Aurochs are back!

[@vitoandolini1234]

It feels so right to see this. Idk how to explain it but this is what our ancestors would’ve seen in nature. It’s beautiful really

[@kevingallardo9297]

Yeah they would have seen them and be like “Look Food…….Kill It!!!!!!’’

[@stefthorman8548]

@@kevingallardo9297 if it was just that, they wouldn't have made cave painting of it

[@Luc-1991]

​@@stefthorman8548maybe the cave paintings where more like a shopping list

[@pain002]

@@Luc-1991dude….😂

[@bryana8383]

Not exactly an Aurochs. It's not as muscular and they are more tame. I'd imagine these are are also a little shorter....but it's getting there. 👍

[@tomcollins5112]

They would need to evolve in nature. Controlled breeding by humans won't completely resurrect the aurochs.

[@samuelboyd972]

Where are these cattle today

[@davidekstrand8544]

I keep reading what these cattle are not. But what are they? There not Aurochs and they’re not the heck cattle. What are they then?

[@johnmcook1]

try also way to short as bulls are 6 feet at the shoulders

[@LastBrigadiez]

Give them a few years they will eventually turn into one

[@martinljunggren-abbasi2231]

I'm sure with large predators around, they would physically start to evolve into a wilder, faster, stronger animal. Would argue it's even necessary if the goal is to re-wild.

[@cesarmurillo6192]

Absolutely!

[@barriewright2857]

YES.....! .

[@dr.froghopper6711]

Just add some Texas Longhorn genes to the mix and you’ll get some very feisty beasts!

[@smokeymcpot69]

@@dr.froghopper6711 Just a tad of Texas shorthorn too (Da dum tsk)

[@oedhelsetren]

There are no large land-based predators anymore. The large predators of the aurocks time are all gone. Its also more likely that the animals would domesticate themselves natural due to the lack of viable habitat and the domestic gene already being present.

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

I never though this day will ever arrive; welcome back aurochs

[@biggie10101]

Its not a real auroch but yeah

[@Quacklebush]

let's be honest its not auroch, not even close

[@justsomeguyhidinginthecomm8167]

@@Quacklebush yeah but it's close enough

[@refugiorod]

I don't see the huge kneck muscles. Debunked.

[@Xenofan20]

@@refugiorod nessa more Lídia cattle

[@Farweasel]

Who would have thought Hamsters around Chernobyl would have mutated so swiftly & so dramatically?

[@hadiraja5456]

😂😂😂

[@tomm4073]

Hilarious.

[@stephenbriddon2796]

Peed myself laughing.

[@iTyncWithReality]

Oh my god!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@holboroman]

i thought it was the cockroaches!

[@E3ECO]

Judging from the old paintings/cave art, the horns aren't quite right. Still, it's getting there.

[@rachdarastrix5251]

@CrappyKidForever Its a human thing. Don't try to understand you will only get a headack.

[@islamicschoolofmemestudies]

Probably look quite like bos indicus since in the cave art they had small hump.

[@islamicschoolofmemestudies]

@Shivam Joshi I was referring to its genetically closest relative. Bos Primigenus Indicus subspecies are the one to pass down the zebu Genes making it their closest ancestor. According to taxonomy the Indicine cattle like zebu etc today are direct descendants of the indian Auroch.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

@@rachdarastrix5251 🤔🤔👉 What's a "headack"?? Is it the technical term for the head of Holger Färber's wiener?Are you a wiener scientist? That MUST be the answer! 🤔 👉👉 Anyway, the ancient animals depicted in the old cave paintings had "different horns" because they werent really cattle to begin with! The paintings were much older than originally thought, more like 260,000,000 years old, as opposed to 1,000 years as originally assumed. Back then the early proto-people lived among giant horned horses! That's why the cattle paintings looked wrong, because they were actually ancient were-horses! 👍😁👌

[@rachdarastrix5251]

@@HighlanderNorth1 Sound it out sausage lover.

[@Nenodom]

Amazing can’t wait to see these alongside European bisons in the wild in the years to come. Fantastic!

[@zdendaprijmeni5276]

One kilometer away from this is another reservation with european bisons and horses.

