater.
Scubatainment likes to be in
the know with these things,
so read on if you like to go
“What the...?”.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/
news/2012/04/120425-white-killer-whalerussia-animals-science-albino/
FIRST WILD FISH WITH SKIN CANCER
After examining coral trout in the Great Barrier Reef, a team of researchers found
skin cancer lesions on the fish resembling human melanoma. It is believed that
this is the result of the fish being radiated through the hole in the ozone layer
underneath which they live.
OCEAN RUBBISH ON THE
INCREASE
Northern fulmars on the north-western coast
of North America delivered some shocking
findings after their stomach contents were
inspected. More than 90% of the birds had
ingested pieces of plastic. Northern fulmars
are a good indication of what’s going on in the
oceans because they feed exclusively at sea
and the plastic remains in their stomachs for a
long time.
A GREAT WHITE SMILE
Ever wonder why sharks have such perfect
teeth? A recent examination found that they
contain fluoride – the same stuff you get
in your toothpaste. While very convenient,
it does also help that their teeth are
constantly replaced by new ones.
http://news.discovery.com/animals/shark-teethflouride-120725.html
http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/07/04/
seabirds-study-shows-plastic-pollution-reachingsurprising-levels-off-coast-of-pacific-northwest/
I wonder if this is
how they felt after
escaping Alcatraz.
IN TURTLE NEWS
In honour of Queen Elizabeth’s 60th
year on the throne (Diamond Jubilee),
a green sea turtle named Sir Thomas
Turtleton was released from his home
on a sex farm on the Cayman Islands
after 44 years. He has been satellite
tagged, so you can follow his long swim
to freedom on seaturtle.org Possibly
inspired by this, 1 000 endangered
turtles were more recently released
back into the sea in Thailand.
http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.
shtml?tag_id=112229
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http://news.discovery.com/animals/fish-skin-cancer-melanoma-wild-ozoneultraviolet-120802.html
POLAR BEARS: GLOBAL
WARMING-PROOF?
Recent studies comparing living polar bear DNA
with a 110 000-year-old polar bear jawbone
and brown and black bear genomes found that
polar bears are much, much older than previously
thought – diverging from the brown bear line four
to five million years ago. This would also mean that
they have previously survived global warming. Will
they survive the human-induced global warming of
today? That remains to be seen.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/
mg21528754.600-hardy-polar-bears-have-survivedpast-global-warming.html
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6 | DEEP MELODIES
The Sounds
of the Deep
I’m all outta love, I’m so
lost without you...
Feel like spoiling that special someone
with a “deep” and meaningful song that is
bound to make him or her fall in love with
you all over again...? Well then, maybe you
shouldn’t read this.
E
ver since the dawn of time, whales
have used singing as a method
of communication, enchanting
each other with sweet melodies from
thousands of kilometres away. While the
graceful sounds of the deep have the
ability to calm the wild sea beast, and
bubble into underwater romance, I’m
sure many would agree that although
the instinctive gesture to sing beautiful
harmonies is appreciated, some should
be left in the aquatics (thousands of
kilometres away).
Yet one stops to wonder if the use of
such sounds is a subconscious urge to
mimic the great swimming Casanovas.
We suggest you to take a listen to these
“tranquil” tunes and decide for yourself
if the heartfelt lyrics are beautiful
renditions of sea-like sonnets, or the
clumsy murmurs of a truly hopeless notso-romantic giant squid.
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Love me, love me, say
that you love me...
I wanna be loved by you,
just you,
And nobody else but you...
I’m too sexy for my shirt,
too sexy for my shirt, so
sexy it hurts.
And that’s why birds
do it, bees do it
Even educated fleas
do it
Let’s do it, let’s fall
in love.
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eminiscent of a scene on Bikini
Bottom where sea sponge,
SpongeBob, and his underwater
friends gather at the Krusty Krab for
a hearty meal, the Ithaa Undersea
Restaurant offers people a similar
experience – the opportunity to dine
with a spectacular panoramic view of the
underwater world!
