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We often hear about the biggest animals that would easily tower over humans twice, thrice, and some even ten times. But how big, exactly, are they?
Let’s take the blue whale, which is known as one of the largest animals ever to exist. Imagine: the largest ever measured 110 feet long. If that doesn’t ring a bell just yet, think of it as longer than 2 packed school buses that seat 40 people each. It’s also longer than 18 grown men of 6 feet laid head to toe with each other.
If your head is spinning, right down below is a collection of animal photos that put their size into perspective and do the "just imagine" part for us. From very large Maine coons to gigantic Siberian tigers, these are the big boys and girls of the animal kingdom.
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I Never Knew What Absolute U N I T S Clydesdales Are Until I Saw This Picture
Sumac 5 years ago
Yup. Had to have. The average Clyd is 17-18 hands at the withers. The tallest horse known right now is 20 hands 2.75 inches. This is either photoshopped or she is about 4'6"
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Candy Chitty 5 years ago
First they find the largest Clydesdales they can, then the littlest person they can find. Shires are the largest horse breed in the world.
Sharon Hyatt 5 years ago
Yes, I tend to agree with you.... I've seen many Clydesdales, and while they are huge they are not as large as in comparison with this human..... I think some 'tinkering' has been done here . . . .
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Dani Tompkins 5 years ago
Did you know that there are only about 5,000 Clydesdales left in the world? :(
David L Rattigan 5 years ago
These are ponies. The lady standing with them is unusually short.
Kevin Donegan 5 years ago
In order to get the accurate picture, we should probably know how tall she is. If she's 5'10", the size of those horses are impressive. If she's 4'11", not so much.
Kathy Brown 5 years ago
I thought the same thing. She could be a short woman.
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TheTootsieTickler 900 5 years ago
I just googled the average height for Clydesdales and it came up as 6 feet. Are these guys huge or is the person super short?
hashy El 5 years ago
I hope from the bottom of my heart horseriding or horses used for human benefit will be illegal and egknowledged to be animal cruelty in a few years. Yes, they are stunning, but I always question why there isn t anybody wondering about the mental healthbeing of these animals. luckely in my country there are some serious debats going on since 2018..you should take a minute and look how horses are constantly dominated to walk a certain walk , jump a certain jump, and all of this with painfull tools between their jaws that pull and make them do trucks and just listen to commands..Crazy how blind people have become. They're just like; oohw look at that beautiful animal. Nohing more. People think they can do whatever they like with an animal as long as he's taking 'good' care..well its not, they don't like being your slave . Beautifull animals, ugly people
Xavier the awesome 4 years ago
You make a good point and for the most part I agree, however you do realize it’s not that simple. There are hardly any truly wild horses anymore and you can’t just reintroduce them to the wild because they’re so used to humans. Not to mention the fact that if we didn’t breed them they would simply die out. Also in most places around the world horse shows, while impressive, is frowned upon, similar to the way circuses are. But all in all, I get your point
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Monty Is Fiennes 5 years ago
Draught horses were bred to draw and carry....that why they big ;)
Grumble O'Pug 5 years ago
More push, as they have a straight shoulder. Most people don't know that the Heavy Hunter is more like the horse the Medieval knights rode. Per the research.
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RinLo14 5 years ago
Clydesdales are, on average, 6 feet tall. Either this lady is about 3 1/2 feet tall OR this is photoshopped.
Sharon Hyatt 5 years ago
I agree....... this picture is not completely accurate !
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Aimee Simmons 5 years ago
sooooo cooooool!!!! Clydes are my very favorite horses. next up would be the Fantastic Frisian.
Sharon Hyatt 5 years ago
I'm certain it isn't.....These horses are huge , but not THAT much !
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Lisa Stalcup 5 years ago
Adult male Clydesdales measure 17 to 19 hands (1.7-1.9 m or 5.7-6.3 ft.) . A male's average weight is between 771 to 998 kg (1,700-2,200 lb.). Adult females measure 16 to 18 hands (1.6-1.7 m or 5.3-5.7 ft.). A female averages 680 to 771 kg (1,500-2,000 lb.).
RaroaRaroa 5 years ago
Height for a horse is measured to the shoulder though isn't it? Not to the topof the head like humans. Makes a big difference.
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Zeke Bush 4 years ago
Well I believe, and I’m only guessing because of when I see people who race horses, they’re usually really really small to keep the weight down on the horse to make them ride faster? But I’m almost guessing this is probably a very small human. Regardless, even if the human was the entire foot taller? The horses would still be gigantic next to them.
William Turley 4 years ago
Seriously, this really looks photoshopped because it looks like she could fit a hand in their nostril and that can't be right.
