The Denver Botanic Gardens recently hosted a worldwide competition to see who could stack the most weight on a water lily pad before it sank, and the results were simply extraordinary.

Known as the Water Lily Weigh Off , more than 30 zoos and gardens in 9 countries around the world took part.

The sight of frogs sitting these one-assumes-to-be-delicate aquatic plants is a picturesque necessity in any pond scene, but don’t assume these lovely lilies to be shrinking violets, they’re actually incredible strong.

The Missouri Botanic Gardens posted a video on Instagram of their largest lily floating upright under 182 pounds of weight, while that of Florida’s Bok Tower Gardens beat Missouri’s score with 183 pounds .

Watching the videos of botanists stacking sandbags, oranges, bricks, an

See Full Page