** Pachylemur, a genus of giant ruffed lemurs

** Ailuropoda microta, extinct species sometimes called Dwarf or Pygmy giant panda

** The giant German cannon, the so-called Paris Gun, begins to shell Paris from away.

** A coal gas explosion at the giant Bishop coal mine in Bishop, Virginia kills 37 men.

** Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

** Colossus of Barletta, a giant statue of an unidentified Roman emperor

** Colossus of Constantine, a giant bronze and marble statue of Constantine the Great

** " Leonardo's horse " or Gran Cavallo, a giant, unfinished statue of a horse by Leonardo da Vinci

** Sequoiadendron giganteum, giant sequoia, found on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada of California

** Futurama A Big Piece of Garbage NASA sends all of Earth's garbage into space in a cluster of a giant sphere aboard a rocket ( 2000 )

** The sons of Borr slaying the primeval giant Ymir in Norse mythology

** Silver Spooner ( voiced by Rob Paulsen )-A silver alien that rides on a giant spoon and is a Herald of Barbequor.

** The iconic, edible giant Gingerbread Man baked every year.

** Parallel giant slalom

** Wiener Riesenrad giant Ferris wheel

** The huge giant petrels, genus Macronectes, which are convergent with the albatrosses,

** Vespa mandarinia japonica ( sometimes known as Japanese giant hornet )-the largest wasp, and the most venomous known insect ( per sting ).

** Andrias davidianus ( Chinese giant salamander ) – ( Simplified Chinese: 娃娃鱼 ; pinyin: wāwāyú )

** Andrias japonicus ( Japanese giant salamander ) – ()

** The guests ride through a dark room filled with giant spiders in webs.

** The Extrasolar Planet Observations and Characterization ( EPOCh ) mission used the Deep Impact high-resolution camera in 2008 to better characterize known giant extrasolar planets orbiting other stars and to search for additional planets in the same system.

** Entering and exiting the water ( seated entry, ladder exit, giant step entry, etc.

** Tip of the red giant branch ( TRGB ) distance indicator.

** Phase Two: Eurasia ( Snow leopards may be getting a new exhibit, and a new giant panda breeding centre will be opened.

** Hemiandrus, ground weta

** Motuweta, tusked weta

** Anisoura, tusked weta

** Hemideina, tree weta

** 100 Giant weta

Poor Knights giant weta ( Deinacrida fallai )-this specimen has an overall length of 200 mm ( 8 in )

The 11 species of giant weta ( Deinacrida spp.

They are heavy insects with a body length of up to 100 mm ( 4 in ) excluding their lengthy legs and antennae, and weigh about 20 – 30 g. A captive giant weta ( Deinacrida heteracantha ) filled with eggs reached a record 70 g, making it one of the heaviest documented insects in the world and heavier than a sparrow.

The Māori word for the giant weta is wētā punga ( lumpy or jointed weta ).

Most weta are predators or omnivores preying on other invertebrates, but the tree and giant weta eat mostly lichens, leaves, flowers, seed-heads and fruit.

The largest species of giant weta is the Little Barrier Island weta, also known as the wetapunga.

Bug World, the zoo's collection of invertebrates ( animals without a backbone ), includes invertebrates such as Lesser Antilles hercules beetle, mole cricket and Poor Knights ' giant weta.

Prominent members includes the Parktown prawn of South Africa, and the giant weta of New Zealand.

Some genera are primarily predators or scavenger, whilst others-notably the so-called tree weta Hemideina and their close relatives the giant weta Deinacrida-can bite.