[@igotboredfkit]

If you wanna see European bison then look it up they didn't go extinct

[@filmfinland9691]

We have few of them (Wisents) in Helsinki but sadly they are not free ... :(

[@fire3532]

Technically speaking, no. The aurochs isn't back. But hey, at least a branch of it's descendants are roaming around freely. I think?

[@fire3532]

Yeah. There was a breeding program funded by members lf the Nazi regime, but this herd could have been bred from a different breeding program. Nonetheless, they are all a type of domesticated cattle being bred to become feral

[@unavitadellamusica]

@DHCETC I should think so! I was very much against bringing back woolfes to Germany (but who listenes to plain me), and they have had nothing but trouble from them, and damage to the sheep farmers, also financial ruin to some, because of that. Stupid isn't even the word! I've heard they want to bring back wild bears to western Europe as well. Totally idiotic, but most of all even more dangerous, than woolfes

[@kirkboswell2575]

@JK Rai - The Nazi's were following a different path with a different strain/s. The results of that work were the "Heck" breed. I don't know that much about Heck cattle, but I've heard the results leave a lot to be desired - too much aggression and not enough genetic similarities.

[@YSLRD]

@@unavitadellamusica I so agree. In America, they're bringing back all the big predators. We thinned them iut for a reason. When I raised my kids, letting them play in the woods was common. Now, I wouldn't let them until they were old enough for firearms.

[@unavitadellamusica]

@@YSLRD unfortunately, in Germany firearms are forbidden to be owned just by anyone. Only certain induviduals (like forest rangers) are allowed to have and use them, in a restricted way. The sheep farmers may have them, but are forbidden to shoot any woolf, even if it attacks/steels their sheep, because it is a protected species now there. Could there be anything more idiotic?

[@bataafeub2472]

They look 80% like the real deal can't wait to see when they finisched the breeding

[@Hope-Truth-Light]

This is great, can't wait for the T-Rex

[@Mars-ms8vj]

not possible dna only survives for a few million years

[@pigeonjohns740]

Kid, just play with your t-rex puppet.

[@Hope-Truth-Light]

@@Mars-ms8vj fuck man too bad

[@Hope-Truth-Light]

@@pigeonjohns740 lol dont act like you don't want to see a T-Rex

[@WeakMighty25]

I think it would be a greater enemy for farmers.Elephant sized big cats? what the?

[@Thecircustapes]

Technically the real aurochs were larger and had different horns than the "heck cattle" which is what I assume these guys are

[@haramaschabrasir8662]

Those are not Heck cattle. But still no Aurochs either.

[@ASCENDED_EXE]

Its because of extinction,they become smaller for now because I've seen them in our area and i wouldn't let them seen by anyone

[@Thecircustapes]

@@ASCENDED_EXE i would advise you to stop doing so much peyote

[@EuropeanWildlife]

This is not the heck cattle. We don´t work with hecks. This is the Tauros. At its birth stood the Dutch Taurus foundation and Wageningen University.

[@karlazeen]

Tauros? Like the Pokemon?

[@jarmilasejnohova4013]

It's fascinating area and animals, I'm so proud of it and of our Czech nature .

[@jarmilasejnohova4013]

@Stephen Hurd THE CZECH REPUBLIC, THE HEART OF EUROPE !!

[@andygonzalez6325]

What I like the most is the tranquility of that place, the sound of the birds and the light fresh mist. Nice time and place to sit under one of those trees and drink hot black coffee and contemplate those horses, bulls, cows and calves.

[@smartacus88]

Most people think of jungles, islands, or African savanna when they're asked to picture pristine wilderness. I however picture temperate subalpine woodlands and mountainous areas of Central and Western Europe and Eastern North America. I find such landscapes to be the most beautiful representation of nature and wilderness. It's only a shame that there's so little left, especially in Europe.

[@nataliapv]

Que hermosos animales!, y creo que son mucho más importantes en la historia de la humanidad de lo que les reconocemos.

[@JackW467]

Keep trying, keep going.. it's a noble cause.

[@quantumcat7673]

This is incredibly beautiful to see those magnificent animal living in freedom. They seem to be quite curious about the cameraman but not afraid. Let's hope there is more natural reserves instituted in Europe and abroad.