This innovative restaurant, located at
the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa, is the
first of its kind in the world. Ithaa
consists of three 5m wide x 125mm
thick glass arches that sit 1m below the
sea level during low tide, and almost 2m
at high tide. This clear glass arch offers
a panoramic view of the Indian Ocean,
with all its beautiful sea creatures. At
the time of construction, this was the
widest constructed underwater structure
in the world. The inside of the restaurant
is 9m long and 5m wide and sits above
the seabed.
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5.
Mariah Carey
All in Your Mind
With the softening remnants of an 80s
Elton John number, who would expect it
could finish on such a high note? Literally.
This is definitely inspired by the not quite
come-hither whistle of a blue whale.
Justin Bieber
Boyfriend
Sit back and enjoy the repetitive genius
that is whale sonar.
3.
Kanye West
Love Lockdown
This song truly takes an original approach
to trying to sing underwater. Kanye is
certainly enjoying the bubbling vibrations,
and the bucket of water. But when you
realise it is in fact a romantic love song,
it makes you wonder. Like the sailors’
tales of luring mermaids, is Kanye too,
deceivingly luring you to the dark depths
below, never to be seen again?
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Roisin Murphy
Ramalama
There is nothing quite like listening to
a song with the opening melody of a
drowning Hardy Daa. Okay, so not quite a
sea-inspired sonnet, but definitely waterrelated none the less.
Beach Boys
Good Vibrations
If you could imagine a prawn singing,
with sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt, it
would sound like this.
6.
Aqua
Barbie Girl
This group was clearly so inspired by the
sea, they simply had to name their band
after its tropical colours. So much so that
we are quite certain the main singer spent
tedious hours at SeaWorld trying to get
that dolphin-like pitch just right.
“People sure loved Aqua, we should do
that again.” – No one
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8 | DEEP MELODIES
7.
Crash Test Dummies
Mmm mmm mmm
Right from the get-go the title explains
it all. With a deep humpback whalelike voice, the main singer enchants his
way into an almost trance-inducing sea
mammal murmuring chorus.
8.
My Bloody Valentine
Loveless
A rather fitting title for the feel of this
trippy track. This song sounds like a
deep sea kraken arising from the depths,
rejected and angry, and vengefully
devouring you Little Shop of Horrorsstyle.
You give me fever, when
you kiss me, fever all
through the night...
9.
Boredom
The Mollusc
Let’s be honest here, who in their right
mind makes a song about finding a
mollusc on the beach, with its one eye
looking at the sun? Creepy. This is the
most random sea-inspired song on our
list, by far.
10.
Decemberists
The Mariner’s Revenge Song
Number one, these people truly believe
they are pirates. Number two, they are
smoking a tobacco pipe inside a whale’s
belly. I’m sure it’s a rather niche market
they are serenading – possibly salty sea
wenches. “Arg!”
Somebody, somebody
Can anybody find me
somebody to love?
11.
Low
Long Division
If slow-moving emo sea turtles ended
a 100-year relationship and thereafter
stalked each other from the shadows, this
would be the theme song.
12.
Loscil
Submers
This song does not change for the entire
seven minutes. If you can stay awake
through the droning amniotic melody, you
start hearing what sounds like tiny shrimp
following you on your meaningless
binaural journey. Definitely not one for
Valentine’s Day.
So there you have it, your ultimate
oceanic compilation! A romantic holiday
at the coast would surely be incomplete
without these salty… um we mean sultry
sea songs!
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Take on me, take me on
I’ll be gone,
in a day or twooooooo...
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10 | BIZARRE BEHAVIOUR
The Great Pretender
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I feel like evolution didn’t
know what to wear today...
The females deposit
the eggs onto a
brood patch on the
male’s tail.
carried around in a pouch; the females
deposit the eggs onto a brood patch on
the male’s tail.
