Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Knickers, the extremely large cow, isn’t actually a cow

Yesterday, the world was introduced to Knickers, an extremely large Australian bovine. The steer was a sight out there in the field, towering benevolently over his smaller female peers. (No, Knickers is not a cow. Cows are female cattle who have had a calf; a steer is a neutered male.) The very big boy is a Holstein Friesian, a breed that originated in North Holland and Northern Germany that humans have been breeding for dairy production over the last 2,000 years. He lives on cattle farmer Geoff Pearson’s property in Western Australia.

According to The Guardian, Knickers stands 6 feet, 4 inches from hoof to shoulder — that means he’s only three inches shorter than a Mewtwo — and he weighs approximately 1.5 tons, or a little more than a...

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