[@bobhostetler8548]

If you were built like this bull you wouldn't be afraid.

[@mse5739]

@Bob Men killed them all.. So.. Men also kill the largest animal on Earth , the Blue Whale And the aurorch has already extinct , its a remake and have not reached the original size of that men-murdered animal yet, at least 30-50cm “smaller” than the original

[@thecompanyandcountryoftrat4939]

I hope the aurochs truly comes back one day

[@janinewetzler5037]

Aren't the Indian Guar basically the wild Auroch?

[@T.C.Logistics]

​@@janinewetzler5037they are not aurochs.

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

I find this video very calming for some reason.

[@rajwaran6203]

The aurochs are soooooo cool . They are my favourite animal especially the bull

[@joebass517]

My dad told me one time in Europe, one of those bulls kept him up a tree all day, eventually the bull wondered away, when my dad jumped out of the tree the race was on, that bull was at a full run & so was my dad to make it to the pasture side fence!! He had to dive at the last second to save his life over the fence, & that dam bull was right there, after that my dad always called that bull almost, lol, I raise Angus bulls in North Idaho, I miss my pops everyday 👍🐂 mess with the bull You'll always get the Horn.

[@dunruden9720]

I wonder why he wondered. What was he wondering about? I wonder. Incidentally, dams are female! Must have been a cow.

[@erichtomanek4739]

I have read that there were aurochs in the Atlas Mountains. They were reddish (like the calves?) and a little smaller. If the reserve can support them the reintroduction of deer species and beaver would be good too.

[@thetophatnerd2664]

now can we get some big antlered deers, you know which one I’m talking about

[@joewiniecki3282]

Megaloceros!

[@jacksonbowser4660]

TheTop HatNerd well those animals actually died off because of weather it got into a ice age and their grass that they feed on was no longer available so personally I don’t think they should be brought back

[@SethSiuda]

Oh yeah, can't wait for some MEGALOCEROS!

[@lukespence-leigh8734]

Um, are you referring to the Irish elk, an extinct species of deer that once roamed or something or what

[@SethSiuda]

@@lukespence-leigh8734 you are trying to sound smart, but you really sound like you have th biggest ego known to man

[@scienceenthusiast6871]

Such an amazing scenery, all that megafauna roaming a vast piece of nature. Only thing missing is a predator of megafaunas to balance things out

[@jacksonbowser4660]

Science Enthusiast just get some timber wolves then u got ur predator

[@huskytail]

@@jacksonbowser4660 we have wolfs in Europe. And actually it's one of the biggest comebacks on the continent.

[@Mr-__-Sy]

Has someone said lions?

[@glenncordova4027]

European Lions and hyenas would be cool.

[@mr.switchblade604]

Heck Cattle, specifically Heinz' breed I believe, the other brother's cattle supposedly went extinct twice I believe

[@joer8854]

Neither. Two groups are attempting a more scientific method of back breeding. One started with Heck cattle and attempting to breed out some genes and breed in others to make them more like the original, and the other started from scratch. Not sure which this is.

[@dashsocur]

@@joer8854 Based on the description naming the Taurus Foundation, I think this is the non-Heck project.

[@noseferachoo]

I think this animal looks quite a bit like the aurochs pictured on cave walls. Pretty amazing!

[@royalirishranger1931]

These are awesome animals , just magnificent.

[@davidepool5884]

That’s a beautiful breed!

[@ElizabethDMadison]

Wow, aurochs (sort of) and tarpan type horses in the same shot. so cool. I love it. Way to go Czechoslovakia. Thank you.

[@kenweller2032]

Quite a view! You can hear, however, that modern life isn't far off. The sound of traffic, the way it carries for miles on a foggy morning, can be distinctly heard.

[@secretformulathief910]

Definitely getting there! This is amazing

[@nazikalala]

Majestic animals, some commentary would have been nice

[@apextroll]

It is breed to look like the ancient aurochs although genetically it is not.

[@nazikalala]

Thanks, I have little knowledge of the aurochs actually

[@edwinreveron870]

@@apextroll -Yes, it is meant to look like the extinct aurochs, but genetically is not, although that might be able to be changed, if they use aurochs DNA from fossil bones...

