Massive cow named Knickers has been deemed too large to eat

A massive Australian cow named Knickers has been spared the slaughterhouse and the dinner table thanks to its sheer size.

The behemoth bovine hails from a farm in the town of Myalup in Western Australia and was recently saved from the barbecue because of its size, standing nearly two metres tall and weighing more than a car.

“He was too big to go into the export plant’s chain,” Geoff Pearson, the steer’s owner, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). “We have a high turnover of cattle, and he was lucky enough to stay behind.”

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According to Pearson, the cow stands 194 centimetres tall and weighs about 1,400 kilograms, double the weight of an average dairy cow and about a 50 centimetres taller.

“It was too heavy. I wouldn’t be able to put it through a processing facility,” Pearson told Perth Now. “So I think it will just live happily ever after.”

Knickers, a Holstein Friesian steer, is a bovine behemoth that sticks out from the herd. #7News pic.twitter.com/oazuaW0SWj — 7 News Brisbane (@7NewsBrisbane) November 27, 2018

The farmer said the cow has been put to work since being saved from the dinner table, leading and coaching other cattle.

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“You’ll put him in a paddock and all the other cattle seem to get attracted to him,” Pearson told ABC. “Whenever he wants to get up and start walking, there’s a trail of hundreds of cattle following him.”

The bull that has to be seen to be believed. It's no optical illusion, Knickers the steer is enormous, with a standing height of almost two metres and weighing close to one and half tonnes. #BigBull #TTAdelaide pic.twitter.com/gSsrfgS7Sq — TodayTonightAdelaide (@TodayTonightSA) November 27, 2018

“We all know when Knickers is on the move,” he said.