Aurochs are back!

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  • čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
  • The herd of aurochs in a former military area in Milovice, about 30 kilometers from Prague (the capital of the Czech Republic). A huge bull, several cows and a group of calves inhabit worldwide unique nature reserve of large herbivores, along with wild horses and european bisons. The project started in 2015. It is the first herd of backbreeding aurochs in Central and Eastern Europe. Backbreeding wild cattle come from the program of the Taurus Foundation from the Netherlands.

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  • @vitoandolini1234
    @vitoandolini1234 Před 2 lety +94

    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
      @kevingallardo9297 Před rokem +4

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

    • @stefthorman8548
      @stefthorman8548 Před 4 měsíci +1

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

    • @Luc-1991
      @Luc-1991 Před 2 měsíci +1

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

    • @pain002
      @pain002 Před měsícem +1

      @@Luc-1991dude….😂

  • @Farweasel
    @Farweasel Před 4 lety +562

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

  • @alejandroelluxray5298
    @alejandroelluxray5298 Před 4 lety +294

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

  • @E3ECO
    @E3ECO Před 4 lety +276

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

    • @rachdarastrix5251
      @rachdarastrix5251 Před 4 lety +23

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

    • @islamicschoolofmemestudies
      @islamicschoolofmemestudies Před 4 lety +9

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

    • @islamicschoolofmemestudies
      @islamicschoolofmemestudies Před 4 lety +12

      @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
      @HighlanderNorth1 Před 4 lety +1

      @@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
      @rachdarastrix5251 Před 4 lety

      @@HighlanderNorth1 Sound it out sausage lover.

  • @bryana8383
    @bryana8383 Před 3 lety +179

    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
      @tomcollins5112 Před 3 lety +24

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

    • @samuelboyd972
      @samuelboyd972 Před 3 lety +1

      Where are these cattle today

    • @davidekstrand8544
      @davidekstrand8544 Před 2 lety +7

      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
      @johnmcook1 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @LastBrigadiez
      @LastBrigadiez Před 2 lety +1

      Give them a few years they will eventually turn into one

  • @martinljunggren-abbasi2231
    @martinljunggren-abbasi2231 Před 3 lety +190

    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
      @cesarmurillo6192 Před 3 lety +23

      Absolutely!

    • @barriewright2857
      @barriewright2857 Před 3 lety +4

      YES.....! .

    • @dr.froghopper6711
      @dr.froghopper6711 Před 3 lety +10

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

    • @smokeymcpot69
      @smokeymcpot69 Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @oedhelsetren
      @oedhelsetren Před 3 lety +12

      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.

  • @Nenodom
    @Nenodom Před 4 lety +78

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

    • @zdendaprijmeni5276
      @zdendaprijmeni5276 Před 3 lety +9

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

    • @igotboredfkit
      @igotboredfkit Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @bataafeub2472
    @bataafeub2472 Před 3 lety +25

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

  • @fire3532
    @fire3532 Před 3 lety +236

    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
      @fire3532 Před 3 lety +17

      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
      @unavitadellamusica Před 3 lety +4

      @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
      @kirkboswell2575 Před 3 lety +3

      @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
      @YSLRD Před 3 lety +3

      @@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
      @unavitadellamusica Před 3 lety +3

      @@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?

  • @Hope-Truth-Light
    @Hope-Truth-Light Před 5 lety +355

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

    • @Mars-ms8vj
      @Mars-ms8vj Před 5 lety +27

      not possible dna only survives for a few million years

    • @pigeonjohns740
      @pigeonjohns740 Před 5 lety +16

      Kid, just play with your t-rex puppet.

    • @Hope-Truth-Light
      @Hope-Truth-Light Před 5 lety +9

      @@Mars-ms8vj fuck man too bad

    • @Hope-Truth-Light
      @Hope-Truth-Light Před 5 lety +25

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

    • @WeakMighty25
      @WeakMighty25 Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @thecompanyandcountryoftrat4939

    I hope the aurochs truly comes back one day

  • @andygonzalez6325
    @andygonzalez6325 Před 4 lety +9

    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.

  • @Thecircustapes
    @Thecircustapes Před 3 lety +72

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

    • @haramaschabrasir8662
      @haramaschabrasir8662 Před 3 lety +23

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

    • @ASCENDED_EXE
      @ASCENDED_EXE Před 2 lety

      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
      @Thecircustapes Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @EuropeanWildlife
      @EuropeanWildlife  Před 2 lety +20

      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
      @karlazeen Před 2 lety

      Tauros? Like the Pokemon?