[@adutsov]

@@apextroll Well the aurochs are predecessors of domestic cows, so most of the breeds wear the genes. Same like domestic dog has 99 % of the the genes of wolf predecessor.

[@apextroll]

@@adutsov Agreed, I could have worded that better.

[@sarahbierman5490]

Awesome animals whatever they are or aren't! Great video, thanks!

[@futureiassantu1094]

I'm studing about AUROCH In my INDIAN NCERT BOOK AUROCH paintings was found in the cave of France which was made about 20000 years ago 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@iulyanah]

Beautiful and close to the real auroch. Next irish elk and giant bison. I wish European forests to expand and be full of wildlife as they were before. Better this than wheat and corn fields

[@kevinbesser7566]

Who needs food I would rather have plentiful aurochs roaming highways

[@iulyanah]

@@kevinbesser7566 These are food 😉

[@pigeonjohns740]

@@kevinbesser7566 And mad trucker will hit and mash them into pieces. how wonderful

[@bolnyaluo4601]

Great.

[@WeakMighty25]

@@pigeonjohns740 these boys are too big they could probably do damage to those trucks

[@martialkintu2035]

Not real aurochs, but nonetheless, this gives you a idea on what they might've looked like in their true wild state.

[@mrmister1657]

Martial Kintu it is a real aurochs but not like full blooded, like the mom is probably a cow instead of an actual aurochs

[@juandavidrestrepoduran6007]

Mr Mister well it’s more complicated and more close to the actual thing than what this man thinks. The concept is using breeds that have relation to the extinct species and selecting the desired characteristics to bring the extinct species back, sometimes species that aren’t related but that have common physical and genetically traits will be used to, I don’t know if that’s also used in the aurochs. To keep it simple, just imagine they grab a bunch of your great grandfather descendants and marry them so that the offspring basically is genetically and physically as close as possible to your great grandfather (obviously not such risk of inbreeding as would be happening in the example I’m giving).

[@Quacklebush]

@@juandavidrestrepoduran6007 More close to the actual thing than what this man thinks?? Seriously how do you know what this man thinks?? This is an attempt to achieve an animal breed with a phenotype that resembles a wild type ancestor, it's not the actual ancestor. So the OP comment stands, this is not a real auroch.

[@antsfinland2760]

Aurochs are the ancestors of domesticated cattle so they are very closely related so it's not that hard to bring the trates of the aurochs back

[@geogm.840]

@@antsfinland2760 It´s harder than you think (but yes, we can recreate something relatively similar).

[@jftorres2000]

I see Tarpans (Eurasian Wild Horses) also are back

[@pigeonjohns740]

They're already back.

[@masonk.wilson538]

Look up Heck cattle (look like aurochs) and heck horses (a recreation of tarpans)

[@Kevin-hx2ky]

@@masonk.wilson538 Heck cattle don't look like these, and these aren't full copies of aurochs. Haven't seen enough heck horses yet, but I don't think they match real wild horses.

[@jonasbroos2333]

Kevin konik horses are better, btw i think these horses are exmoor ponied

[@Kevin-hx2ky]

Hm they're one of the breeds that were bred into the Heck

[@conjoe176]

Nice looking cattle, a long way from being an actual aurochs tho!

[@antsfinland2760]

Technically not really that far away. Aurochs are the ancestors of domesticated cattle so when speaking about dna they are already like 99%.

[@Quacklebush]

@@antsfinland2760 That's not saying much buddy... Man and chimp have 99% same DNA as well. So yeah, this cattle is about as close to a auroch as a chimp is to a human... Lol

[@antsfinland2760]

@@Quacklebush I wouldn't say so... Chimps can't breed with humans for example, but aurochs and domestic cattle could. They are the same species, but the domesticated cattle is a different sub-species For example canis lupus familiaris (which is the scientific name for the dog) and canis lupus lupus (scientific name for the eurasian wolf) are the same species of grey wolf (canis lupus). Just different sub-species. The red wolf for example is canis rufus, they are closely related to grey wolves, but not the same species. This is the same with auroch and domestic cattle

[@Quacklebush]

@@antsfinland2760 Wow I was making a joke... You really felt the need to explain all that? You're a fucking idiot.

