Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The owner of a gargantuan steer known unofficially as the largest in Australia said the over 3,000-pound bovine's size saved him from the slaughterhouse. Geoff Pearson said Knickers, the 6-foot-and-4-inch-tall Holstein Friesian steer living at his Myalup, Western Australia, farm, was simply too big for the slaughterhouse. Advertisement "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." He said Knickers now serves as a "coach," a steer that takes charge of the rest of the bovines at his farm. Knickers has also quickly found fame as a viral celebrity online, where he is unofficially known as Australia's biggest steer. Guinness World Records lists the largest living steer as a 6.6-foot-tall Chianina ox named Bellino in Italy. Read More World's largest scrambled eggs nearly 5,500 pounds 180 vehicles create falcon shape to set Guinness record Christmas tree stand collection sets Guinness record
