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We've had Two Ton Tony and other outlandishly large cattle (including one in a car) and now it's Chilli - the tallest bovine in Britain.

The Friesian bullock is 6ft 6in tall at the shoulder and weighs well over a tonne. Described as a "gentle giant", he lives at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary in Somerset.

"We don't know what has made him so tall," says the sanctuary's manager, Naomi Clarke. "He doesn't eat that much. Chilli's feet and head are in proportion; he is just very large."

You can say that again. According to The Daily Telegraph (who have a nice photo of him here) balancing the nine-year-old animal on a set of scales would need 16 St Bernard dogs; 12 newborn elephants; five adult gorillas; or 1.5 Smart cars. He could provide 5,510 eight ounce steaks.

The sanctuary is trying to get Chilli in the Guinness book of World Records.