[@antsfinland2760]

@@Quacklebush Well ooh sorry it sounded like you weren't joking. It sounded like you weren't agreeing with me. But if you were joking... well I don't see the joke. Is it the "lol"?

[@GreatAukEntertainment]

Not yet we are still working on it

[@riograndedosulball248]

Almost there, we need to fix some points in morphology and that's it

[@MrPedur]

Then we wait for the poachers - but very beautiful and majestic animals.

[@euansmith3699]

A video worth ruminating on.

[@rishi7629]

Congrats!!! ☺

[@tomm4073]

The purpose of the Taurus project is to have a grazer that fills the ecological niche of the extinct Aurochs. An exact replica of Aurochs is not all that relevant or achievable for now. Somebody tell me wrong please.

[@swilson5320]

I’m pretty sure I heard an geneticist say that it wasn’t possible (and the ethics are in question) at this moment. Interesting this isn’t the first time someone tried. One of hitlers right hand scientists/genetics men and his brother (I believe) tried to make an auroch and basically achieved some aesthetic success but that seems to be it. (He is famous but I can’t remember the name). I think he attempted a equine as well and gave it his name. I think someone said his creation were no more than cows that look like aurochs.

[@gutemorcheln6134]

@@swilson5320 Heck is the name. Lutz and Heinz Heck. They were brothers and owners of zoos in Berlin and Munich, and attempted to re-create the Auerochs by mixing ancient breeds. They collected primitive breeds from southern Europe (some of them still in use for that purpose) as well as modern breeds without obvious similarities to ancient aurochsen. They did have succes to a degree, especially regarding coat colour. But horns were still too short and thin, they were too small overall and lacked other typical features the Aurochs had. Nontheless they claimed to have been succesful in re-creating the true Aurochs, partly because in that time nobody really knew how the Aurochs looked like. The outcome, heck cattle, were released in some areas, but most fell victim to the war. heck horse were also created, they look similar to konik horses. But this isn't a genetic test exactly. It's not the attempt to re-create the Aurochs exactly and with the same genetics, but to create a similar looking breed of wild cattle that may replace it in nature. Aurochsen were very important for shaping European and Asian ecosystems, thus the plan is to create a breed that can fill this now empty niche.

[@swilson5320]

Hip-Hop-Huhn cool beans. Thanks for the information!

[@gutemorcheln6134]

@@swilson5320 You're welcome mate

[@frightbat208]

Hip-Hop-Huhn Heck cattle. Look smaller an Aurochs

[@guerreiro943]

Awesome! Next step - woolly mammoth, saber-tooth cat and woolly rhinos. We need more megafauna to make up for all the extinctions we have caused in the last thousands of years.

[@YamiKisara]

None of the animals you mentioned died out because of human activity, that's an old myth that's been debunked long ago.

[@ayoubm198]

Next next step dinosaurs

[@ekbergiw]

Dragons

[@كراراحمد-ت7س]

and ground sloth

[@jftorres2000]

@@ayoubm198 i agree

[@alvinjarolimek4321]

This is a good video. Tough bunch, I hear.

[@GeneralHeavy]

Close enough

[@HellfrozeoverDitto-lj1rm]

That is so cool! Look at the calf’s...... just beautiful.........

[@sturmpantsu5468]

few generations they will re-attain that original size

[@ThePhoenixcompanies]

I hope they prosper, multiply and make their way into thr cites of Europe. They can be called old newcomers.

[@mrivantchernegovski3869]

Nice to see them in a natural environment,dam hes a big boy

[@shoshanabinyamin]

I'm so happy the auroch cattle are rediscovered today!

[@Dr.Ian-Plect]

They have *not* been rediscovered and they don't exist. They are *not* aurochs. They are an attempt to replicate aurochs as closely as possible through crossbreeding and breeding back techniques. These methods cannot bring back the original genotype of the species, living individuals only represent a visual approximation to how aurochs are thought to appear.

[@Mote78]

I heard that Aurochs were aggressive and when they bred less aggressive cattle the Aurochs traits went away. So, if we bring back the Auroch appearance, does the aggressiveness return as well?