  • @erichtomanek4739
    @erichtomanek4739 Před 3 lety +16

    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.

  • @smartacus88
    @smartacus88 Před 4 lety +8

    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.

  • @joebass517
    @joebass517 Před 3 lety +13

    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
      @dunruden9720 Před 3 lety

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

  • @Frenchylikeshikes
    @Frenchylikeshikes Před 5 lety +23

    I find this video very calming for some reason.

  • @mr.switchblade604
    @mr.switchblade604 Před 3 lety +19

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

    • @joer8854
      @joer8854 Před 3 lety +3

      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
      @dashsocur Před 3 lety

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

  • @scienceenthusiast6871
    @scienceenthusiast6871 Před 4 lety +23

    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
      @jacksonbowser4660 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @huskytail
      @huskytail Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @Mr-__-Sy
      @Mr-__-Sy Před 3 lety

      Has someone said lions?

    • @glenncordova4027
      @glenncordova4027 Před 2 lety

      European Lions and hyenas would be cool.

  • @quantumcat7673
    @quantumcat7673 Před 4 lety +45

    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
      @bobhostetler8548 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @mse5739
      @mse5739 Před rokem

      @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

  • @noseferachoo
    @noseferachoo Před 3 lety +9

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

  • @nataliapv
    @nataliapv Před rokem +7

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

  • @jarmilasejnohova4013
    @jarmilasejnohova4013 Před 4 lety +26

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

  • @thetophatnerd2664
    @thetophatnerd2664 Před 3 lety +45

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

    • @joewiniecki3282
      @joewiniecki3282 Před 3 lety +10

      Megaloceros!

    • @jacksonbowser4660
      @jacksonbowser4660 Před 3 lety +1

      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
      @SethSiuda Před 3 lety +1

      Oh yeah, can't wait for some MEGALOCEROS!

    • @lukespence-leigh8734
      @lukespence-leigh8734 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @SethSiuda
      @SethSiuda Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @jackw467
    @jackw467 Před 5 lety +26

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

  • @tomm4073
    @tomm4073 Před 4 lety +32

    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
      @swilson5320 Před 4 lety +6

      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
      @gutemorcheln6134 Před 4 lety +7

      @@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
      @swilson5320 Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @gutemorcheln6134
      @gutemorcheln6134 Před 4 lety +1

      @@swilson5320 You're welcome mate

    • @frightbat208
      @frightbat208 Před 3 lety

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

  • @rajwaran6203
    @rajwaran6203 Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @secretformulathief910
    @secretformulathief910 Před 3 lety +5

    Definitely getting there! This is amazing

  • @futureiassantu1094
    @futureiassantu1094 Před 2 lety +4

    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 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

  • @davidepool5884
    @davidepool5884 Před 4 lety +11

    That’s a beautiful breed!

  • @ElizabethDMadison
    @ElizabethDMadison Před 3 lety +11

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

    • @kenweller2032
      @kenweller2032 Před 2 lety

      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.

  • @dusanvokrouhlik963
    @dusanvokrouhlik963 Před 4 lety +12

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

  • @TheGreatAukGaming
    @TheGreatAukGaming Před 5 lety +35

    Not yet we are still working on it

  • @royalirishranger1931
    @royalirishranger1931 Před 3 lety +3

    These are awesome animals , just magnificent.

  • @rishi7629
    @rishi7629 Před 6 lety +18

    Congrats!!! ☺

  • @shoshanabinyamin
    @shoshanabinyamin Před 3 měsíci

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

  • @martialkintu2035
    @martialkintu2035 Před 5 lety +130

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

    • @mrmister1657
      @mrmister1657 Před 4 lety +4

      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
      @juandavidrestrepoduran6007 Před 4 lety +10

      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
      @Quacklebush Před 4 lety +5

      @@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
      @antsfinland2760 Před 4 lety +3

      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
      @geogm.840 Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @kimnoel9873
    @kimnoel9873 Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @jftorres2000
    @jftorres2000 Před 5 lety +76

    I see Tarpans (Eurasian Wild Horses) also are back

    • @pigeonjohns740
      @pigeonjohns740 Před 5 lety +6

      They're already back.

