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Thursday, 21 March 2019
Video of very aurochs-like Lidia bulls
I recently found this video of a couple of Lidia bulls that I find to have a rather impressive morphology on youtube:
The body shape of these bulls is superb and very wild cattle-like, also the horns of many of the individuals are well-curved and not all too small. If the extremities and horns just would be a little larger and the colour would match, they would resemble wild aurochs to a very large extent. I just say how it is: To me, Spanish fighting cattle are the most aurochs-like breed overall that is still extant today. Having herds of Lidia individuals like these and supplementing them with portions of Chianina (for leg length and overall size) and Watussi (horn size) would probably lead to stunning results. Then adding a little bit of Sayaguesa and Maronesa, and the strain would be superb from the optic perspective.
True indeed and that is okay for large nature reserves. But for the local small nature reserve of 1000 ha or below with lit of visitors as those in Holland, we cannot use them if they are too aggressive towards people.
they will disappear, with the slow disappearing of the lidia itself, it's going on, slowly, people do not like the bloody fights but don't see these magnificent animals are still bred because of it, take the lidia away, and bullfighting cattle will be replaced by meatbreeds and vegetal laboratorium meat....
Isn´t toro de lidia from Spain the same as touro bravo, which is found in Portugal? I ask this, because I think that they are virtually identical. In Latin America, there is also this cattle, which was brought by the Iberians.
Yes, it´s the same, but people tend to call it Spanish, as there is the Spanish Sparrow but also the Portuguese Man O´War... Many animals and plants, have a country on their name but it doesn´t mean that they are specifically from that country.
I gather that the leggy Texas Longhorn has some genetic potential, and is a relatively ‘unimproved’ breed. It would be interesting to see the result of that cross.
They look very good but they are also dangerous. Two people where attacked this week by a uarchos somewhere in the Netherlands
ReplyDeleteIndeed, and wild bovines are so, too.
DeleteTrue indeed and that is okay for large nature reserves. But for the local small nature reserve of 1000 ha or below with lit of visitors as those in Holland, we cannot use them if they are too aggressive towards people.
DeleteThey move like fully wild animals. I grew up around cattle for the first half of my life and none of them moved like these.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's hard not to notice how nimble these beasts are. They are a bit on the nervous side, but they look alert and rather intelligent.
Deletethey will disappear, with the slow disappearing of the lidia itself, it's going on, slowly, people do not like the bloody fights but don't see these magnificent animals are still bred because of it, take the lidia away, and bullfighting cattle will be replaced by meatbreeds and vegetal laboratorium meat....
ReplyDeleteIsn´t toro de lidia from Spain the same as touro bravo, which is found in Portugal? I ask this, because I think that they are virtually identical.
ReplyDeleteIn Latin America, there is also this cattle, which was brought by the Iberians.
Yes, it´s the same, but people tend to call it Spanish, as there is the Spanish Sparrow but also the Portuguese Man O´War... Many animals and plants, have a country on their name but it doesn´t mean that they are specifically from that country.
DeleteI gather that the leggy Texas Longhorn has some genetic potential, and is a relatively ‘unimproved’ breed. It would be interesting to see the result of that cross.
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