He aha ka ʻuala nui loa o ka honua e hāʻawi ʻia i kahi hōʻike DNA e hoʻoholo ai inā he ʻuala maoli ia. Ua loaʻa ʻo Colin lāua ʻo Donna Craig-Brown, he kāne New Zealand, i kahi ʻuala i loko o kā lāua kīhāpai meaʻai i ʻAukake i hala. ʻO ka ʻuala, a lākou i kapa ai ʻo Dug, he 7.8 kilokani kona kaumaha, a lilo ia i mea paio no ka spud nui loa ma ka honua.
“Ua ʻeli mākou i kēia puʻupuʻu opu, a noʻonoʻo mākou iā mākou iho, 'He aha kēia? He ʻano ulu ʻē paha ia?'” Ua haʻi ʻo Colin i ka Washington Post, i ka wā i hoʻolaha ai ka ʻuala i nā nūhou honua. Ua wehewehe lākou i ko lākou ʻeli ʻana, a loaʻa ka ʻuala hou aʻe, ma mua o ka ʻeli ʻana i ka holoholona ʻuala.
Ua ola ka ʻuala i ka pōʻai mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana, a ua hāʻawi nā kāne i ka ʻuala i ka Guinness Book of World Records. Pono e lanakila ʻo Dug i ka moʻolelo honua o kēia manawa he 4.98 kilokani. Ua haʻi ʻia i kēia manawa ua makemake ka Guinness Book of World Records e hōʻoia ʻo ia ka mea a lākou e manaʻo ai ma o ka hoʻāʻo DNA ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻana iā Dug i ka moʻolelo.