    • @masonk.wilson538
      @masonk.wilson538 Před 5 lety +4

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

    • @Kevin-hx2ky
      @Kevin-hx2ky Před 5 lety +7

      @@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
      @jonasbroos2333 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @Kevin-hx2ky
      @Kevin-hx2ky Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @iulyanah
    @iulyanah Před 5 lety +72

    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
      @kevinbesser7566 Před 5 lety +19

      Who needs food I would rather have plentiful aurochs roaming highways

    • @iulyanah
      @iulyanah Před 5 lety +7

      @@kevinbesser7566 These are food 😉

    • @pigeonjohns740
      @pigeonjohns740 Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @bolnyaluo4601
      @bolnyaluo4601 Před 5 lety

      Great.

    • @WeakMighty25
      @WeakMighty25 Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @amourthesilly
    @amourthesilly Před 4 lety +6

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

  • @sarahbierman5490
    @sarahbierman5490 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @frankambrose878
    @frankambrose878 Před 4 lety +20

    Need at least one prehistoric preditor to complete the picture.

    • @Axgoodofdunemaul
      @Axgoodofdunemaul Před 4 lety +7

      The European lion.

    • @risingmagpie9199
      @risingmagpie9199 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @11Survivor
      @11Survivor Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @Lonely_Texasball
      @Lonely_Texasball Před 3 lety

      Scottish terriers

    • @tidtidy4159
      @tidtidy4159 Před 3 lety

      Humans?? We're a top predator.

  • @richabrams6240
    @richabrams6240 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @guerreiro943
    @guerreiro943 Před 5 lety +50

    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
      @YamiKisara Před 5 lety +23

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

    • @ayoubm198
      @ayoubm198 Před 5 lety +4

      Next next step dinosaurs

    • @ekbergiw
      @ekbergiw Před 5 lety +4

      Dragons

    • @user-yc9br9gc6k
      @user-yc9br9gc6k Před 5 lety +6

      and ground sloth

    • @jftorres2000
      @jftorres2000 Před 5 lety +1

      @@ayoubm198 i agree

  • @rhondathompson5082
    @rhondathompson5082 Před 3 lety +1

    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.

  • @sturmpantsu5468
    @sturmpantsu5468 Před 4 lety +3

    few generations they will re-attain that original size

  • @euansmith3699
    @euansmith3699 Před 3 lety +1

    A video worth ruminating on.

  • @Mote78
    @Mote78 Před 4 lety +8

    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
      @vakeiniux321 Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @sanjivjhangiani3243
      @sanjivjhangiani3243 Před 2 lety +6

      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
      @SuperYoshikong Před rokem

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

    • @kevinmcalpine4521
      @kevinmcalpine4521 Před 8 měsíci +1

      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.

  • @chrismccartney8668
    @chrismccartney8668 Před 3 lety +1

    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 !

  • @alvinjarolimek4321
    @alvinjarolimek4321 Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @codykochan-erdman9620
    @codykochan-erdman9620 Před 4 lety +12

    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
      @mickeyshears7735 Před 4 lety

      Ok

    • @jnava2343
      @jnava2343 Před 4 lety

      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
      @jnava2343 Před 4 lety +3

      Now for the question who is Joe?

    • @rustyshackleford1091
      @rustyshackleford1091 Před 4 lety

      Helloooooooo fellow Metallica fan lol

    • @codykochan-erdman9620
      @codykochan-erdman9620 Před 4 lety

      And Justice For All yessir

  • @MrPedur
    @MrPedur Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @anthonyappleyard5688
    @anthonyappleyard5688 Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @Axgoodofdunemaul
    @Axgoodofdunemaul Před 4 lety +6

    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.

  • @kirkboswell2575
    @kirkboswell2575 Před 3 lety +1

    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.

  • @Eviligniter
    @Eviligniter Před 4 lety +10

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

  • @conjoe176
    @conjoe176 Před 4 lety +46

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

    • @antsfinland2760
      @antsfinland2760 Před 4 lety +5

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

    • @Quacklebush
      @Quacklebush Před 4 lety +4

      @@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
      @antsfinland2760 Před 4 lety +14

      @@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
      @Quacklebush Před 4 lety

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

    • @antsfinland2760
      @antsfinland2760 Před 4 lety +13

      @@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"?

  • @codypass1709
    @codypass1709 Před měsícem +1

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

  • @nazikalala
    @nazikalala Před 6 lety +100

    Majestic animals, some commentary would have been nice

    • @apextroll
      @apextroll Před 6 lety +18

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

    • @nazikalala
      @nazikalala Před 6 lety +4

      Thanks, I have little knowledge of the aurochs actually

    • @edwinreveron870
      @edwinreveron870 Před 5 lety +2

      @@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
      @adutsov Před 5 lety +10

      @@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
      @apextroll Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @velvetbees
    @velvetbees Před 10 dny

    Beautiful!

