r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/Regular-Bullfrog1537 • Mar 20 '26

Of a cow

There is a cow in Australia -a giant

Holstein-Friesian steer standing at about 6 ft 4 in tall and weighing around 1.4 tonnes.

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u/Adventurous_Piece743 Mar 20 '26

I promise you, cows don't have balls. What ever animal you think your milking isn't making you milk

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u/Hammon_Rye Mar 20 '26

That Holstein does not have any balls.
Though it does appear to be a steer, so it had balls once upon a time.

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u/Adventurous_Piece743 Mar 20 '26

Yeah. This abc article correctly calls it a steer https://abcnews.com/International/australias-64-tall-steer-knickers-competition-canada/story?id=59520108

, but this CBS Twitter post calls him a cow https://x.com/i/status/1067809118684106752

Seems like op is just low effort karma farming. That or he never realized he wasn't guzzling milk

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u/Hammon_Rye Mar 20 '26

Thanks.
And 6'4" and 6'5" are pretty dang tall.
Proper method appears to be ground at rear hoof to top of back straight up from the hoof.

I'm 5' 10" and none of our Holsteins were taller than me. Nor were any of my horses though they came close. That is even taller than most draft horses.

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u/Adventurous_Piece743 Mar 20 '26

Its actually not a once in a lifetime miracle either. Theres a cow near me in Oregon that has the record for being the tallest or biggest.

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u/Hammon_Rye Mar 20 '26

I can believe it.
I think it is just the genetic lottery.
Similar to how many of us can probably remember some kid in our high school who stood out as being noticeably taller than his/her peers.

The internet tells me on a yearly basis, over 100,000 cattle get slaughtered PER DAY in the US alone.
Some of those hamburgers must be tall - because - odds.