{"id":757822,"date":"2022-01-19T23:02:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T23:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/19\/possibly-worlds-largest-potato-to-receive-dna-test-in-bid-for-guinness-record\/"},"modified":"2022-01-19T23:02:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T23:02:32","slug":"possibly-worlds-largest-potato-to-receive-dna-test-in-bid-for-guinness-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/19\/possibly-worlds-largest-potato-to-receive-dna-test-in-bid-for-guinness-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Possibly world&#8217;s largest potato to receive DNA test in bid for Guinness record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Possibly-worlds-largest-potato-to-receive-DNA-test-in-bid-for-Guinness-record.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"La1s0aamtnc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Zealand couple dig up &#039;Doug&#039;, potentially the world&#039;s heaviest potato\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/La1s0aamtnc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Jan. 19 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> A New Zealand couple who grew what they believe to be the world&#8217;s largest potato said a sliver of the spud has been sent for DNA testing in their bid to have it declared a Guinness World Record.<\/p>\n<p>Colin and Donna Craig-Brown, who found the titanic tuber in their Waikato garden in the fall, said the potato &#8212; dubbed &#8220;Dug the Spud&#8221; &#8212; was weighed under supervision at more than 17 pounds, dwarfing the current Guinness record of 10 pounds, 14 ounces.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Craig-Browns said they have been in contact with Guinness World Records, but the organization keeps responding with requests for more evidence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just a never-ending case of having to do whatever they ask for next,&#8221; Colin Craig-Brown told Newshub.<\/p>\n<p>The couple submitted photos, video and a statement of verification from an agronomist, but Guinness has now requested a DNA test be performed to confirm Dug&#8217;s species.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They need to know what genus it is, what variety it is, you know, what his grandfather&#8217;s name was,&#8221; Colin Craig-Brown said.<\/p>\n<p>The couple said a sliver from Dug is being sent to Lincoln University in Scotland for DNA analysis.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will do everything they ask of us &#8230; so at the end of the day, they can say yes or no,&#8221; Colin Craig-Brown told Stuff.co.nz.<\/p>\n<p>The couple said Dug has lost some weight as a result of liquid loss, and is being kept frozen until they get official word from Guinness.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 19 (UPI) &#8212; A New Zealand couple who grew what they believe to be the world&#8217;s largest potato said a sliver of the spud has been sent for DNA testing in their bid to have it declared a Guinness World Record. Colin and Donna Craig-Brown, who found the titanic tuber in their Waikato garden [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":757823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-757822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-odd-but-true"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}