[@vakeiniux321]

I mean probably, i'm sure the animal would be aware of its size and capability at least

[@sanjivjhangiani3243]

I think that is the point. For these animals to survive in the wild, the adults have to be fierce enough to protect the young from wolves. You don't want a docile animal in that environment.

[@SuperYoshikong]

​@@sanjivjhangiani3243There are no predators, so these cattle will always be domesticated

[@kevinmcalpine4521]

American bison are aggressive, but they are managed ok. Brown bears are aggressive but we can live with them, and they attract plenty of tourists.

[@MsNicoleLeo]

Airlock looking cows 🐄 are chewing grass. Excellent!

[@vasybylli4870]

Wow beautiful exemplar (Taur) ❤️🐂

[@imranullah1319]

Hey mister they are cool beast I like aourch they are my favourite animals

[@harveypacheco9416]

Auroch born to be wild

[@codypass1709]

Well, that's probably as close to these bulls as we can get nowadays.

[@brother1ray]

PS. Fine looking bull though.....respect to his genes, LOL!!

[@timothycarlstead3664]

Yeah. That bull if he were for sale would bring in a good amount of money but since he and his herd are part of a resurrection of a species he'll be better out there in the woods.

[@portugal5698]

Love it! Gene pool is getting “back-together” there. Closest breed resembled to it is the Portuguese Maronesa.

[@Dr.Ian-Plect]

They are *not* aurochs. They are an attempt to replicate aurochs as closely as possible through crossbreeding and breeding back techniques. These methods cannot bring back the original genotype of the species, living individuals only represent a visual approximation to how aurochs are thought to appear.

[@frankambrose878]

Need at least one prehistoric preditor to complete the picture.

[@Axgoodofdunemaul]

The European lion.

[@risingmagpie9199]

Wolves and bears can work well on them. And if it's not enough, humans can be the third predator.

[@11Survivor]

@Shivam Joshi Cave lions went extinct 30 000 years ago, not 200 000 lol.

[@Lonely_Hokage]

Scottish terriers

[@tidtidy4159]

Humans?? We're a top predator.

[@pill_popin_pigeon4759]

Much better then last time I can see u guys r making a lot of progress almost there

[@edwardfindley8483]

Humans worshiped these animals for thousands of years for a reason. Their power was so respected and feared.

[@dusanvokrouhlik963]

When you realize that these are like 80 km away from you and you havent got a clue to this moment .

[@dinolord4961]

The calves are so adorable

[@bobsaap2872]

I bet they taste even better mmmmm

[@tellthetruth6430]

These Cows look very much like some of the cow breeds we have in Nigeria and seen in some other parts of West Africa.

[@velvetbees]

Beautiful!

[@Dr.Ian-Plect]

They are *not* aurochs. They are an attempt to replicate aurochs as closely as possible through crossbreeding and breeding back techniques. These methods cannot bring back the original genotype of the species, living individuals only represent a visual approximation to how aurochs are thought to appear.

[@kimnoel9873]

Aurochs a national animal of Moldova. 🐂🇲🇩💎🏀

[@Vegetarianbull]

❤️❤️❤️

[@kimnoel9873]

@@Vegetarianbull 🐮💙⭐️❤️

[@Lord_Genghis_Khan]

Zimbru is european bison (bison bonasus) i doubt it symbolizes auroch

[@baloghcsaba88726]

We also have a small population of "aurochs" (Heck cattle) in Hungary, in the Hortobágy National Park, as a part of the re-breeding program, sharing their habitat with wild Przewalski horses, which are also near extinct and found only in Hungary and Mongolia.

[@cm94returns19]

HOLY COW no litterly holy cow how on earth did they bring those guys back by successful breeding or what

[@YamiKisara]

Yes, they compared the Aurochs DNA with various breeds, then selected certain breeds that fit the description in both appearance and behaviour and through selective breeding managed to back breed them as close as this, even though it's not perfect yet. Just google the Tauros Programme, that's the name of the whole process.

[@GreatAukEntertainment]

Yes backbreeding

[@raymondpan7093]

YamiKisara Yami, do they contain a fragment of bulls that contained some auroch's DNA? I know that some breeds of bulls in India and Germany contain some of their DNA. Also something about a nazi breeding effort, bulls too violent, then kaboom, death.

