It is almost Halloween and pumpkins are in demand. How big will you like your pumpkin be? Do you want a giant pumpkin head on your porch? Below are few of the biggest pumpkins the world has ever seen.

Joe Jutras, of North Scituate, prepares to fit his pumpkin into a gathering strap during the annual New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at the Topsfield Fair, Sept. 29, 2007, in Topsfield, Massachusetts. The giant pumpkin set a world record, weighing in at the fair at 1,689 pounds.

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Which dog is the tallest dog in the world?

Boomer, a 180-pound Landseer Newfoundland dog, drinks water from the kitchen sink at Caryn Weber’s home south of Casselton, N.D. The dog measures seven feet from nose to tail. stands 36 inches tall at the shoulders, measures 7 feet from nose to tail, and weighs 180 pounds. Weber will send his measurements to Guinness World Records for consideration as the tallest living dog.

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