Forget Beyonce and Shakira — the latest Facebook sensation sports a very different look.

A poddy calf from Georgetown, in north-west Queensland, is climbing the social media ladder with more than 13,000 followers on Facebook. Listen Duration: 4 minutes 30 seconds 4 m 30 s Listen Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Owner Sally Webster shares the tales of Beryl the Brahman. Download 2.1 MB

Beryl the Brahman was rescued from a cattle yard when owner Sally Webster spotted it struggling to feed from its mother.

Ms Webster has since created a Facebook page for the nine-month-old calf, and is sharing the Brahman's cheeky antics.

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She said she and her husband never expected the page to attract world-wide attention, until she started receiving messages from journalists based in America, Sweden, Argentina and the UK.

"Initially, Jake and I were just putting photos and videos on my Facebook for friends and family and everyone kept saying 'Make her own Facebook page'," Ms Webster said.

"I was a bit apprehensive at first; I wasn't really sure, but we did and it's just gone crazy.

"[In north-west Queensland] it's just a part of everyday life, having poddy calves or lambs.

"She's very much a cow and most of the things she does are cow things; it's just people don't normally see that; it's more that they see them eating in a paddock.

"I think that kind of world has never really been shown on Facebook and it's been shared a few times so the interest has taken off."

Beryl likes to get up close and personal with her humans. ( Facebook: Beryl the Brahman )

Brahman backlash

But the Websters have also endured their fair share of Facebook fan backlash in recent months.

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Ms Webster said she was overwhelmed by the number of people asking if they were going to eat Beryl.

"We are never going to eat her or get her slaughtered," she responded in a post.

"It has been obviously displayed via the content on the page, that she is a part of our family."

Ms Webster said Beryl's instant fame highlighted how farmers looked after orphaned animals that may sometimes be found on farms.

"The best thing that has come out of this ... is the other people that have shared photos or have sent messages of their own poddies," she said.

"And also the fact that most of the time farmers of graziers get a bit of a kicking, so it's a really positive thing for people in the bush.

"It's also a bit of a rap for the Brahmans; they're one of the major herds in Northern Australia."

Beryl the Brahman is quite inquisitive. ( Facebook: Beryl the Brahman )

Beryl full of charm

Ms Webster described Beryl as very affectionate and loving, but also very cheeky.

"She tries to get inside the house all of the time, the most popular post [on Facebook] is the one where she's sitting in the lounge," she said.

"I came in one day and she was just camped up on the lounge and she just stayed there until I got photos and then I roused and said 'Get out!' and she just hopped up and she knows where the doors are, so she just got up and went out.

"She's just all personality and she can really love us.

"But, if we've been away and we get home, she'll sometimes sulk as if to say 'You've left me' but no, otherwise she's just Beryl."

Ms Webster said she was so busy replying to Facebook fans that she had even created a new term in their house.

"Jake will come in and say 'What are you doing' and I'll say 'Oh, I'm just Beryling'," she said.