Cecelia Smith 5 years ago (edited)
somehow I think this is shopped. Clydesdales are huge but perhaps that lady is tiny. Just my 2 cents
Randy Klefbeck 5 years ago
People believe that early breeds of these were those that carried fully armored knights into combat, and that the horses themselves were also armored.
Amanda Hartley 5 years ago
So beautiful 🥰 would love one of these, but would need giant stables!
Donald Holder 5 years ago
This would have been even better if they'd have published the person's height. She looks like a tiny little girl.
Donna Leske 5 years ago
I have petted the Budweiser Clydesdales at the state fair and they are indeed huge. However this woman is likely small.
Elizabeth Wilkins 5 years ago
So I was born and raised in Texas. I was blessed to be able to see and interact with the Budweiser Clydesdales on many occasions. I was raised around horses, had at least 8 at all times. But as a little girl standing next to these giants, I was like a fairy tale
Gayle Hunter-Gatherer 5 years ago
One Winter night when I lived in a farm town, a man knocked on the door to say some Belgians had escaped and were in my back yard. Belgians? He meant giant Horses. Huge Horses. After my long grasses poking through the snow..
Meagan Quimby 5 years ago
Yeah they can get big.... but those fellas seem exceptional, or that woman is short. Probably both. xP
Sarah Melville 5 years ago
They are beautiful !! I used to "ride" Clydesdales when I was 4 in 1945 and they were genuinely working. The best feeling.....
Johanne Trudeau 5 years ago
I knew as I often go to country fairs and always go see the horses... Beautiful!!
Marvin HoG 5 years ago
No kidding, I live in St Louis and the first time I went to see the Budweiser Clydesdales my little kid mind was blown 🤯
William Mahoney 5 years ago
First time I saw them was after 2 hours in Budweiser Beer Pavilion at Seaworld.
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago (edited)
I saw them close enough to touch and they are breath taking! I'm five feet tall and didn't reach the top of their legs.
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
It would be nice to know whether she's 4'8 or 5'6. Not knowing her height make scale somewhat irrelevant.
Cassie 5 years ago
Clydesdale are my favorite horses every and I'm fond of all sorts of draft horses. When I was a teenager, we lived in a rural area and my bus stop was across a country road from a huge horse pasture that housed a few big draft horses. Every morning, while I waited for the bus, they would come up to the fence and wait with me. I was so sad when I came back from college to find the pasture had become a neighborhood.
K Loveless 5 years ago
I have seen them in person. They are not as big as they appear in this photo. Either the picture is taken to look that way or she is really small.
Paul Punzer 5 years ago
big horses but i think the woman is small so the picture is more impressive than reality actually is.
Ralph Winn 5 years ago
Average Clydesdale is about 6 feet, they can be larger - but I'd question the height of the person in this photo.
Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago
I think the woman isn't very tall... but they are still formidable creatures!
Martin John 5 years ago
In St. Louis, Grant's Farm breeds these beautiful animals. And they are big all over, if you get my drift...we were there with my grandmother one time and she hollered at my uncle to take her picture in front of the stall, not noticing the...ahem...appendage of the horse behind her! LOL
deanna woods 5 years ago
I knew that they were big, but I didn't know that they were that big.
varwenea 5 years ago
They look like they should run free in the wild instead of harnessed for our use.
Idontwantto 5 years ago (edited)
They wouldn't exist if humans hadn't bred them.
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Bobthemess 5 years ago
Yeah. I learned that a month ago at my friends horse barn. We were gonna race em but then I got too scared.
cassiushumanmother 5 years ago
With some friends we did an horseception with Boulonnais (aka white marble colossus) 20190915_1...00353f.jpg 
cassiushumanmother 5 years ago
This picture is messing with your mind, Clydesdales are 1,80max tall (less than 6 feet) and 1000kg max (2200lbs). For example the french Percheron is more than 6 feet tall and weight up to 1200kg (2650lbs). The english Shire horse (no, it's not an hobbit horse) is bigger too. 5cde46cd36...8bcccb.jpg 
cassiushumanmother 5 years ago
This is a Percheron S33-FP27-5...c15d2b.jpg 
Martti Laurson 5 years ago
Of course if the height of this woman would also be known then you can get the idea. That woman could be 4'9"
Andy Carle 5 years ago
Misleading pic, these horses stand 5.7-6.3 ft. This pic is with a very small person to create an illusion.
