tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post6226976027080870..comments2024-03-19T08:54:41.693+00:00Comments on Positive Letters ... inspirational stories ...: A is for Aurochs … Hilary Melton-Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-23661706230786535642017-04-08T18:29:44.720+01:002017-04-08T18:29:44.720+01:00@ Paula - thank you ... so pleased to know ...
@ ...@ Paula - thank you ... so pleased to know ...<br /><br />@ Deniz - life is interesting isn't it - big beasts especially ... <br /><br />@ Lynn - no worries everyone welcome late or on time! That's great you'll be reading the other posts - thank you<br /><br />Cheers to you three - HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-51145895524265007482017-04-06T10:07:07.951+01:002017-04-06T10:07:07.951+01:00I'm late to the party, but love the subject yo...I'm late to the party, but love the subject you have chosen! I look forward to all the posts!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-78057936467301565452017-04-05T07:39:13.381+01:002017-04-05T07:39:13.381+01:00Ooh, fascinating!Ooh, fascinating!Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-30625182737462235602017-04-05T04:59:24.823+01:002017-04-05T04:59:24.823+01:00Your blog always educates me!!Your blog always educates me!!Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17406717262345866373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-87207241489918907312017-04-04T07:19:25.652+01:002017-04-04T07:19:25.652+01:00@ Arleen - yes the Channel being gouged out after ...@ Arleen - yes the Channel being gouged out after the Ice Age from a deluge of melt water is probably a blessing for us! And has provided different species for us here - I have written about the Channel a few times on the blog if you want to check it out.<br /><br />@ Diedre - those huge cows were around the world, well the Asian-European continent ... just things need to evolve to survive. The grassland bridge is similar to where I am now I guess - just the English Channel has cut through! I'm glad I don't have to walk to Paris though!<br /><br />@ Lee - many thanks ... you know me I enjoy edutaining .. a word coined by someone very recently!<br /><br />Cheers to you all and thanks for visiting ... HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-69872575515293457162017-04-04T06:20:36.076+01:002017-04-04T06:20:36.076+01:00As always I have come here and learned something c...As always I have come here and learned something completely new to me. Never heard of these critters before.<br /><br />Arlee Bird<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a><br /><br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-42645280413249062372017-04-04T00:01:46.106+01:002017-04-04T00:01:46.106+01:00How interesting! Leapin lizards - you had some rea...How interesting! Leapin lizards - you had some really big cows. If only the Ice age had been kinder, or given them a clue as to how to survive. A grassland bridge sounds fascinating - as all of your descriptions are ;-)diedre Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772557495518846226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-33538618498132749842017-04-03T18:47:25.579+01:002017-04-03T18:47:25.579+01:00Hilary, Thank you for the lesson on the animals an...Hilary, Thank you for the lesson on the animals and the bridge between the British Isles and the continent. I alway wondered about the Channel.quietspirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086016141181470311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-49832439299623162092017-04-03T17:24:07.549+01:002017-04-03T17:24:07.549+01:00@ Cynthia - I'm glad you're here and are h...@ Cynthia - I'm glad you're here and are happy to see you're interested. Well when it's so cold (ice age cold) we'd all go to sleep and not wake up either ... other creatures in warmer climes were able to breed and keep the species alive.<br /><br />@ Christine - the early bovines and other similar early creatures gave us our species -for which thank goodness I think.<br /><br />Cheers to you both - HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-3214632023271344402017-04-03T14:40:24.572+01:002017-04-03T14:40:24.572+01:00What an awesome way to start off the challenge. Wh...What an awesome way to start off the challenge. Who knew that cattle could be such hardy creatures.Christine Rainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-14255202294045748462017-04-03T09:54:04.614+01:002017-04-03T09:54:04.614+01:00This is a huge learning for me. I'd never even...This is a huge learning for me. I'd never even heard of aurochs before. How strange that some animals slept and never woke up and others went on to sire the bovines we have around today.<br /><br />Muy interesante!<br /><br />Cynthia at <a href="http://cynthology.blogspot.com/2017/04/boketto-and-boni.htm/" rel="nofollow">Boketto and Bohni: Exotic Words with no English Equivalent</a>Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-6438978007922768832017-04-03T07:12:51.142+01:002017-04-03T07:12:51.142+01:00@ Susan – so at least being a farming child you’d ...@ Susan – so at least being a farming child you’d understand the size of the aurochs … cows can be big!<br /><br />@ Bookworm – that’s good to see you and to read that you enjoy history in all forms. Yes they are trying to bring back to life some of the ancient breeds. I didn’t know that part about woolly mammoths helping with global warming damage in the Arctic) … whether they’ll be allowed to roam free again – I feel is somewhat doubtful … but! We never know .. <br /><br />@ Nas – the Auroch is part of our domestic food chain … <br /><br />@ Ann – many thanks … I learn too! You’ll come across your cattle probably in the C for Cow post. I hope you can get over ... and I know what your mother experienced … we ‘come home’ … <br /><br />@ Heather – thanks<br /><br />@ Betsy – no we weren’t around in the 1600s were we … so much change .. <br /><br />@ Beste – they are certainly looking at bringing aurochs and other species back to life – if all things can be accomplished –<br /><br />@ Liz – they found the Aurochs in cave paintings and their bones in caves … <br /><br />Thanks everyone – so good to meet new friends and see ‘old faces!’ … cheers and ever onwards down the ABCs … Hilary<br />Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-10650718364757568892017-04-03T04:22:58.744+01:002017-04-03T04:22:58.744+01:00I had never heard of aurochs. Thanks for the educa...I had never heard of aurochs. Thanks for the education.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-66923375348717280242017-04-03T02:50:25.623+01:002017-04-03T02:50:25.623+01:00Hilary, I have been reading here and there that, s...Hilary, I have been reading here and there that, some farmers working with scientists, are bringing back the Aurochs.beste barkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002530133068046229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-5905964615057722962017-04-03T01:11:22.379+01:002017-04-03T01:11:22.379+01:00How very interesting! I've never even heard o...How very interesting! I've never even heard of Aurochs! But not being around since the 1600's may explain things. haha. Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-24200424392374389832017-04-03T00:42:15.210+01:002017-04-03T00:42:15.210+01:00That's awesome!
