The say a picture is worth a thousand words, but if you want to know exactly how small this wooden spoon is, it measures at just is 4.5 mm (0.18 in) long. Although she can sometimes get a bit cranky when woken up, Pebbles usually has a calm and loving demeanor. The 60 seconds film titled "A Boy and his Atom" tells a short story of a boy named Atom playing with a ball. It exists in complete isolation from any other species in complete darkness and temperatures of 60° C.

Tobykeith is my little bodyguard. Follows me everywhere. Lays on me while we watch TV. I adore him!" On announcing the new record title, Craig Glenday, Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief said: “We are very excited to welcome Mochi and her record-breaking tongue to the Guinness World Records family as part of our new publication, Amazing Animals. Amazing Animals is not your typical animals’ reference book. Instead, it takes a sideways look at our favourite pets and wild animals, and is a chance for us to celebrate the barking mad side of animal record-breaking. So alongside the classic fastest, largest and tallest record-holders, you’ll find the most talented, most followed and most pampered creatures on Earth. It’s a hoot!” The smallest dog living, in terms of height, is a female Chihuahua called Milly, who measured 9.65 cm (3.8 in) tall on 21 February 2013.

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Treat them like family because they are. Give them a happy positive environment as much as possible, good clean food and proper healthcare,” said Julie. She loves listening to country music while she is sleeping. Her two favorite country singers are Conway Twitty and Dwight Yokum,” Julie continued.

The mini newspaper is an edition of the newspaper Terra Nostra (Portugal) and measures at 18.27 x 25.35 mm (0.72 x 0.99 in). The outstanding newspaper weighs at 1 g only. Bobby was sitting on the couch and friends and family started texting and calling about a story they saw about a 21-year-old dog getting the record,” said Julie. TobyKieth loves to play with Luna and Lala, but shares a special bond with Coco and often walks around with her in tow. When I saw TobyKeith’s story all over the news, I applied [for the record],” Julie told Guinness World Records.

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When Milly (or Miracle Milly as per her name on her pedigree) was born on 1 December 2011, she weighed less than one ounce (28 g), could fit in a teaspoon and had to be fed with an eyedropper.

After news of the former oldest dog living, TobyKeith, first broke, the Gregorys realized that Pebbles was older. It measured at just 54 mm (2.12 in) long - you can see it in the image above next to a standard sized business card. Gisela thinks the key to his grand old age is healthy genetics, a healthy diet and, most importantly, a loving home.

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Once these molecules of carbon monoxide were in place in each frame, the STM took 4 min 53 sec to scan the whole frame to build up the image recorded on film. This process was meticulously repeated for each frame. Jeroen designed and built the Game Boy himself, meticulously selecting minuscule components to fit inside the tiny compartment. Built using the smallest commercially available steel ball bearing, also created by MinebeaMitsumi Inc, the spinner weighs just 0.027 g (0.00095 oz).

The individual molecules of carbon monoxide were placed as pixels on a copper sheet to create each frame of the film. The molecules were positioned using a Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (STM), which uses an ultra-fine metal tip to move the molecules with electrical charge. I met with the elderly couple and I was introduced to a tiny tan Chihuahua. They had named him Peanut Butter. I later changed his name to TobyKeith."

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The rest of his day consists of more short walks and, when Gisela is working from home, lying next to her work station. The micro machine has a wheelbase of 80 mm (3.14 in), a seat height of 65 mm (2.55 in), weighs 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) and is powered to a top speed of 2 km/h (1.24 mph) by its 0.22 kW (0.3 hp) engine. And that’s where TobyKeith and Gisela’s story began, one that has gone on to span over two decades.