re: Guiness World Record Longhorn Bull

CT you still in Shreveport?

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Preservation of the breed. They nearly went extinct after the introduction of angus, herford, charolais and brahman to the Western hemisphere. 

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I think I recall seeing a "life after people" episode, in which it said if humans all vanished overnight, out of all north American livestock, the longhorn would be most promising to survive and thrive.

Remember it being an interesting segment on how they're different.

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1 week after people, The 100,000 Longhorn Cattle in Texas are facing a crisis now that their weekly ration of hay has run out. Desperate for food they break out of farms and ranches and try to survive in the wild. They can eat things like brush that other cattle can’t and with a huge set of horns they are far from defenseless.

250 years after people, The iconic Texas Longhorn Cattle still survive in the wild. Many ordinary cattle died off from the struggle to give birth without people, as well as the predators in the area. The Longhorns did not have this problem as they already give birth without human assistance. They now number in the tens of millions.

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