Joakim Utterhall 5 years ago
She is petite - but yes the angle of the photo makes it look a bit wired :)
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#3
An Adult Ocean Sunfish Compared To Them At Birth
We usually imagine felines as cute little furballs who, no matter how fast they grow up, still fit into our lap just fine. But there’s one cat breed known as the Maine coon that can easily reach up to 40 inches. In comparison, the average size of an adult domestic cat comes in at as little as 8 to 10 inches.
In order to find out more about the scale of these massive felines, Bored Panda reached out to Jess Beckwith, a professional Maine coon breeder based in the United Kingdom from RudyCats.co.uk. Jess told us that Maine coons are referred to “as the dogs of the cat world, not only because of their incredible personalities, but also because of their size.”
They’re the biggest domestic cats and can range from 11 to 33 pounds when fully grown. Two of Jess’s “young neutered boys currently hit the scales at around 21 pounds.” Meanwhile, the largest Maine coon is named Barivel and he measures a whopping 3 feet and 11.2 inches from head to tail tip. That makes him longer than a baseball bat.
However impressive the scale of Maine coons may be, it’s not the most important feature when it comes to exhibitions. Jess said that “good bone structure, features, and the ‘not too extreme’ look is best, as well as temperament and health, of course,” are more important for winning a title in the big game.
#4
Meet Patrick, The World’s Oldest And Largest Wombat
#5
Giant African Land Snail
This big boy who resembles an oversized guinea pig is, in fact, a nocturnal marsupial known as a wombat (Vombatus ursinus). Patrick has stolen people's hearts by being both incredibly cute and gigantic. Weighing 84 pounds, he is one of the largest (and oldest) wombats ever to have lived.
Only quite recently, a new, wombat-like species was discovered in Australia called Makupirna nambensis, which literally translates to “big bones” in the aboriginal language. The creature’s remains are now one of the oldest fossils found in the area, thought to date back to 25 million years ago.This boy could have weighed 330 pounds, which is more than five adult wombats living today.
Yet, Makupirna is still not the biggest. The absolute record-breaking wombat-like creature was called Diprotodon and it weighed over two tons. This powerful beast could have lived until 11,700 years ago.
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My Dad And My Dog (Dad Is 6'2")
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I Have Severely Underestimated The Size Of A Moose
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Complete Unit
#9
Maine Coon vs. Siamese Size Comparison
Maryam Siddiqui 5 years ago
wow, well u know what they say cuteness comes in all shapes and sizes
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Minazo The Southern Elephant Seal Was Known For His Blue Bucket, He Lived In Japan's Enoshima Aquarium Until His Death In 2005
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A Full Size Snapping Turtle Compared To What Most People Think Is A Full Size Snapping Turtle
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Salt Water Crocodile
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Ever Wonder How Big An Eagle Talon Is?
#15
A Whale Skull With A Human For Scale
Maryam Siddiqui 5 years ago
danggg that should be on that one post in which people reimagined what aliens would remake animals based on their skull.
#16
Believe It Or Not, This Is One Of The Least Dangerous Spiders We Have In Australia
Steve Barnett 5 years ago
Yep, Huntsman spider, harmless. But if I came across it I'd s**t myself eleven months of sundays.
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This Is How Huge A Moose Is
#18
Bear Paw Is Pretty Metal
#19
This Is A Hammerhead Bat And Is By Far The Creepiest Animal I've Seen
#20
A Siberian Tiger With A Man For Scale
#21
Leatherback Turtles Can Get Pretty Huge Apparently
Danger Noodle 5 years ago
I wish people would leave turtles alone to lay their eggs. Where this picture was taken, 50 eggs were stolen.
#22
The Size Of A Tiger Paw Compared To A Man's Hand
#23
The Critically Endangered Giant Chinese Salamander (Largest Salamander And Amphibian In The World). It Apparently Sometimes Smells Like Pepper And Makes Noises That Sound Like Small Children. Scientist For Size
#24
Alaskan Malamute Phil vs. Alaskan Klee Kai. Check Out The Size Difference Of The Two Breeds
#25
A Whale Fin Next To The Entire Skeleton Of A Human
#26
A Big, Fat Caterpillar
#27
The Size Of This Croc Jumping Out Of The Water
#28
Siberian Tigers Are Big
#29
Polar Bear Paw Compared To Human Hands
#30
My Girlfriend's Hand Next To A Great Dane's Paw
#31
Bella vs. Mini
Martti Laurson 5 years ago
So let me get it right. Bella is the name of the car and Mini is the name of the dog?