[@Quacklebush]

Long story short they didnt bring these guys back. These are Long Horns from Texas lol

[@EuropeanWildlife]

They are animals from the back breeding program of the Dutch Tauros Foundation.

[@panaceiasuberes6464]

Are them tasty?

[@Eviligniter]

They look like toros de Lidia,specially at 2:12. How big are they?

[@kfl611]

I heard the Aurochs were gentle and calm animals.

[@Axgoodofdunemaul]

Even Julius Caesar wrote about the aurochs. He said that it was the most fearsome prey for the German warriors, who hunted it for its trophy horns. He said that meeting one in the forest without a well-organized party was sure death.

[@kenton6098]

There are both Dutch and German breeding programs trying to recreate the Auroch. Look up Taurus Program.

[@justincase7409]

Interesting and cool stuff. Nonetheless, I question the completeness of this endeavor. I have a hunch that many of the alleles that made the aurochs what it was back in the day, have been lost.

[@richabrams6240]

From all historical accounts, aurochs had longer legs disproportionate to todays cattle. These look the part just need longer legs.

[@baltasarmelchor935]

Que pedazos de toros. maravillosos.

[@cesazz]

Simply beautiful!

[@codykochan-erdman9620]

Doesn’t look like an aurochs quite yet but we are getting there I guess. Horns aren’t the right shape, the shoulder should appear more muscular almost like bison, and the animal should be overall larger

[@mickeyshears7735]

Ok

[@jnava2343]

Before I ask who Joe is I wanted to say I do agree with you. Compared to the original heck cattles these do seen in my opinion closer looking hopefully with more years left alone they may revert further back.

[@jnava2343]

Now for the question who is Joe?

[@rustyshackleford1091]

Helloooooooo fellow Metallica fan lol

[@codykochan-erdman9620]

And Justice For All yessir

[@chipkyle5428]

Wow! Did you see the fly tags in that Bulls ears? I didn't know the Neanderthal's Had squeeze chutes and head gates!

[@anthonyappleyard5688]

4:17 :: That skylark's got a lot to sing about.

[@Idkwhatsthename875]

The baby are so cute

[@MichaelJohnson-kx3ln]

Uummmm, bbq auroch,ribs & brisket.

[@WeakMighty25]

stop thinking about your food on the table pls :/

[@FearOrSomething16]

Woah, nice cattle, anyways, welcome back Aurochs!

[@Dr.Ian-Plect]

They are *not* aurochs. They are an attempt to replicate aurochs as closely as possible through crossbreeding and breeding back techniques. These methods cannot bring back the original genotype of the species, living individuals only represent a visual approximation to how aurochs are thought to appear.

[@chiffchaff3355]

Apart from being smaller in size, the Spanish fighting Bull matches the temperment, physical build of a Auroch...

[@woodsplitter3274]

These specimens look similar. The massive shoulders and horn shape.

[@chiffchaff3355]

But the naturally aggressive attitudes?

[@woodsplitter3274]

These guys don't look agressive, they appear contented.

[@chiffchaff3355]

Exactly !

[@risingmagpie9199]

Aurochs weren't aggressive nor scared thowards human. It's a common misconception

[@Goyobelix]

Uros reconstruidos, casi idénticos a los que se extinguieron. Dan un tono prehistórico al paisaje, junto con los tarpanes también reconstruidos del fondo!

[@paulhomsy2751]

Showing a person standing next to an adult auroch would give an idea of its size.

[@t.a.c7292]

Paul Homsy well the problem there is finding someone brace enough to stand next to one.

[@geogm.840]

They don´t look the the aurochs, regardless of their size.

[@Chris.Davies]

They have the look, but these are not Aurochs, and obviously so. Aurochs were 1.8 metres tall at the shoulder, were much MUCH larger, and were very aggressive indeed. Not sure why anyone would make this false claim. They are not genetically Aurochs. Period.

[@rudi12A]

Heck cattle !

[@joydeepghosh1781]

Wow my God mind-blowing!!!!

[@SugarDad5555]

Bring back the smilidon, wooly mammoth and mastodon too.

[@SA-121]

Impossible, and they'd die from heat strokes anyway.