  • @mrivantchernegovski3869
    @mrivantchernegovski3869 Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @doomslayer2930
    @doomslayer2930 Před 3 lety +1

    A simple matador fight would turn into a gladiator arena.

  • @chiffchaff3355
    @chiffchaff3355 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @woodsplitter3274
      @woodsplitter3274 Před 4 lety

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

    • @chiffchaff3355
      @chiffchaff3355 Před 4 lety

      But the naturally aggressive attitudes?

    • @woodsplitter3274
      @woodsplitter3274 Před 4 lety

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

    • @chiffchaff3355
      @chiffchaff3355 Před 4 lety

      Exactly !

    • @risingmagpie9199
      @risingmagpie9199 Před 4 lety

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

  • @Goyobelix
    @Goyobelix Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @vasybylli4870
    @vasybylli4870 Před 4 lety +4

    Wow beautiful exemplar (Taur) ❤️🐂

  • @edwardfindley8483
    @edwardfindley8483 Před 4 lety

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

  • @paulhomsy2751
    @paulhomsy2751 Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @t.a.c7292
      @t.a.c7292 Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @geogm.840
      @geogm.840 Před 4 lety

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

  • @dinolord4961
    @dinolord4961 Před 5 lety +2

    The calves are so adorable

    • @bobsaap2872
      @bobsaap2872 Před 4 lety

      I bet they taste even better mmmmm

  • @brother1ray
    @brother1ray Před 4 lety +17

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

    • @timothycarlstead3664
      @timothycarlstead3664 Před 3 lety

      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.

  • @faramund9865
    @faramund9865 Před rokem +1

    I mean these still have a clear domesticated body structure, lets see how they are doing in about 50 years.

  • @justincase7409
    @justincase7409 Před 3 lety +3

    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.

  • @baloghcsaba88726
    @baloghcsaba88726 Před rokem

    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.

  • @harveypacheco9416
    @harveypacheco9416 Před 5 lety +8

    Auroch born to be wild

  • @phillippatterson9484
    @phillippatterson9484 Před rokem

    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..

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- Před 5 lety +4

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

    • @gutemorcheln6134
      @gutemorcheln6134 Před 4 lety +4

      @@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
      @jonasbroos2333 Před 4 lety

      Avatrass it’s the tauros programme search it up please

  • @imranullah1319
    @imranullah1319 Před 3 lety

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

  • @SugarDad5555
    @SugarDad5555 Před 5 lety +14

    Bring back the smilidon, wooly mammoth and mastodon too.

    • @SA-121
      @SA-121 Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @user-qx8vo8dz2w
      @user-qx8vo8dz2w Před 3 lety

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

    • @SugarDad5555
      @SugarDad5555 Před 3 lety +1

      @@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.

  • @MsNicoleLeo
    @MsNicoleLeo Před 3 lety

    Airlock looking cows 🐄 are chewing grass. Excellent!

  • @cm94returns19
    @cm94returns19 Před 5 lety +12

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

    • @YamiKisara
      @YamiKisara Před 5 lety +7

      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.

    • @TheGreatAukGaming
      @TheGreatAukGaming Před 5 lety +1

      Yes backbreeding

    • @raymondpan7093
      @raymondpan7093 Před 5 lety +2

      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
      @Quacklebush Před 4 lety

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

    • @EuropeanWildlife
      @EuropeanWildlife  Před 2 lety

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

  • @HellfrozeoverDitto-lj1rm

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

  • @rudi12A
    @rudi12A Před 4 lety +4

    Heck cattle !

  • @tellthetruth6430
    @tellthetruth6430 Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @joydeepghosh1781
    @joydeepghosh1781 Před 4 lety +2

    Wow my God mind-blowing!!!!

  • @jacquewebster6602
    @jacquewebster6602 Před 4 lety +10

    Need something to give it scale.

    • @Jenns228
      @Jenns228 Před 4 lety

      Grass?

    • @joewiniecki3282
      @joewiniecki3282 Před 3 lety +1

      Trees?

    • @11Survivor
      @11Survivor Před 3 lety

      I'm looking at the trees and the bushes, they're over a meter tall for sure.
      I don't think they quite get to 1.8 meters yet, though.

  • @dinkohrvat344
    @dinkohrvat344 Před rokem

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

  • @MichaelJohnson-kx3ln
    @MichaelJohnson-kx3ln Před 5 lety +4

    Uummmm, bbq auroch,ribs & brisket.

