tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222590081823739642.post8550044071787298487..comments2024-03-28T06:48:32.499-07:00Comments on The Breeding-back Blog: The MAOA gene found to play a role in the aggressive behaviour of Lidia cattleDaniel Foidlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924677790606716751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222590081823739642.post-52332445388978460302022-02-17T04:08:10.717-08:002022-02-17T04:08:10.717-08:00Diagnosing that the MAOA gene of Lidia cattle diff...Diagnosing that the MAOA gene of Lidia cattle differs from that of other cattle breeds is not pseudoscience. Daniel Foidlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924677790606716751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222590081823739642.post-18884242025048146612022-02-16T21:10:12.861-08:002022-02-16T21:10:12.861-08:00This is pseudoscience motivated by ignorance of th...This is pseudoscience motivated by ignorance of the actual ethology of lidia cattle and the bullfighting tradition, in India everyone knows that gaurs are beautiful animals but extremely dangerous, same happens with bison in North America. I happen to speak Spanish and if you analyze the way lidia cattle are bred (In Portugal and Spain) they live in complete or almost complete freedom hence they retain territorial behaviors other breeds don't have. On a regular basis these animals will never mind your presence in the dehesa* unless you don't respect their body language i you get too near, it's not irrational, female or male they do the same thing... even more interesting is how grown bulls have the same bachelor hierarchy system and fights observed in yak, American bison and African buffaloes. <br /><br />The gene theory might simply be the doors to debunk IQ as a realistic <br />measurement on anything, human intelligence is defined by the emotional state, the so called emotional intelligence and this has been described by many cultures through more or less religious means, being Pyrhoan skepticism and Soto Zen some of the most non religious and scientific methods to describe this reality of the human perception. This is just an example of how culture interferes in the description and analysis of scientific knowledge. <br /><br />* their natural environment as they are completely naturalized in that ecosystem.Grmany.69https://www.blogger.com/profile/10467867013394213227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222590081823739642.post-14184129134153718122022-01-17T06:41:16.497-08:002022-01-17T06:41:16.497-08:00Thank you for the exciting contribution! It would ...Thank you for the exciting contribution! It would be interesting to know how aggressive behaviour is to be defined for cattle. And not only in the arena, where there is a specific situation, or when the escape distance is not reached, but under natural conditions in the herd. Which influencing factors trigger which aggressive - or at least perceived as aggressive - behaviour? It is remarkable, for example, that in the Dutch grazing project in Drents-Friese-Wold (Sayaguesas) several bulls are kept together with the herd, because they then occupy themselves with each other instead of being "interested" in walkers. (https://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/natuurgebieden/nationaal-park-drents-friese-wold/nieuws/natuurlijk-gedrag-de-kudde-sayguesas-het)<br /><br />Reginald Winklernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222590081823739642.post-33173176808539248492022-01-12T09:43:31.857-08:002022-01-12T09:43:31.857-08:00I tend to think that Lidia aggression is more like...I tend to think that Lidia aggression is more like the Aurochs. It would make more sense when considering that upto about 15k years ago the Aurochs lived together with wolves, cave lions, cave hyenas, cave bears, cave leopards and tigers (in the near east, around Caspian Sea) and these predators which were upto 20% bigger than their current day subspecies.<br />At those times it also had to hold its own between Wooly rhinoceroses, Irish elks, Wisents and according to some, wooly mammoths which might have still walked around.<br />Nature wasn't exactly a petting zoo before agriculture was adopted in Europe. The aurochs could've had a similar ecological niche to the African Buffalo in Africa. Running around in a European savanna and dry flood plains while fighting off large predators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222590081823739642.post-37679579519775805772022-01-10T13:09:57.887-08:002022-01-10T13:09:57.887-08:00In addition to the aurochs genome. It would be of ...In addition to the aurochs genome. It would be of interest to determine the nature of the gene in other wild Bos<br />RhysLemoinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07185462416597856043noreply@blogger.com