Powered satellite with longest life
Satellite with the longest life The International Ultraviolet Explorer was shut down after 18 years 8 months 4 days 1 hour and 6 minutes of elapsed mission time, at 18:42 GMT on 30 Sept 1996.
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Poleclimbing – 80 foot, One-way
Mark Bryden (Australia), climbed a pole 24.5 m (80 ft) in length, in 9.61 sec at the Australasian Individual Championships in Auckland, New Zealand on 16 April 2001.
Pogo stick jumping – most jumps in a minute
The record for the most pogo stick jumps in one minute is 257 achieved by Tone Staubs (USA) at Pogopalooza 8 in Costa Mesa, California, USA on 28 July 2011.
Pogo stick jumping – fastest mile
Ashrita Furman of Jamaica, New York, USA travelled the fastest mile on a pogo stick in 12 min 16 sec at Iffley Field, Oxford, UK on 24 July 2001. The attempt took place as part of the BBC’s Record Breakers.
Pogo stick jumping – distance
The farthest distance bouncing on a pogo stick in 24 hours is 33.37 km (23.22 miles), by James Roumeliotis (USA) at Pogopalooza 9, in Costa Mesa, California, USA, on 26 July 2012. James bounced for 14 hours and 32 minutes to achieve this distance.
Ploughing – area covered in 24hrs
The greatest area ploughed in 24 hours with a tractor VERSATILE 535 (535 hp) with disc harrow XXL Gregoire Besson (14m) to a depth of 10 cm (3.94 in) is 417.4 ha. This was achieved by ROSTSELMASH company (Russia) and Gregoire Besson (France) in Kevsala village, Russia, on 12-13 July 2010.
Rarest heron
Native to the foothills of the eastern Himalayas, the world´s rarest species of heron is the white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis). Critically endangered, this large grey-and-white heron has a total population size estimated at between 50 and 249 individuals.
Rarest gorilla
Little Snowflake was a unique male albino western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) who lived at Barcelona Zoo from 1966 until his death from age-related ill health on 24 November 2003. Unlike full albinos, Little Snowflake had blue eyes, suggesting that he was a chinchilla albino, caused by a recessive mutant gene form called chinchilla (also responsible for white tigers).
Rarest egg-laying mammal
The world´s rarest species of monotreme, or egg-laying mammal, is Attenborough´s long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenborough). Named after veteran TV naturalist Sir David Attenborough (UK), it is currently known from just a single specimen, found dead on a mountain peak in Irian Jaya (Indonesian New Guinea) in 1961. Local hunters claim to have seen other, living specimens, but none has been recorded so far.
Rarest civet
The world´s rarest civet is the Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina). Once a very common species and a major source of civet musk, today it is categorized by the IUCN as Critically Endangered. It is possible that less than 250 individuals still exist in the wild in South Malabar, southern India.