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Aurochs - 1984

The result of back-breeding experiments. Film used was Agfachrome, and the slides have all turned piink over time. February 1984

Aurochs - 1984
Hix, 4 Dec 2008
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    • Hix
      The result of back-breeding experiments.
      Film used was Agfachrome, and the slides have all turned piink over time.
      February 1984
      4 Dec 2008
    • DavidBrown
      @Hix What was your impression of the "aurochs" when you saw them? Did you feel like you were in the presence of vanished Pleistocene megafauna, or that they were just big cows, or somewhere inbetween?
      6 May 2021
    • Hix
      Certainly, I didn't think I was in the presence of something prehistoric. More like wild cattle, somewhere between those over muscled domestic bulls and a shaggy gaur.
      8 May 2021
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    • RhinoHippoElephantGiraffe
      This photo was on the random media today. It is DEFINITELY NOT an Aurochs, because it went extinct in 1627. I think it is something mixed with a Gaur.
      19 Jul 2022
    • amur leopard
      @RhinoHippoElephantGiraffe If you were to read the description, it has been back-bred to reach an animal that phenotypically resembles an Aurochs. Looks absolutely nothing like a Gaur by the way.
      19 Jul 2022
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    • Zorro
      13 Aug 2022
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