Giant cattle to be bred back from extinction

[LostInAnomie]

By Nick Squires in Rome
Published: 7:00AM GMT 18 Jan 2010

But despite their having gone the way of the dodo and the woolly mammoth, there are plans to bring the giant animals back to life.

The huge cattle with sweeping horns which once roamed the forests of Europe have not been seen for nearly 400 years.

Now Italian scientists are hoping to use genetic expertise and selective breeding of modern-day wild cattle to recreate the fearsome beasts which weighed around 2,200lb and stood 6.5 feet at the shoulder.

The last animal disappeared from the British Isles in the Iron Age and the breed was declared extinct in 1627 after a female died in the forests of Poland.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7011035/Giant-cattle-to-be-bred-back-from-extinction.html

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. Never, EVER.......

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Never eat mountain oysters bigger'n yer head.
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[Kali]

2. We sold a couple nearly that size awhile back

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=8284825

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=8304640

[Orrex]

3. That's a lot of bull

[AsahinaKimi]

4. babe..

[Duer 157099]

5. Is this in response to Man vs Food?

Perhaps an even bigger steak is needed for a new challenge?

[sakabatou]

6. So they're going bring back the aurox?

[Taverner]

7. Cool!

Can't wait to get me some Huge Cattle Burgers!

[Auggie]

8. We're gonna need a bigger barbecue

[myrna minx]

9. What could possibly go wrong?

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Now get working on that giant prehistoric bacon we've all been craving.

[Jersey Devil]

11. So big deal! We'd had them in the US for years