Sea dragons are rather delicate and call
the waters off the coast of Australia
home – they aren’t found anywhere else.
In addition to the leafy sea dragon, you
can also find the weedy sea dragon there,
although it is not quite as spectacular
in its camouflage. Seeing one of these
in the wild is quite the rare experience,
especially considering their talents in
keeping hidden.
All in all, the leafy sea dragon is quite
the majestic little thing, which in
combination with its foliage lent it its
name. Unfortunately, leafies are listed as
near threatened by IUCN due to habitat
loss and long-fingered aquarists who are
also incapable of keeping them alive in
captivity. Australia takes its sea dragons
very seriously, however, and care is taken
with protection for both species.
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The leafy sea dragon would
be almost impossible to
make heads or tails of if not
for its eyes. These big eyes
are also probably the only
reason why it is identifiable
as an animal at all.
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n its evolutionary race towards
becoming one of the best camouflaged
creatures in the sea, the leafy sea
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dragon (Phycodurus eques) perhaps took
things a little bit too seriously. It has
seaweed-like appendages sticking out of
everything on its 35cm long body – even
its head – making seaweed and kelp
the perfect backdrop for it to disappear
into. While many other creatures have
quite literally come to look exactly like
their background, the leafy sea dragon
has to get the most points for pizazz. Its
camouflage is quite elaborate, and even
its method of propulsion is designed to
fool the onlooker – a tiny, almost invisible
little dorsal and pectoral fin move the
creature through the water in a motion
that gives it the air of floating along
in the current exactly like a piece of
seaweed, with tiny fins on the head that
allow it to turn.
Perhaps the only thing that suggests
the leafy sea dragon’s family ties to the
pipefish and seahorse is its long snout,
which it uses to suck up mysids and sea
lice – its main diet. Like the seahorse, the
leafy sea dragon male cares for the eggs
until they hatch. However, the eggs aren’t
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ODD DESTINATION
Christof and the great
glass elevator
Déjà vu...?
We’ve all heard the story of Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory (sequel: Charlie and the
Great Glass Elevator) where guests enter a
magnificent glass elevator. In Berlin, there
too exists a magical glass elevator.
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his one’s a bit different. It’s called
the AquaDom, and it’s a 25m-tall
cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium
with a built-in transparent elevator,
located at the Radisson Blu Hotel in
Berlin.
The AquaDom is the world’s largest
cylindrical aquarium and contains
one-million litres of seawater where
a multitude of exotic and tropical fish
reside. The AquaDom is part of Sea Life
Berlin where the highlight of the Sea Life
tour is a ride in this unique elevator. The
combination of the Aquadom with the
Sea Life Centre makes this one of Berlin’s
most popular attractions.
So, in this story, much like the
Roald Dahl version, visitors begin their
adventure by exploring the aquarium
and its interesting inhabitants – from
the curious and the rescued, to the
rare and the enigmatic. There are over
5 000 creatures located in more than
35 water tanks of various shapes and
sizes. There’s even a fun mirror maze!
These mirrors reflect a multitude of
images of underwater life, giving a very
unreal atmosphere through incredible
The aquarium is habitat to more than
1 500 tropical fish and over 50 different species!
The height of the AquaDom is 25m.
The aquarium is made of acrylic, with
a thickness of 16cm on the top and
22cm at the bottom.
The cylinder has a diameter of 11.50m.
The water level is 14m.
One million litres of water is enhanced
with 33 tonnes of sea salt (salt content
of 3.3%) and is circulated every hour.
Water pressure is 2.4 bar.
The two-story glass elevator inside the
AquaDom has a capacity of 48 people.
Weighs over 2 000 tonnes.
visual effects. The adventure ends with
a breathtaking ride through the huge
AquaDom, where up to 47 visitors join
their guide for a final thrill. Visitors will
ride on the elevator with a knowledgeable
guide and experience a 360-degree world
filled with colourful fish and coral. The
only difference in this story is that there’s
no need to search for a hidden golden
ticket to explore this magical destination!