Great start!
Heather
Co-Host,...That's awesome!<br />Great start!<br /><br />Heather<br />Co-Host, 2017 Blogging from A to Z April Challenge<br />https://hmgardner.blogspot.com/Heather M. Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232419331422866247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-61424259191860439552017-04-02T23:55:55.067+01:002017-04-02T23:55:55.067+01:00You definitely get the Gold Star for the most fasc...You definitely get the Gold Star for the most fascinating post. Aurochs, I had recently read of ancient herd of cattle in England. So much to learn and know, I hope to visit England in the next few years. My mother told me she felt like she was home when she went. It seemed so familiar.Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-45295867210844715312017-04-02T20:59:00.326+01:002017-04-02T20:59:00.326+01:00What an interesting subject, though I had never he...What an interesting subject, though I had never heard of this! Thanks Hilary for the enlightenment! Nashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984530648140460594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-2001850161661585752017-04-02T19:55:25.490+01:002017-04-02T19:55:25.490+01:00Thank you for visiting my blog - I am interested i...Thank you for visiting my blog - I am interested in history,ancient and modern, and will be stopping by again. There are some serious efforts to "de extinct" the woolly mammoths (there is actually a hope they can help with global warming damage in the Arctic) - I had only known Aurochs through reading about cave paintings - just think, maybe one day they can again exist in our world. The Unknown Journey Ahead agingonthespectrum.blogsot.combookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-2287968458367783482017-04-02T19:32:56.250+01:002017-04-02T19:32:56.250+01:00I love learning things like this. I grew up on a d...I love learning things like this. I grew up on a dairy farm and the breeding was important. Those aurochs must have been frightening to hunt with spears or whatever.Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-2279949972962789432017-04-02T17:34:17.942+01:002017-04-02T17:34:17.942+01:00@ Finn – many thanks and good to meet you over at ...@ Finn – many thanks and good to meet you over at your blog artistamps … <br /><br />@ Murees – it’d have been a rather large shock to see an auroch wandering around some of the English lanes … <br /><br />@ Lancelot – good to meet you here and I’m delighted you’ve enjoyed the read … <br /><br />@ Emily – that’s a pleasure … I enjoy passing ‘new’ information on for my blogging friends … <br /><br />@ Stephen – thanks … lots of treasure trove in ancient caves … amazing what we’re still finding hidden away … yes woolly mammoths and sabre tooth tigers – you’d never think we had those wandering around our countryside … thankfully not today!<br /><br />Cheers to you all – lovely having you here … and see you next week too - Hilary<br />Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-20670086986094046402017-04-02T15:58:14.349+01:002017-04-02T15:58:14.349+01:00Cool post. I can see how caves would be a treasure...Cool post. I can see how caves would be a treasure trove for bones and such from animals from that time. We have the La Brea tar pits that captured all kinds of animals like whooly mammoths and sabre toothed tigers.Stephen Tremphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10387553613827257304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-64417549050432681862017-04-02T15:35:58.648+01:002017-04-02T15:35:58.648+01:00Thanks for teaching me something new today! I knew...Thanks for teaching me something new today! I knew nothing about Aurochs previously. <br /><br />Emily | <a href="http://emilbloo.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">My Life In Ecuador</a><br />Emily in Ecuadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046387339831440902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-8984728290546673072017-04-02T15:08:26.410+01:002017-04-02T15:08:26.410+01:00This is an amazing find.
I'm so glad to have r...This is an amazing find.<br />I'm so glad to have read this!<br />Cheers to the survivors!<br />Lancelot Quadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04831605809343081325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-56287527260140250082017-04-02T13:39:34.517+01:002017-04-02T13:39:34.517+01:00I learned something new. It would have been awesom...I learned something new. It would have been awesome to have seen the Aurochs <br />still roaming around.Murees Dupèhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11781339206465690961noreply@blogger.com