Dec. 3 (UPI) — An Oklahoma family’s dog earned a Guinness World Record when his tongue, which usually hangs out the side of his mouth, was measured at 7.83 inches long.
Ozzy, a French mastiff and bull mastiff mix belonging to Angela Pick and her family, officially earned the title of the longest tongue on a living dog, when his mouth muscle’s length was confirmed to have exceeded that of Bloomington, Ill., dog Rocky, whose tongue was measured at 5.46 inches in 2023.
“He has always had a tongue that sticks out of his mouth, ever since he was born,” Pick told Guinness World Records. “But there’s nothing medically wrong with him, we’ve had him looked at a couple of times by a veterinarian, and there’s no dental issues or anything — it’s just abnormally, awkwardly long!”
She said Ozzy’s tongue isn’t as much of a slobber-risk as its size might indicate.
“It’s funny, for his tongue to be the way that it is, he doesn’t really lick a whole lot,” she said. “He doesn’t give kisses — he gets in your face and kind of loves and rubs noses, but he doesn’t really lick on a lot of stuff!”
