Friday, October 8, 2010
Smallest Cow - world record set by Swallow
LONDON, UK-- Swallow, a 11-year-old cow (owner Caroline Ryder) from Yorkshire with a taste for contemporary music who measures just 33inches high (84 centimeters) from hind to foot sets the new world record for the Smallest Cow.
Photo: This is an undated Guinness World Records handout photo of Swallow, right, an 11-year-old cow from Yorkshire posing next to Freddie the bull. AP Photo/Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records, Ho ( enlarge photo
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Swallow is a Dexter cow, a breed known for its diminutive stature, but is small even by Dexter standards.
The 11-year-old cow is named Swallow and her owner, Caroline Ryder, said she would spend the day either grazing with her herd or listening to BBC radio in her cowshed.
Ryder and her husband, Martyn, purchased Swallow at a rare-livestock-breed auction in 2006
She already has nine regular-sized calves and is pregnant with her 10th. Guinness World Records said her youngest calf has already grown larger than she is.
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Friday, October 8, 2010
