Britain's Largest Cow, and Other Animals That Defy Normal Size

If not for the black and white spots, and oh yeah, lack of trunk, you might confuse this massive cow for an elephant. But Chili, isn't meant to be this big.

The British black and white Fresian bullock is about the same height as a small elephant, and weighs a little more than a ton.

But Chili's size isn't a result of cow feed pumped with steroids or anything like that. His diet consists primarily of grass, and his owners at Ferne Animal Sanctuary in Somerset can't explain why he's so big.

When he was just six-days-old Chili was abandoned on the sanctuary's doorstep. They took him in, and nine years later, he's still growing, and is now over six feet tall.

Naomi Clarke, manager of the sanctuary, said they've sent an application to the Guinness Book of Records to make Chili the largest cow in Britain.

Sounds like the making of some good hamburgers to me!

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Check out some other animals that refuse to be called normal sized:

Meet Heaven Sent Brandy, the smallest living dog, by length. She's only six inches from the tip of her nose, to the tip of her tail.
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The world's largest snail is the Giant African Land Snails, the Achatina. The largest on record was 15.5 inches long, and weighed two pounds.
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Gibson, a harlequin Great Dane, is currently the world's tallest living dog. He is 42.2 inches tall, and lives in Grass Valley, California.
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The world's longest goldfish lives in the Netherlands and measures 18.7 inches from tail fin to snout.
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The world record for longest ears on a rabbit belongs to an English Lop named Nipper's Geronimo from Bakersfield, California. His ears span 31.125 inches.
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Thumbelina is the world's smallest horse. She's considered a dwarf horse and is a little over 17 inches high and weighs only 57 pounds. She's about the size of a small-to-medium sized dog.
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