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Knickers the cow! The best pictures, tweets and reaction to enormous animal

A huge cow that is more than six feet tall and weighs more than a car has become an internet sensation.

The giant black-and-white Holstein Friesian steer, who lives on a farm in Western Australia, has won fame on social media for his immense proportions.

At seven-years-old, Knickers is almost twice the size of the rest of the herd for whom takes charge of as a "coach" and too big to be processed at an abattoir.

And predictably Twitter is in awe after photos surfaced of the 6 feet 4 inch animal from Myalup - who weighs a staggering 1.4 tonnes.

US model Chrissy Teigen tweeted: "Damn that is one huge cow. this is why I buy internet on flights. I almost saw that 6 hours after you guys did."

Christening him with a new name, fashion bloggers Tom and Lorenzo said: "BOW DOWN TO GODZILLACOW."

Others were quick to share their thoughts on the monstrous animal, whose massive size has helped to save his life:

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