Eclectic Perambulations in the Noosphere
A genetic study of cattle has claimed that all modern domesticated bovines are descended from a single herd of wild ox had been domesticated from a now-extinct species of wild ox, known as aurochs, which roamed across Europe and Asia 10,500 years ago. Those cattle were then bred into the 1.4 billion cattle estimated by the UN to exist in mid-2011.
"A Texas Longhorn bull that more than lives up to its name has smashed the record for the world's longest horns. Seven-year-old JR has horns that measure an incredible 9ft 1ins - and they are likely to grow even bigger. His owner Michael Bethel, 50, who runs Leahton Park with his wife Lynda, 39, began breeding Longhorns 14 years ago.
Leahton Park is 10 km from Charters Towers, one of the most iconic and historic towns in Queensland, Australia. This property is 1100 acres in size and is home to Horseshoe B Longhorns; the largest purebred Texas Longhorn cattle herd in Australia and also the longest horned steer in the country whose horns measure over 9 feet from tip to tip. There are several water buffaloes and other native & exotic animals at Leahton Park."
Rawhide Full Lyrics :
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rawhide!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Though the streams are swollen
Keep them dogies rollin'
Rawhide!
Rain and wind and weather
Hell-bent for leather
Wishin' my gal was by my side.
All the things I'm missin',
Good vittles, love, and kissin',
Are waiting at the end of my ride
CHORUS
Move 'em on, head 'em up
Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide
Count 'em out, ride 'em in,
Ride 'em in, count 'em out,
Count 'em out, ride 'em in
Rawhide!
Keep movin', movin', movin'
Though they're disapprovin'
Keep them dogies movin'
Rawhide!
Don't try to understand 'em
Just rope, throw, and brand 'em
Soon we'll be living high and wide.
My hearts calculatin'
My true love will be waitin',
Be waitin' at the end of my ride.
Rawhide!
Rawhide!
"For more than a century, through a dozen dry spells when lakes disappeared and the land died, thousands of cows from the Swenson Land & Cattle Co have roamed the fields of Texas.
Yet the drought currently ravaging the southern Plains has done what the Dust Bowl could not: chased them off this land and driven them more than 600 miles north to Nebraska."
By P.J. Huffstutter and Theopolis Waters
"These tiny creatures look like new born calves but they are actually fully grown cows standing just 36 inches tall.
Owner Jay Brittain new additions to her Small Breeds Farm Park near Kington, Herefordshire are Zebus cows – and are the smallest cows in the world.
The breed, which are regarded as sacred cattle in native Sri Lanka, were saved from the brink of extinction five years ago.
Their numbers plummeted after indiscriminate cross-breeding with dairy breeds.
Ms Brittain said: ‘I first heard about the miniature zebus around 15 to 18 years ago and thought it would just be fantastic to have them here.
They cows stand 36 inches high and weigh just five stone each – a tenth of the size of normal adult cattle.
Ms Briattain said: ‘They are rare and people just thought they were going to die out and become extinct.
‘They have a fatty lump on their shoulders and a hump on the back of the neck – and are very, very friendly.
‘People think they are calves and are amazed when they discover they are fully grown adult cows.
‘They are no bigger than your average dog and are hugely popular with children.’ (Daily Mail"