[@user-qx8vo8dz2w]

Wth would you want to bring back th saber tooth tiger for?

[@SugarDad5555]

@@user-qx8vo8dz2w I want to see all of them back even the Terror Birds. I would like to watch videos of a Terror Bird devouring a saber tooth.

[@dinkohrvat344]

they look amazing .We want some in Croatia . They would look great in Lika , Slavonija or Istrija .

[@bosertheropode5443]

Lets bring back lions to europe, they lived here in the ancient times

[@MalunoMcSketch]

Yes.

[@rhondathompson5082]

It doesn't appear to have the light colored bangs on the front of the head but some do appear to have the white stripe down the back but not always the hump on the shoulder muscles but it's pretty darn close. to it.

[@doniellestenson5231]

These magnificent animals are not Texas Longhorns. They differ enormously in type, conformation and behavior.

[@tigerpeltofwindclan8431]

And size

[@GreatAukEntertainment]

Though the longhorns could make a good substitute

[@rclaws1347]

According to what I read about them the breeds they started using were from the Iberian Peninsula which is what the longhorn breed originated from.

[@Quacklebush]

Hey dumb fuck these are first generations and they used long horns to breed them... Differ enormously in type??? Lol fucking idiot

[@EuropeanWildlife]

Yes, you are right. They are not Texas Longhorns. It is a backbred breed called Tauros.

[@chrismccartney8668]

Nearest in uk is the white ancient cattle of chillingham which are not all tame and locally we have Old English Longhorns large tough live on rough ground they roam part of Epping Forest to jeep scrub down very successfully it seems... No large predators as yet except human poachers after the plentiful deer !

[@--Paws--]

I wonder if the European Bison has been brought back in the same numbers as these.

[@gutemorcheln6134]

@@Avatrass Yes, these aren't real aurochsen, they are extinct and will never come back like they were. These are so-called "Tauros-cattle", the outcome of some "backbreeding" projects, which aren't over now. They try to improve the animals further into the direction of real aurochsen, so they once truly will look like the real aurochs, but it never will be a real aurochs again tough. This specific herd looks like it had a great influence by Spanish landrace breeds, especially Sayaguesa.

[@jonasbroos2333]

Avatrass it’s the tauros programme search it up please

[@phillippatterson9484]

October 1914 was a major blow to the last surviving stock of the Auroch Buffalo in East Germany/Russia. The huge battles of early WWI . Slaughtered to feed troops..

[@amourthesilly]

Aurochs be like: Guess whos back bro Poachers: why hello there

[@kirkboswell2575]

I'm just noticing this video. While aware of programs hoping to reproduce the Aurochs, I'm still pretty sceptical. And while some animals have been reproduced that have some characteristics of the Aurochs, in my mind they still fall short. One thing being that they were Huge animals, not just big. The other reason for my scepticism is that it has always been my understanding that they were highly aggressive animals. Is that kind of aggressive nature also being looked for? If so, can't say I approve. As for the "hump" on the neck a couple people commented on, that is, and always has been, highly developed musculature on the males - common among breeds with very heavy horn/antler structures.

[@BRUHVADO]

now all they need is stuff to hunt them..asiatic lions? amur tigers? why not

[@martialkintu2035]

European cave lions, but I guess that we'd need cave hyanas to compete with them along with other ancient European beasts. But not too ancient. Just ancient enough to spread diversity on the European wilderness. Right now Europe consists mostly of mountain, rivers, lakes, bogs and forest. In the Pleistocene, things were much more diverse.

[@martialkintu2035]

@Faux Wanata What a sick joke.

[@bobsaap2872]

To hell with letting lion's and tiger's eat them,,,there's plenty of humans who are starving and could eat them

[@MaureenLycaon]

Homotherium sabertooths. Beringian wolves (gray wolves would make an okay substitute).

[@risingmagpie9199]

Sadly in modern Europe giant predators like lions or hyena are not a good idea. They need a lot of space, even the more untouched mountain range can't hold a viable population. Also public intolerance would be tremendous. Better use actual fauna rather than reintroduced one. Wolves and bears can works relatively well as apex predator. If it's not enough,, humans can be the third apex predator.