Zorba (dog)
{{Short description|Record-setting dog}}
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| name = Aicama Zorba of La-Susa
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| species = Canis familiaris
| breed = Old English Mastiff
| gender = Male
| birth_date = 26 September 1981
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| death_date = {{dya|1992|1981}}
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| title = World's Heaviest Dog
World's Longest Dog
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| owner = Chris Eraclides
| parents = Stablemate's Bruno of Kisumu (sire)
Gildasan Valintine Daisy Of Aicama (dam)
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| weight = {{convert|315|lb|kg}} in 1987
{{convert|345|lb|kg|1}} in 1989
| height = {{convert|37|in|cm}} in 1989
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Aicama Zorba of La-Susa or Zorba (26 September 1981 – 1992) was a male Old English Mastiff who was recognized by Guinness World Records as the heaviest and longest dog in the world.
World records
Zorba did not initially set the record of the heaviest dog in September 1987 at {{convert|314|lb|kg}}.{{cite book|author=Donald McFarlan|title=Guinness Book of World Records, 1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCmp92JXMjsC|page=47|access-date=14 November 2012|date=1 December 1988|publisher=Sterling|isbn=978-0-8069-0276-0}}
In November 1989, Zorba was recorded as weighing {{convert|330|lb|kg|1}}. Zorba stood {{convert|37|in|cm}} at the shoulder and was {{convert|8|ft|3|in|cm}} from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail.{{cite book|author=Mark C. Young|title=The Guinness Book of Records 1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e4rWAAAAMAAJ|page=27|access-date=14 November 2012|date=1 October 1994|publisher=Facts on File|isbn=978-0-8160-2646-3}}{{cite book|author1=Sandra Choron|author2=Sandra Choron Harry Choron|title=Planet Dog: A Doglopedia|url=https://archive.org/details/planetdog00sand|url-access=registration|access-date=14 November 2012|date=1 November 2005|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-618-51752-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/planetdog00sand/page/92 92]}}{{cite book|author=Nancy Furstinger|title=Mastiffs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7wh6PVf2LZEC&pg=PA12|access-date=14 November 2012|date=1 September 2005|publisher=ABDO|isbn=978-1-59679-273-9|page=12}}{{cite book|author=Laurie Bogart Morrow|title=The Giant Book of Dog Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K1G7cqB-o9wC&pg=PA423|access-date=14 November 2012|date=9 October 2012|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4516-6690-8|page=423}}