NORMAL, Ill. (WEEK/Gray News) – With a tongue as long as Rocky’s, you’re sure to get a huge slobbery lick!
Rocky, from Normal, Illinois, now holds the world record for the longest tongue on a living dog.
Rocky’s owners said they constantly understood he had an uncommonly long tongue, however it wasn’t up until individuals began talking about its length that they recognized Rocky had something unique.
“It was just hanging there, and we’re like, it’s so long,” said Crystal Williams, Rocky’s owner. “But when other people started noticing, complete strangers, that’s when we’re like, his tongue is long, and not just we think so.”
Williams said she didn’t understand there was a world record for the longest tongue on a living dog up until she saw the previous holder, Mochi, on a television special. She said previously this year when she heard on the radio that Mochi had actually died, she was sad, however she believed that now Rocky might have a possibility.
“That’s when they said the new record was between three and four inches, and I said, ‘Oh my gosh, I think we have a shot, I have to look into this,’” Williams said.
She said the application procedure to Guinness World Records was challenging, which the documents element was a lot to check out.
“I double-checked and triple-checked because I wanted to make sure they didn’t say no, because when is the next time he’s going to have a chance?” Williams said.
A number of months after Williams used, Guinness accepted the application. So Williams started on the measurement preparation.
“I talked to the vet, and he left me a message saying, I guess we’re measuring a tongue, and it was on! That’s when it got exciting. We got witnesses, videographers and photographers,” Williams said.
Guinness sent vet Dr. Bernard Bleem particular requirements to determine Rocky’s tongue.
They needed to put Rocky under anesthesia so they might carefully extract his tongue. They procedure from the suggestion of the dog’s nose to the end of their tongue.
On Guinness World Records, Rocky determined in at 13.883 centimeters, or around 5.466 inches.
“It was 140 millimeters. I mean, it’s long,” Bleem said. “Rocky is a great dog. He really deserves this.”
“It has been a lot of fun. It’s just fun to laugh at too, it’s like oh my gosh, look at his tongue!” Williams said.
Rocky vanquished the most recent record-holder after Mochi’s death, a dog called Zoey from Louisiana with a tongue determined at 12.7 centimeters, or 5 inches.
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