Steer too sturdy to become hamburgers brought back to life on the farm

LAKE PRESTON, Australia – Knickers the steer is huge on the internet – to be huge.

The black and white Friesian Holstein has earned social media fame and many proclamations of "Holy Cow!" After photos of the 194-centimeter (6-foot-4-inch) direction appeared above the head and shoulders over a herd of brown cows in Western Australia.

The owner, Geoff Pearson, said that Knickers was too heavy to go to the slaughterhouse.

"We have a high turnover of cattle and he was lucky enough to stay here," Pearson said.

Australian media say Knickers is the country's highest flyweight and weighs around 1.4 tons.

Instead of becoming steaks and hamburgers, seven-year-old Knickers will live in the Pearson Fields in Lake Preston, southwest of Perth.