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Texas Longhorn -1

Posted by
B. Thomas (Arlington, Texas, United States) on 19 November 2017 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

Longhorn cattle have become the symbol of Texas. They are descended from Spanish criollo cattle. Columbus sailed into Santa Domingo Mexico with a load of these Spanish cattle in 1493. The descendants were widespread over the ranges of Mexico. In 1690 the first herd of 200 Spanish cattle were driven north into what is now Texas. They mixed with the English breeds the early frontiersmen had brought and the Texas Longhorn was born.

The unusually long horns can span four to six feet from tip to tip. Both cows and bulls carry these impressive horns. This longhorn came running to meet us because we had corn.

*Texas Safari Ranch

By Marie from Entre montagnes et Bretagne, France

Really impressive horns. Beautiful animal

19 Nov 2017 5:58am

Jypyä Pop from Turku, Finland

With this, you should behave quite kindly. At least I would say it very beautiful, because I would not like to try the touch of those horns.

19 Nov 2017 6:22am

tataray from Charentes-Poitou, France

Je découvre ce superbe animal.)

19 Nov 2017 6:28am

Gérard from Allauch, France

Oh, I had never seen such long horns

19 Nov 2017 7:49am

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Wow, he has amazing horns !!!

19 Nov 2017 7:51am

Existence Artistique from Angers, France

superbe ces cornes

19 Nov 2017 12:02pm

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Thank goodness they point upward :) Magnificent horns and a nice motion capture

19 Nov 2017 12:49pm

Don from Spokane, United States

Those horns are simply amazing. I liked the historr of this animal too. I had no idea where they came from or when. A fine post!

19 Nov 2017 1:24pm

Devi from Chennai, India

Gosh !! What long curved horns!! I dare not go near him !!!! Fantastic image !

19 Nov 2017 1:25pm

Mhelene from Villiers-sur-Marne, France

Wow...Impressiv horns ! Thank you for their history !

19 Nov 2017 2:23pm

Tomek from PoznaƄ, Poland

He looks dangerously.:-)

19 Nov 2017 2:26pm

Sam from Chennai, India

Very impressive horns. Curved and long. Excellent. :)

19 Nov 2017 2:38pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

INtimidating horns!!!! Fabulous view of them.

19 Nov 2017 2:55pm

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

Quelles cornes et image quelle compo grandisoe vue.
Belle soirée
Nicou

19 Nov 2017 5:02pm

Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada

Wow. That is a set of horns. Good for open fields but I imagine a forest might be its undoing.

19 Nov 2017 10:34pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

Your first chore is to keep this beast happy . . . and calm.

19 Nov 2017 10:41pm

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

WOW!!! Fantastic capture.

20 Nov 2017 12:33am

Harry from Apex, NC, United States

wow - an impressive beast nicely photographed

20 Nov 2017 4:27am