Knickers the steer is huge on the internet 鈥� for being huge.
The black-and-white Holstein Friesian won social media fame and many proclamations of 鈥淗oly Cow!鈥� after photos surfaced of the 194-centimetre (6-foot-4-inch) steer standing head and shoulders above a herd of brown wagyu cattle in Western Australia state.
Owner Geoff Pearson said Knickers was too heavy to go to the slaughterhouse.
鈥淲e have a high turnover of cattle, and he was lucky enough to stay behind,鈥� Pearson said.
Australian media say Knickers is believed to be the tallest steer in the country and weighs about 1.4 tons.
Instead of becoming steaks and burgers, seven-year-old Knickers will get to live out his life in Pearson鈥檚 fields in Lake Preston, southwest of Perth.
The Associated Press
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