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Lab-shepherd mix called Zoey has world’s longest dog tongue
A Labrador and German shepherd mix named Zoey has claimed the record for the longest tongue on a living dog.
At 12.7 centimeters (5 inches), Zoey’s tongue is longer than a soda can, according to Guinness World Records.
Her owners, Sadie and Drew Williams from Metairie, Louisiana, US, said people often comment on how long Zoey’s tongue is.
“We got Zoey when she was only six weeks old and in the first ever picture we have of her, she has her tongue sticking out,” said Sadie Williams.
“We thought surely she’d grow into it but she obviously didn’t. She still has an enormous tongue compared to her body.”
“It would be slobbering all over the place,” said Drew Williams. “So sometime last year we took her to the vet and measured her tongue.”
Measuring from the tip of her snout to the tip of her tongue, Zoey was recognized as a record breaker.
The 3-year-old dog is a fun loving creature, according to her owners.
“She will pretty much go fetch anything you throw and swim in any body of water that’s available,” said Drew Williams. “But she hates getting a bath.”
Zoey is also friendly to strangers, but petting her comes with its own risks.
“Every now and then while we’re out taking her on a walk, people will come up to her and want to pet her,” said Drew Williams.
“We’ll warn them ahead of time ‘Hey, she’s friendly but she might slobber on you’ and every now and then she will, and they’ll have a big slobber mark on their black pants.”
Zoey beat previous record holder Bisbee, an English Setter from Tucson, Arizona, who claimed the record almost three months ago with a tongue measuring 9.49 centimeters (3.74 inches).
Another previous holder of the record, Mochi “Mo” Rickert, had a tongue that measured 18.58 centimeters (7.3 inches). The female Saint Bernard held the record for five years, and died in November 2021.
注释：
soda: n
表示" 汽水；苏打"，means " water containing a gas to make it bubble; substance used to make soap,glass,etc."，如：He gave me a bottle of orange soda. 他递给我一瓶桔子汽水。You can't work on soda crackers and sardines.你光吃苏打饼乾和沙丁鱼不行。
slobber: v; n
表示" (流)口水"，means "let saliva drivel from the mouth"，如：I still slobber when thinking of the dishes.想起美餐，我仍流口水。
snout: n
表示" 鼻口部"，means "a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose"，如：The alligator showed its snout before submerging.鳄鱼在没入水中之前显露过口鼻。
Setter: n
表示"赛特种猎犬"，means "a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point"，如：Jim stepped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail.吉莫迈步进了门，仿佛一条赛特猎犬嗅到了鹌鹑的气味，一动不动了。
中文简要说明：
养狗人士或多或少都有被狗狗舔舐的经验，美国路易斯安那州这对夫妻档莎蒂和德鲁也不例外，只不过他们收到的热吻特别潮湿，因为爱犬柔伊（Zoey）的舌头足足有12.7公分，是全世界最长舌的狗。这个罕见的长才也已经获得金氏世界纪录（Guinness World Records）证实。
根据CNN、《卫报》、《今日美国》报导，住在路州梅泰里（Metairie, Louisiana）的莎蒂和德鲁（Sadie and Drew Williams）3年前在网络上看到一则认养公告，出生仅5到6周的柔伊刚好符合他们想要的狗狗类型——拉布拉多犬和德国牧羊犬的混种，于是便把它带回家。夫妻俩记得，柔伊当时的舌头已经比一般幼犬来得长，经常掉在嘴巴外：「我们想说等它长大了，舌头看起来就不会这么长，结果却不是这么回事！它长了一条大舌头。」
他们表示，外出散步时，柔伊经常吸引路人的目光，大家第一句话都是：「老天，它的舌头好长喔！」如果有人想摸摸柔伊或跟它玩，德鲁会事先警告：「它很亲人，但也很会流口水喔！」而柔伊也总是毫无例外地在陌生人的长裤上留下一大片湿湿的印记。
在朋友的建议下，莎蒂和德鲁去年决定带柔伊去看兽医，测量它舌头的长度。医生从舌根量到舌尖，发现柔伊的舌头足足有12.7公分长，超过亚利桑那州的比斯比（Bisbee）所保持的9.49公分金氏世界纪录，成为最长舌的狗。
事实上，跟舌长18.58公分的圣伯纳犬「摩奇」（Mochi）比起来，柔伊的舌头还不算什么。不过摩奇已经在2021年去世，保持逾5年的世界纪录也就此拱手让人。
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