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Once as Big as Elephants May Soon Roam Europe"</P>
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<DIV><A
href="http://www.newser.com/story/236611/cows-as-big-as-elephants-may-soon-roam-europe.html">http://www.newser.com/story/236611/cows-as-big-as-elephants-may-soon-roam-europe.html</A></DIV>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE'>--quote--</SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE'>Standing
nearly as tall as an elephant, the aurochs grazed for 250,000 years until its
extinction in 1627. But its story may not end there: Scientists say they are
close to resurrecting the “supercow,” once the largest land mammal in Europe,
reports CNN. In search of herbivores to maintain land areas at risk of becoming
barren, geneticists began breeding aurochs descendants with similar cattle
breeds in 2008 and found they could “produce animals far closer to the aurochs
than we would have expected,” says Ronald Goderie of the Tauros Project.
Fourth-generation beasts have now been introduced in Croatia, Spain, Portugal,
the Czech Republic, and Romania, with promising results.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE'>“We
see progress not only in looks and behavior but also in de-domestication of the
animals,” says Goderie, noting one herd has learned to defend itself against
wolves. The hope is that they will become part of the ecosystem to maintain land
for other animals. </SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE'>Strangely
enough, Hitler hired scientists to try to back-breed the aurochs because he
thought a huge, powerful animal would be somehow more "Aryan" than your regular
cow! </SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE'><A
href="http://modernfarmer.com/2015/01/nazi-era-cattle-breed-just-awful-expected/">http://modernfarmer.com/2015/01/nazi-era-cattle-breed-just-awful-expected/</A></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>Why did the
latest attempt to resurrect the aurochs pique my interest? Because many
scholars believe that the aurochs, a huge animal that went extinct only a
few hundred years ago, is the "re'em" mentioned in several places in
Tanach. </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>See the
wikipedia entry on re'em:</o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; BACKGROUND: white; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE'>A</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE'> <B><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">re'em </SPAN></B><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white">is an
animal mentioned nine times in the</SPAN> Hebrew Bible <SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">(</SPAN>Job 39:9-10<SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">, </SPAN>Deuteronomy 33:17<SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">,</SPAN> Numbers 23:22 <SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">and</SPAN> 24:8<SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">;</SPAN> Psalms 22:21<SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">,</SPAN> 29:6 <SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">and</SPAN> 92:10<SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white">;
and</SPAN> Isaiah 34:7<SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white">) and variously
translated as a</SPAN> unicorn <SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white">or a
wild ox. It was first identified in modern times with
the</SPAN> aurochs <SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white">by Johann Ulrich
Duerst who discovered it was based on the</SPAN> Akkadian
cognate <I><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white">rimu</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">, meaning</SPAN> <SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">Bos primigenius, the aurochs, progenitor
of</SPAN> cattle<SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white">.</SPAN> </SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE'>Also
see this pdf article: "Exotic Shofars" by R' Natan Slifkin, a fascinating piece
about various animals whose horns have been or could be used as
shofars. It includes beautiful pictures. Around page 17-18 he
discusses the likely identity of the Biblical re'em and makes a lively and
convincing case for the aurochs.</SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE'><A
href="http://zootorah.com/assets/media/essays/ExoticShofars.pdf">http://zootorah.com/assets/media/essays/ExoticShofars.pdf</A></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>If you don't
read the whole pdf at least look at the pictures and read the aurochs
pages. It is a rewarding read.</o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>I'm posting
this to Avodah for scholarly comments and to Areivim for social and
cultural feedback.</o:p></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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