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Lake Preston, Australia

Steer too beefy to become burgers reprieved to life on farm

Knickers the steer, center back, in a paddock with a cow herd.
Knickers, a 6-foot-4-inch steer, is believed to be the tallest in the country and weighs nearly 3,000 pounds, Australian media reports.
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Knickers the steer is huge on the internet — for being huge.

The black-and-white Holstein Friesian won social media fame and many proclamations of "Holy Cow!" after photos surfaced of the 6-foot-4-inch steer standing head and shoulders above a herd of brown cattle in Western Australia state.

Owner Geoff Pearson said Knickers was too heavy to go to the slaughterhouse.

"We have a high turnover of cattle, and he was lucky enough to stay behind," Pearson said.

Australian media say Knickers is believed to be the tallest steer in the country and weighs about 1.4 tons, or 2,800 pounds.

Instead of becoming steaks and burgers, 7-year-old Knickers will get to live out his life in Pearson's fields in Lake Preston, southwest of Perth.