All you need is an aeroplane ticket!
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14 | WHAT THE...?
JAPANESE DOCK DOCKS
ON US BEACH
A Japanese dock, washed away by the
tsunami more than a year ago, showed up
on a beach in the US in June. With various
species alien to the States encrusted on the
dock, personnel have moved to scrape it
clean and dispose of the organisms.
Run Lassie, go
get help!
MALDIVES: THE WORLD’S
LARGEST MARINE RESERVE
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/
news/2012/06/pictures/120613-tsunami-dockjapan-oregon-aliens-invasive-species-science/#/
japan-tsunami-dock-washes-up-oregonbarnacle_54895_600x450.jpg
WATERWOLRD: NO LONGER ONLY
A BAD MOVIE
Finally, we have reached technology advanced enough, and a
world over-populated enough, for scientists to start designing
water dwellings. One day, diving will be as easy as kitting up
and stepping off the back porch. To start your house hunting,
go check out the designs on Nat Geo’s website.
The president of the Maldives has announced his plans to turn the entire country into a
marine reserve by 2017 – in addition to being the largest marine reserve in the world,
this would also be the first entire country to become one.
http://news.scubatravel.co.uk/scuba-news/maldives-to-become-worlds-largest-marine-reserve.
html
What
the ...?
THE DEEPER YOU GO, THE WEIRDER THE FISH
As is often said by people we assume are knowledgeable on the subject, we know
more about outer space than we do about our own oceans. Regardless, how little
we know is proved time and again when some anchor or submarine surfaces from
somewhere very far down and returns with some of the oddest fish you’ve ever
seen. The latest rare finds east of New Zealand from a team looking for life below
2 000m, included a flabby whalefish, slickheads, rattails and a cusk-eel.
continued from page 5
MISSING: 10 000-YEAR-OLD BONES
Earlier this year, a skeleton was stolen from a cenote in the Yucatán
Peninsula. The remains, called Young Man of Chan Hol II, are
believed to be more than 10 000 years old, and from one of the
first inhabitants of the Americas. Scientists were reportedly very
upset upon discovering the theft, and put up missing signs in the
nearest town. The question of just why anyone would steal human
remains has not as yet been raised.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21741-bones-of-early-americandisappear-from-underwater-cave.html
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/pictures/120724-weird-fish-deepoceans-animals-new-zealand-science/#/new-species-deep-sea-fish-new-zealand-flabbywhalefish_57076_600x450.jpg
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/
news/2012/07/pictures/120730-futurefloating-cities-science-green-environment/#/
city-solutions-seasteading-buildings-floatocean-seascraper_57416_600x450.jpg
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16 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
Close Encounters
of the Marine Kind
We’ve all had strange, sometimes painful, encounters with nature. For
some of us it’s a bluebottle sting on the beach or a bite from a territorial
clownfish, but for others it can get a little more serious, and bizarre.
S
ure, the ocean is pretty and it makes
for a great holiday destination. As far
as natural spectacles go, it’s pretty
far up there. But beneath its picturesque
What did you say about
fuzzy wuzzy?
All of a sudden
you’re surrounded
by a horde of
curious and violent
squid.
in 2010 when a plethora of jumbo flying
squid moved into the coast of California in
the US. While some of them washed up on
the beaches, others made themselves quite
the nuisance to divers, reportedly attacking
them under the water. Eventually, only the
most curious and adventurous divers would
venture in until the squid finally cleared off.