#32
The Skull Of A Blue Whale
#33
The Claw Of A Male Southern Cassowary Compared To A Human Hand
#34
Goliath Tiger Fish, Congo River
#35
The Absolutely Startling Size Of Vespa Mandarinia Aka Asian Giant Hornet
#36
Gorilla Hands Compared To A Human Hand
#37
A Flood Brought In This New Species Of Ant To My Neighborhood. Size Comparison Between Regular Ant
#38
Fruit Bats Are Way Bigger Than I Thought.
#39
I Found A Grasshopper In Costa Rica And Used My 16cm Hand For Scale
#40
This Is A Human Skeleton Compared To A Gorilla Skeleton
#41
Fully Inflated Horse Lungs
#42
Unit Of A Hippo At NY Aquarium vs. Size Of This Kid
#43
Bald Eagles Are Freakin Huge Compared To A Human
#44
Emu Eggs, With Chicken Egg For Scale
#45
Human Hand vs. Leg Of Myra, One Of The Resident Emus At Freedom Farm Animal Rescue
#46
Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
#47
Claw Sizes Of 25 Different Predators
Electric Ed 5 years ago
Beaver? Predator? I thought beavers eat ... trees. Now that I think about it, that doesn't really make sense.
#48
I See Your Hand Sized Moth And Raise You A Giant Beetle Larvae
#49
This Ridiculous, Nearly Five Pound Lobster Claw Compared To A Human Hand
#50
Giant Grasshopper In Costa Rica. Same Size As My Friend's Hand
#51
Bear Claws Next To Human Hand
#52
Size Of A Whale Skull Found At The Beach Compared To This Man
#53
The Size Difference Between My Tarantula's Two Most-Recent Molts (2.5 Months)
#54
I’d Like To See You One Up The Size Of This Rattle Snake My Gardener Killed In My Step Moms Backyard. It Was Around 8 Feet Long
Steve Barnett 5 years ago
Was it necessary to kill it though? I know it's dangerous, but surely it could've been taken far away from humans?
#55
Fisherman Posing With 1,368-Pound Marlin He Just Caught
Yeah, you heard 5 years ago
This makes me sad. Poor thing lying there with its mouth tied shut while the man grins and poses. It's like Abu Ghraib.
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Ben Smith 5 years ago
What are you basing that on? Most of the animals are still very much alive and many of them are being helped by the humans in the pictures.
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Nicholas Yu 5 years ago
Creatures rarely get big anymore because of morons who want to hunt them for trophies. We have camera phones. Just take a selfie to prove you encountered the behemoth and share that alongside your story.
mph seti 5 years ago (edited)
Agreed 100% While there is some benefit to controlled hunting of certain animal species in certain areas, and at specific times...Trophy hunting is barbaric and elitist. Thankfully, photo safari's are becoming the norm. Also, shooting something with a camera and getting a good photo is much harder than killing something with a gun. It challenges and requires the same skills, too.
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Tor Rolf Strøm 5 years ago
Sad to see the dead and captured ones, but holy c**p nature is amazing
Mama Panda 5 years ago
Here is one of the basic problems with people today, they assume everything without seeking out the information first. None of these pictures contained trophy kills! Most of the dead animals could have been killed by other animals not just humans. And here is the biggest one: People STILL EAT MEAT! Just because you are a vegan/vegetarian does not mean that everyone is as well. It was YOUR CHOICE to live that lifestyle, I didn't choose that for you. So don't sit there on your fake throne and try to tell everyone else how to live their lives. If we eat meat, then just move a long with your condescending b******t!
Tobias the Tiger 5 years ago
This, basically; I'm guessing some of the actual dead ones also died of natural causes.
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Pittsburgh rare 5 years ago
Too bad I was too busy screaming when a 30 cm. black moth woke me up in Mexico to take a picture posing for scale. Despite being harmless, they're calle Death Butterflies. Guess it's because they give you a heart attack
Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago
I find posts about animals interesting and am always delighted to learn new things here on Bored Panda... entertainment with the added bonus of learning. :D
Leslie Sokolow 5 years ago
Most of these are forced perspective photographs. Size is decpetive.
von Funnyname 5 years ago
Apparently I have a thing with size differences, or i'm just a human being... can't tell. But this post gave me the heeby-jeebies
Rachel Santos 12 months ago
All these people are saying that they hope the animals are ok and how horrible humans are for killing them. I bet most of these people eat steak, cheeseburgers, meatballs, and many other foods with meat in them. I don't like the mistreatment of animals either but I can't live without meat so I can not be making a fuss about how bad humans are for killing animals.
The Upset Kitten 5 years ago (edited)
It's a bit disturbing at how many comments on "so sad" or "hope it wasn't hunted" there are. My people have hunted and used animal parts for food, clothing, etc for thousands of years. [I'm Mayan] I'm not about to end my people's traditions because of a few sensitive sallies. Only difference is today, I use modern tools for hunting. The thing that has remained the same? Honouring and thanking the animal who died in order to feed and clothe me and my family.
