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The DNA of three aurochs found next to the Elba shepherdess opens up a new enigma for palaeontology
EurekAlert! ^ | June 3, 2021 | PLoS ONE, Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology

Posted on 04/13/2023 9:22:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

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To: SteveH

>You have milked this for all that it is worth<

Now, now, gettin’ a little bossy, aren’t we?


41 posted on 04/13/2023 12:12:15 PM PDT by Darnright
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To: SteveH

I didn’t know Neal Young was available in veal.

If he is, he would be best served in Sweet Home, Alabama.


42 posted on 04/13/2023 12:26:00 PM PDT by Hieronymus
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To: Eagles6

Yeah I heard about the Polish War Bull. The Austrian Army was terrified!


43 posted on 04/13/2023 1:19:26 PM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: SunkenCiv

> This thread pails by comparison with some.

Maybe. Anyways, pails lack pasteurization... which makes one wonder if the aurochherdess was ever tested for “mad auroch disease” ...


44 posted on 04/13/2023 1:59:49 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: SunkenCiv

With a mind uncluttered by the facts nor cluttered by any relevant training, education or experience I ask if aurochs wouldn’t cross breed with Bison? I know we have beefalo but is that only ny artificial insrmination?


45 posted on 04/13/2023 4:10:54 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: Red Badger

I worked a range/ranch that had long horns. They are wicked smart.


46 posted on 04/13/2023 4:14:34 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: SunkenCiv

This extinct species of mammal is little known in the Peninsula because its skeletal remains are difficult to distinguish from bison.

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Beefalo!


47 posted on 04/13/2023 8:17:46 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Now you know why. They are descendants of the ancient Aurochs of Europe.

It seems to me that if they have DNA from the Aurochs and the Longhorns still here, they could re-create the Aurochs within a couple of generations..................


48 posted on 04/14/2023 5:07:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: null and void; SunkenCiv; Tijeras_Slim; Eagles6; Robert DeLong; ComputerGuy; SteveH; BenLurkin; ...

Cow Politics and Corporate Models
AN AMERICAN REPUBLICAN:
You have two cows.

Your neighbor has none.

So what?

AN AMERICAN DEMOCRAT:
You have two cows.

Your neighbor has none.

You feel guilty for being successful. You vote people into office who tax your cows, forcing you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for then take the tax money and buy a cow and give it to your neighbor. You feel righteous.

A COMMUNIST:
You have two cows.

The government seizes both and provides you with milk.

A FASCIST:
You have two cows.

The government seizes both and sells you the milk. You join the underground and start a campaign of sabotage.

DEMOCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE:
You have two cows.

The government taxes you to the point you have to sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow, which was a gift from your government.

CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE:
You have two cows.

You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows.

You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.

A FRENCH CORPORATION:
You have two cows.

You go on strike because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION:
You have two cows.

You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create clever cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them World-Wide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows.

You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

A BRITISH CORPORATION:
You have two cows.

They are mad. They die.

Pass the shepherd’s pie, please.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are. You break for lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows.

You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION:
You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.

A BRAZILIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows.

You enter into a partnership with an American corporation. Soon you have 1000 cows and the American corporation declares bankruptcy.

AN INDIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows.

You worship both of them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION:
You have two cows.

You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported on them

AN ISRAELI CORPORATION:
There are these two Jewish cows, right?

They open a milk factory, an ice cream store, and then sell the movie rights. They send their calves to Harvard to become doctors. So, who needs people?

AN ARKANSAS CORPORATION:
You have two cows.

That one on the left is kinda cute...


49 posted on 04/14/2023 9:59:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: SteveH

This thread pails by comparison with some.


50 posted on 04/14/2023 10:04:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Red Badger

A Mexivcan Corporation

You have 2000 cows.
Your neighbor is a cartel boss.


51 posted on 04/14/2023 10:05:55 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (s nuthin new.)
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To: muir_redwoods

Not sure anyone has figured that out.


52 posted on 04/14/2023 11:14:48 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SteveH

Oh, sorry, the internet had a hiccup and said it couldn’t connect to the site, so all the subsequent attempts sent my brilliant pun. :^)


53 posted on 04/14/2023 11:16:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

:)

54 posted on 04/14/2023 11:19:22 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: SteveH
The aurochs were booty from a prehistoric case of grand theft cattle. That shepherdess probably got her hands on the crook.
Rimshot!

55 posted on 04/15/2023 7:28:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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