Exploding whales
the marine environment, can be quite cruel
Permission to breach on
board
and unusual. Let’s not forget that most of
Whale watching: a calming and majestic
difficult to get rid of after they die, most
them make a living by eating each other –
experience. That is until the whale decides
authorities tend to haul them out to sea
sometimes their own species, sometimes
to breach on your boat. A South African
and blow them up – something that has
their mates, and sometimes their siblings.
couple had such an experience off Robben
been done a few times here in South
And while we mostly view this from amidst
Island in 2010 when a whale about the
Africa. However, some dead whales have
the safety of a bubble cloud or the seating
same size as the boat decided to come
been known to do this all by themselves
area of the aquarium, we sometimes get a
say hi – breaking the mast and scaring the
when gases build up inside them during
little more than we bargained for.
occupants half to death.
decomposition. In Taiwan in 2004, a sperm
Polar bear throwdown
Killer killer whales
surface nature, and particularly creatures of
Since breached whales are somewhat
whale was being transported through the
city when it decided to detonate – spraying
For some reason, despite what common
It’s definitely not unheard of for an orca
whale parts all over the surrounding
sense would tell you about keeping
to attack a human – but three separate
buildings, vehicles and onlookers.
your appendages out of enclosures with
incidents by the same one? A captive orca
Unfortunately, the bizarre spectacle had
carnivores three times your size inside,
resident in SeaWorld in the US, named
drawn quite a crowd before it exploded.
people still manage to have frequent
Tilikum, has been involved in three separate
altercations with zoo animals. On one
fatalities, two of which were trainers and
occasion in Berlin, a woman inexplicably
one of which was reportedly a homeless
ended up inside a polar bear enclosure.
man found naked in his enclosure. Despite
source of great bragging rights for many a
Whilst rescuers were attempting to lift her
his disturbingly sociopathic and bloodthirsty
fishing enthusiast, but unfortunately these
from the water, the bears were holding on
tendencies, Tilikum is still employed by
fish have their reputations for a reason. In
to her with their teeth in what was quite the
SeaWorld.
2005, off the coast of Panama, a teenage
terrifying tug of war. Thanks to an incredibly
Speared by a marlin
Reeling in a monster fish like a marlin is the
boy was fishing from a boat with his family
the bears, they were distracted long enough
Invasion of the jumbo
squid
to allow the woman to be lifted to safety.
Imagine doing a dive, calmly drifting
unexpectedly jumped aboard, impaling its
Something to keep in mind for when the
through the water, when all of a sudden
beak right in his face. A few bruises and
polar bears all start migrating down after
you’re surrounded by a horde of curious and
broken bones later, he has quite the story
their ice has all melted.
violent squid. A few divers experienced this
to tell.
handy stock of life vests that were thrown at
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when he got a bite on his line from a
marlin. As he began to reel it in, the fish
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18 | DID YOU KNOW?
DID YOU KNOW?
A collection of fascinating scuba facts and figures
to tickle your brain and keep you
entertained!
longest distance ever swum without flippers in open sea
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The
is 225km by Veljko Rogosic (Croatia) across the Adriatic Sea from Grado
to Riccione (both Italy) from 29-31 August 2006. The attempt took him 50 hours and 10 minutes. The distance swum is by GPS.
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is Roger Allsopp (UK) who crossed from Shakespeare Beach, Dover, UK, to the bay of
Calais, France in 17 hours, 51 minutes and 19 seconds aged 70 years and four months on 30 August 2011.
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The
(breathheld) was completed by Stig Åvall Severinsen (Denmark) who swam 72m under ice in Knudssø, Ry,
Denmark, on 6 March 2010. Stig managed to do the 72m swim in 1 minute and 26 seconds.
~
On 15 July 2007, Lewis Gordon Pugh (UK) became
His 1km
swim, undertaken in water temperatures of between minus 1.7°C and 0°C and without the aid of a wetsuit, took 18 minutes and 50
seconds to complete.
~
The
without using fins is 90m by Ai Futaki (Japan) at Playa del Carmen,
Mexico, on 7 January 2011. The duration of the swim was 2 minutes and 6 seconds.
oldest person to swim the English Channel
longest swim under ice
the first person to undertake a long-distance swim at the North Pole.
longest distance swam underwater by a female on one breath
Compliments of Guinness World Records
www.guinnessworldrecords.com
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