Angus cattle

communication. When a giraffes feels threatened it will bellow, grunt, or snort. They will moo in distress. Cows will also bellow for lost calves and calves will bleat. Courting bulls will make a raucous cough. Giraffes are not very territorial but bulls do fight. Bull will first rumb necks together to show dominance and if this doesn’t prove the most strength they will start butting heads using their short horns on the top of their heads. When they rumb necks togther to show domince it is…

of the clan, almost like ancestors, and to kill them is taboo. But separated from his family and clan connections Lekoloi became dangerously free of social norms. “I became a wild man,” he said with a shrug and a glimmer of a smile. Lekoloi joined cattle raids, robbed tourists, broke into homes and was charged with — and later acquitted of — the 1998 murder of an Italian missionary in Archers Post. He soon began to poach for a living. “When I killed that first elephant the rangers were asking,…

There’s a field on my parent’s ranch that has two pairs of my sunglasses, a purple mitten lost on a sledding excursion, blood from scraped knuckles, a plethora of cuss words spat in utter frustration, and a few salty tears shed grudgingly. It’s hard to explain hating an inanimate object. I would sound crazy if I said “Dad, I hate that field below the shop,” even though I’m sure he’s read that exact statement written on my face a thousand times. Nature is unforgiving -- heartless even. It has the…

Tayler Juby English 12, Period 8 College Admissions Essay Ms. McLaughlin Option #4: Describe a problem you've solved or a problem you'd like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma--anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution. When I was younger, I grew a fancy for old farm tractors of all shapes and sizes.…

had hogs. I say this because I have grown up around cattle only and have only handled pigs once where we were required to practice moving them at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. I also wanted to help with harvest because I have never have gotten a lot of experience with helping at harvest since my family farm is a small acreage. Some of my goals for my experience were to get a better understanding of how pigs are moved compared to cattle and the importance of keeping them calm when…

Milk! Your child’s favorite drink. Is it really as good as they say it is? Did you know that in Medieval England doctors would spit on wounds, because saliva was believed to have healing properties? Parents would also tie rabbit feet around their babies necks to ward off illness? Indeed, history is replete with unfounded health beliefs, and to everyone’s detriment, the milk myth is among the most tenacious. Milk is much more than just a drink, It’s a cultural phenomenon that can be traced…

Bulls and steers are the two components that make up bull-fighting, which plays a massive role in the group’s time in Spain. Bulls are aggressive, dangerous, exciting, beautiful, and inherently self-destructive. They receive all the glory, because they are the stars of the show. Steers are passive, safe, impotent, and emasculate. No one in the audience cares or even pays attention to them, but they are necessary in the show. Ultimately, the bulls’ short-lived glory is met by death, which is what…

It was winter time in northern Montana and the double bar seven ranch was in a bind. The year was 1899, and the ranch’s owner Bill Nystrom was in a panic because of the endless snowfall. It had started snowing in October. It was now early March and the snow had not ceased to blow. Never before in his life of twenty-seven years had Bill has seen a winter like this. He had lost over half his herd from the cold. Many had been buried in the snow and he had to ride looking for steam holes rising…

The reading claims that a huge marine mammal which lived in water around Bering Island off the coast of Sibreria suddenly became distinct in 1768. The man reasons for the extinction are vague. The author brings three theories about the cause of the extinction. However, the lecturer finds all the ideas dubious and presents some evidence to refute them all. The author argues that groups of native Siberian people may have over haunted see cows. after hundreds of years of too much hunting the…

Although bullfighting can be a dangerous sport, it is very popular in Spain. The bulls are let into the arena, where a group of matadors later come out. The main matador has a team to help him fight the bull. They lead the bull with a large cape that is purple and red. The matadors stab the bull in the neck to weaken him and later attempt to kill the bull. I think bullfighting is a traditional sport that should stay legal, and here are some reasons why. Honestly I don’t have an issue with…