Arthur Greene
Hlangana noDoug izambane. UDoug unesisindo esingu-7.9kg futhi uyizambane elikhulu kunawo wonke.
UDoug utholwe ngasekupheleni kukaNcwaba engadini kaColin noDonna Craig-Brown, abahlala e-Hamilton, e-New Zealand.
Lezi zithandani bezimatasa zisusa ukhula engadini yawo ngesikhathi igeja likaColin lishaya into enkulu esanyama enhlabathini.
UColin utshele i-Stuff ukuthi ulihlabe izikhathi ezimbalwa, wabe esetshela uDonna.
“Leli kumele kube ngenye yama-kūmara amhlophe, ubhatata esiwutshalile ngoba omunye wawo ubusanda kumila lapha,” esho.
Ngenkathi eqala inqubo ende yokumba, futhi edla kancane inyama kaDoug, yilapho abone khona ukuthi ubhekene nezambane elingangengane enkulu.
Ngenkathi uColin eqhubeka nokumba eduze kukaDoug, umangale nakakhulu.
“Ngathi kuDonna, ‘Hhaibo! Kuvelaphi lokhu?” kusho uColin.
Lezi zithandani zaze ngokushesha ukuthi awukwazi ukudla izambane elikhethekile futhi esikhundleni salokho baligcina.
“Siligqokise isigqoko. Silifaka ku-Facebook, futhi silihambisa elangeni,” kusho uColin etshela i-NZ Herald.
Kodwa uColin noDonna bebenganeliswa nje ukunikeza indodana yabo ukuphila okujabulisayo. Bebenezifiso ezinkulu ngoDoug.
Ngemuva kokusesha okusheshayo ku-Google, bathole irekhodi lomhlaba lamanje lezambane elisinda kakhulu ngo-5kg.
Ngakho-ke bagoqa uDoug ngezikhwama zepulasitiki ezimbalwa bamfaka esiqandisini, base begcwalisa ifomu lesicelo le-inthanethi le-Guinness World Record.
Baye balulekwa ukuthi balinde amasonto ayi-12 ukuze i-Guinness ibuyele kubo, kodwa bayathemba ukuthi maduze bazoqinisekiswa njengabazali abaziqhenyayo bezambane elikhulu kunawo wonke.