    • @WeakMighty25
      @WeakMighty25 Před 5 lety +1

      stop thinking about your food on the table pls :/

  • @tg-nk1fc
    @tg-nk1fc Před 3 lety +1

    You will find exact same type of bulls in india roaming in markets and they are larger than this

  • @boreopithecus
    @boreopithecus Před 5 lety +6

    Their front legs are noticeably shorter than their rear legs. Is that normal?

  • @DamonNomad82
    @DamonNomad82 Před 2 měsíci

    If anyone tells me that aurochs are back, my automatic response is "what the Heck?"

  • @doniellestenson5231
    @doniellestenson5231 Před 5 lety +11

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

    • @tigerpeltofwindclan8431
      @tigerpeltofwindclan8431 Před 5 lety +1

      And size

    • @TheGreatAukGaming
      @TheGreatAukGaming Před 5 lety

      Though the longhorns could make a good substitute

    • @rclaws1347
      @rclaws1347 Před 5 lety +1

      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
      @Quacklebush Před 4 lety

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

    • @EuropeanWildlife
      @EuropeanWildlife  Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @pill_popin_pigeon4759
    @pill_popin_pigeon4759 Před 2 lety

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

  • @tobyjenny7622
    @tobyjenny7622 Před 4 lety +7

    Ok looks like a longhorn to me .

    • @BjornRktos
      @BjornRktos Před 4 lety

      Toby & Jenny longhorns are the closest relatives to the Aurocks.

    • @myprophet1
      @myprophet1 Před 4 lety

      Looks nothing like a longhorn other than being a bovine. If you feel that way simply because these cattle have horns I would suggest some google time.
      Longhorns will usually have a horn spread in the range of 6-8ft.

    • @tobyjenny7622
      @tobyjenny7622 Před 4 lety

      @@myprophet1 well, dident you know there 4 types of long horns
      1piney woods
      2florda cracker
      3normal texas long horns
      4cornanty
      I hope I spilled the last one right
      But they did use long horns in the mix breading of this breed.

    • @Quacklebush
      @Quacklebush Před 4 lety +1

      @@myprophet1 lol dumb fuck they used the long horn to breed this fake ass auroch... Looks nothing like it??? lololol you fool

  • @aimeechase2193
    @aimeechase2193 Před 8 měsíci +1

    If you left cows on their own, could they eventually revert?

  • @baltasarmelchor935
    @baltasarmelchor935 Před 3 lety +3

    Que pedazos de toros. maravillosos.

  • @sanderkoekkoek9866
    @sanderkoekkoek9866 Před 3 lety

    Even lions dont mess with a bull auroch.

  • @noapology88
    @noapology88 Před 4 lety +3

    It is a back-breeding program - these apparently are the first generation. Cows they are not. Not Guars, either...

    • @alejandroelluxray5298
      @alejandroelluxray5298 Před 4 lety +2

      Its written 'gaur' and my god, I never though this would be possible, but it is, and its beautiful

    • @Quacklebush
      @Quacklebush Před 4 lety

      Tell that to Long Horns that look almost exactly the same....

  • @mse5739
    @mse5739 Před rokem

    They are in Hungary too.
    When I saw them I thought I was dreaming..
    And they still are not as big as their original “version”..

  • @cissiepierce664
    @cissiepierce664 Před 4 lety +20

    This looks like a Texas Longhorn! Sorry folks, no auroch here.

    • @donnajones6306
      @donnajones6306 Před 4 lety +1

      Longhorns aren't that size. It's an Auroch , most definitely

    • @thedwightguy
      @thedwightguy Před 4 lety +2

      @@donnajones6306 leave it to the Dutch; they do genetics on all things, since the 1500's, when aurochs were still around. these look body type more like Aurochs than any domestic cattle I've ever seen, and I've seen them all.

    • @jic1
      @jic1 Před 4 lety

      @@donnajones6306 There's nothing to reliably indicate scale, so I don't see how you can be so sure about their size.

    • @tanyagarcia3721
      @tanyagarcia3721 Před 4 lety

      I mean the scientist world was thinking of bringing them back now and thatthere were a couple brothers in wwii that had actually succeeded in getting in the right direction and laid the foundation for that only the experiments died with them as well as the notes and all as far as I know. There's a CZcams video I'd seen recently that was about that

    • @Supertomiman
      @Supertomiman Před 4 lety +1

      They're not ready yet. It's an ongoing project. Supposedly the plan is to have the final product by 2025. I do agree though, the real aurochs are supposed to be waaay larger than that. Like the size of a moose or something.

  • @chipkyle5428
    @chipkyle5428 Před 3 lety

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