Colorado Dog to Be Honored With Longest Ears Title
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}This photo taken Oct. 10, 2010, shows Harbor, an 8 year old coonhound from Bolder, Co., displaying his ears after winning a Guinness World Record title. (AP/Guinness World Records)
Harbor has over two feet (60 centimeters) of ears.
On Tuesday, the black-and-tan coonhound from Boulder, Colorado, gets the 2012 Guinness World Records title for "longest ears on a living dog."
His left ear is 12.25 inches (31.12 centimeters) long and his right is 13.5 inches (34.29 centimeters) long.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Owner Jennifer Wert says when her 8-year-old was a puppy, he would trip on his ears and roll down stairs.
These days, Wert says people often stop them to ask questions, take photos or tug on his ears.
Tigger, a bloodhound from Illinois who died in 2009, still holds the record for longest ears ever. One was 13.5 inches (34.29 centimeters) long, the other 13.75 inches (34.92 centimeters) long.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Coonhounds use their ears to help with scent.