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Harbor's ear-span is greater than the smallest road-legal car, which is 26 inches wide and also greater than the height of the world's shortest man, Junrey Balawing. [Agencies] |
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One look at Harbor the Black and Tan Coonhound and you'll believe a dog can fly, the Daily Mail reported.
The Guinness Book of World Records has named him the possessor of the longest canine ears on the planet. His left ear measures 12 and a quarter inches while the right is longer at 13.5 inches.
Coonhounds were bred to hunt raccoons, and their long ears are said to aid them by sweeping scents towards their nose.
But Harbor has had a lifelong struggle with his colossal ears, frequently tripping over them as a puppy. (點(diǎn)擊《每日郵報(bào)》查看原文)
獵犬耳朵太長(zhǎng)絆倒自己
?????? 據(jù)英國(guó)《每日郵報(bào)》報(bào)道,如果你見到這只叫哈伯的黑褐色獵犬,你一定認(rèn)為狗都能飛。
???????吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄認(rèn)定它擁有世界上最長(zhǎng)的狗耳朵。他的左耳長(zhǎng)12.25英寸(約31厘米),右耳長(zhǎng)13.5英寸(約34厘米)。
???????哈伯被訓(xùn)練去追浣熊,它的長(zhǎng)耳朵據(jù)說能幫助把浣熊的味道扇到鼻子里來。
???????但哈伯出生以來就一直在跟它的長(zhǎng)耳朵斗爭(zhēng),小時(shí)候經(jīng)常被自己的耳朵絆倒。
(China.org.cn September 8, 2011) |