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Britain’s Tallest Cow

Posted by Alex Turnbull, Tuesday, 13th May 2008

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The web is abuzz today with news that an English animal sanctuary has applied to the Guinness Book of World Records to have one of their bullocks, “Chilli”, recognised as Britain’s tallest cow.

The giant Friesian apparently measures a staggering 6ft 6ins (1.98 metres), which raises the question – can we pick Chilli out amongst all the other cows at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary?

The current world record holder for tallest living cow is 6ft 8in Italian “Fiorino”, who was unavailable for comment.

Also see our previous coverage of the World’s Largest (model) Cow.

Thanks to Rob

6 Responses to 'Britain’s Tallest Cow'

  1. dr.R. says:

    So, is it a cow, a heifer or a bullock? The testicles seem to be a recurring theme these days…

    By the way… Aliens’ dart boards? Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

  2. moses says:

    Looks photoshopped to me, or they got a REALLY short guy to stand next to it….

  3. nova72 says:

    It’s actually girls in the pictures. The article says the cow is 6′ 6″ In my opinion the cow looks to be about a foot or so taller than the trainer. Which would put her around 5′ 6″ which isn’t really that short.

  4. Bob E. says:

    @Rob, so you’re saying the image is airbrushed, rather than Photoshopped?

  5. lockouts says:

    Mmmm…Too bad they can’t make some steaks out of it. :/

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