It weighs 17.4 pounds…but it’s not a potato even though it looks like one

This is Doug. Doug weighs 17.4 pounds, and looks and feels very much like a big potato.

A New Zealand couple found Doug, submitted an application for “the world’s heaviest potato,” sat back and waited. But then the results of a DNA analysis came in. https://t.co/fctCYQxbNI pic.twitter.com/o6L5ap5JKl

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 17, 2022