Raph cuddy 5 years ago (edited)
i'm sad that the murray cod wasn't on this list, they are an aussie icon and the grow up to 2 metres!
Idontwantto 5 years ago
Didn't know this site has so many PETA members. You all are aware that it is legally and morally ok to kill and eat animals, right? People have been doing it for quite some time now.
Catlady6000 5 years ago
Believe me, a lot of them are NOT PETA members. PETA's reputation is not that great. Even though I share your viewpoint on animals, it's more a matter of practicality and realizing pollution, loss of habitat, etc is worse. Really, non-trophy-only hunting is the least evil that humans do, still hate seeing them dead. I could only hunt or even fish in a case of extreme necessity. Don't make assumptions.
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Mama Panda 5 years ago
Which pics were of trophy animals? I didn't see one at all!
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Ben Smith 5 years ago
What are you basing that on? Most of the animals are still very much alive and many of them are being helped by the humans in the pictures.
Load More Replies... Nicholas Yu 5 years ago
Creatures rarely get big anymore because of morons who want to hunt them for trophies. We have camera phones. Just take a selfie to prove you encountered the behemoth and share that alongside your story.
mph seti 5 years ago (edited)
Agreed 100% While there is some benefit to controlled hunting of certain animal species in certain areas, and at specific times...Trophy hunting is barbaric and elitist. Thankfully, photo safari's are becoming the norm. Also, shooting something with a camera and getting a good photo is much harder than killing something with a gun. It challenges and requires the same skills, too.
Load More Replies... Tor Rolf Strøm 5 years ago
Sad to see the dead and captured ones, but holy c**p nature is amazing
Mama Panda 5 years ago
Here is one of the basic problems with people today, they assume everything without seeking out the information first. None of these pictures contained trophy kills! Most of the dead animals could have been killed by other animals not just humans. And here is the biggest one: People STILL EAT MEAT! Just because you are a vegan/vegetarian does not mean that everyone is as well. It was YOUR CHOICE to live that lifestyle, I didn't choose that for you. So don't sit there on your fake throne and try to tell everyone else how to live their lives. If we eat meat, then just move a long with your condescending b******t!
Tobias the Tiger 5 years ago
This, basically; I'm guessing some of the actual dead ones also died of natural causes.
Load More Replies... Pittsburgh rare 5 years ago
Too bad I was too busy screaming when a 30 cm. black moth woke me up in Mexico to take a picture posing for scale. Despite being harmless, they're calle Death Butterflies. Guess it's because they give you a heart attack
Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago
I find posts about animals interesting and am always delighted to learn new things here on Bored Panda... entertainment with the added bonus of learning. :D
Leslie Sokolow 5 years ago
Most of these are forced perspective photographs. Size is decpetive.
von Funnyname 5 years ago
Apparently I have a thing with size differences, or i'm just a human being... can't tell. But this post gave me the heeby-jeebies
Rachel Santos 12 months ago
All these people are saying that they hope the animals are ok and how horrible humans are for killing them. I bet most of these people eat steak, cheeseburgers, meatballs, and many other foods with meat in them. I don't like the mistreatment of animals either but I can't live without meat so I can not be making a fuss about how bad humans are for killing animals.
The Upset Kitten 5 years ago (edited)
It's a bit disturbing at how many comments on "so sad" or "hope it wasn't hunted" there are. My people have hunted and used animal parts for food, clothing, etc for thousands of years. [I'm Mayan] I'm not about to end my people's traditions because of a few sensitive sallies. Only difference is today, I use modern tools for hunting. The thing that has remained the same? Honouring and thanking the animal who died in order to feed and clothe me and my family.
Raph cuddy 5 years ago (edited)
i'm sad that the murray cod wasn't on this list, they are an aussie icon and the grow up to 2 metres!
Idontwantto 5 years ago
Didn't know this site has so many PETA members. You all are aware that it is legally and morally ok to kill and eat animals, right? People have been doing it for quite some time now.
Catlady6000 5 years ago
Believe me, a lot of them are NOT PETA members. PETA's reputation is not that great. Even though I share your viewpoint on animals, it's more a matter of practicality and realizing pollution, loss of habitat, etc is worse. Really, non-trophy-only hunting is the least evil that humans do, still hate seeing them dead. I could only hunt or even fish in a case of extreme necessity. Don't make assumptions.
Load More Replies... Mama Panda 5 years ago
Which pics were of trophy animals? I didn't see one at all!
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