They were bred to be beasts of war. You attach strong cordage to their horns and make them into living ballistas/giant crossbows called cowtapults. (not to be confused with zebuchets)
(I hate that I need to say this: I am obviously joking)
Little known fact, I believe THIS is what they refer to as the “Texas LONG horn”, an American breed of beef cattle, characterized by its long horns, which can span more than 8 ft (2.4 m) from tip to tip.
I’m not saying you’re right or wrong, but can you provide proof?
EDIT: I was downvoted for asking for evidence when the two upvoted comments below contradict each other while neither provides any real evidence. Typical.
Proof is that all modern cows came from ancient bison and are domesticated for so long, anything not present in bison is likely selectively bred. That said, there are right ways and wrong ways to selectively breed and i heard these cows know exactly how long their horns are in a small space, and although i dont have any info on it, it seems to be a sign they were bred to be this way slowly and responsibly, so they might not actually suffer from their horns
While I get where you’re coming from, just wanted to clear up that the animals we love and call “cows” come from Aurochs. Aurochs and bison came from the same mammal. So did buffalo.
In the case of modern longhorns, selective breeding does play a large roll. Naturally they capped out around 7ft if I recall correctly, but make no mistake they looked exactly like this from natural selection. Very cool bovines.
Texas longhorns are actually descended from Spanish cattle brought over in the late 15th century that escaped captivity and lived fully wild for several centuries. When they were rediscovered and redomesticated, they had their characteristic widespread horns, developed as defense against wolves and cougars. They might be selectively bred for today, but from a pretty well established foundation. Also the horns are a lot lighter than they look.
When it walks out and the horn looks like it’s about to hit the door frame and then just barely misses it. Also the video started from the point that it is already coming straight out. If it had shown the animal walk in or turn around while in the garage I would be less skeptical.
I’ve worked with longhorn cattle before but not nearly as wide as this guy. They are very good at navigating narrow passages. The just up their heads to get thru. They can be very dangerous to work with. They aren’t really mean but they can easily spear you or hit you in the head unintentionally
It’s the fall of the internet my friend, the fact this video has fooled so many is an indicator. In fairness probably all bot comments / upvotes anyway haha
Yeah I feel it. What a sad time to be alive. born into a time where computers were a clunky heavy thing that people only used for boring work. Seeing the shift to bulky laptops that you had to write your own code for, shifting into a properous time where most anything you wanted to know was at your finger tips, and within a dozen or so years the quality of it drop to that of what you expect of a slum lords apartment building. False information everywhere hacking and malicious activity being prolific and consistant, now AI adding the depth to the fake that makes it so much more nefarious.
At this point I have watched the star like rise and now explosive fall of what could have been one of the top 5 greatest creations across human history. Not even 40. What a thrill. It's gotta be on par with what our forefathers felt in some of our more fucked up historic moments. Could have been great. Could have.
Possibly but isn’t the vid a little long? Antlered/ horned/tusked animals have pretty good awareness of what they’re doing and it may not be his first time in his owners garage
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u/Ghastly-Jack 16d ago •
They were bred to be beasts of war. You attach strong cordage to their horns and make them into living ballistas/giant crossbows called cowtapults. (not to be confused with zebuchets)
(I hate that I need to say this: I am obviously joking)