A 6-foot-4 cow named Blosom is officially recognized as the tallest cow ever by Guinness World Records.
Although she is no longer alive, the 2,000-lb cow was announced as the new record holder on June 25.
Blosom, who was named by Guinness as
the world's tallest living cow last August, died on a farm in northern
Illinois on May 26 after holding that record for less than a year.
Blosom, a 6-foot-4 cow, was officially
been recognized as the tallest cow ever by Guinness World
Records. Although she is no longer alive, the 2,000-lb cow was given the
title for the new record announced on June 25. The cow pictured above
with her owner, Patty Hanson
Blosom, who
was previously named by Guinness as the world's tallest living cow,
died on a farm in northern Illinois on May 26 after holding the record
for less than a year
Guinness
World Records said that the 13-year-old female Holstein will 'live on
in the record books as the world's tallest cow ever'.
The
average weight for a mature Holstein cow is 1,500 pounds and 'top
producing Holsteins' have been known to produce more than 72,000-lb of
milk in a year when milked three times a day, according to Holstein
Association USA.
'The
funny thing about Blosom was how unaffected she was by all the
attention that seemed to surround her,' Blosom's owner, Patty
Meads-Hanson told Guinness World Records following the news of the
animal's latest record.
'As long as she had her oats, and daily chin rubs and ear scratches, life was good.'
Hanson
said she is not sure what was wrong with Blosom, but that she had the
Holstein put down after two veterinarians said they could not save her.
On
Facebook, at the time of Blosom's passing, Hanson later wrote that the
animal had seemed to have slipped in the mud and damaged a ligament in
her hip causing her to never be able to stand.
Hanson said Blosom was buried in her favorite pasture, with her head facing east toward the farm.
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