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Last week in Springe, Germany, zoologists congratulated themselves over two weak, newly born animals, part aurochs, part American bison...
...present day aurochs is not to be confused with the original aurochs, a wild ox of Europe last seen in 1627 in Poland. After the extinction of the wild ox, the name "aurochs" was applied in common parlance to the European bison. This animal, too, is nearly extinct. During the War, scores died of starvation in Poland, Lithuania, the Caucasus. Only a few bulls are left, fewer cows. One bull survives in the zoological park at Berlin, another at Springe, several on the estate of Viscount Hereford in England...
...years ago, zoologists imported American bison cows, bred them with aurochs bulls. The hybrid offspring are to be bred in turn with full-blood aurochs, giving three-quarter blood animals. Through successive generations the temporary American bison strain could be practically bred out, its virility merely tiding over the true Europeans. Like American bison, the aurochs has long legs, massive shoulders covered in winter with shaggy dark-brown hair, convex forehead. Both species make fine rugs, steaks...
...America's Cup she must make on her own bottom. Her delicate racing sails had been replaced by coarse canvas, her mast shortened to almost half its length. In command wasCapt. Ned Heard, veteran skipper. All the King's warships in Portsmouth, the French warship Bison, the King's yacht Victoria & Albert, and the fleet of yachts gathered for summer sail- ing in Ryde, Cowes, Calshot were signaling good luck, but the west wind almost tore their signal flags away and when Captain Heard and Ocean Pilot Henry Paul saw how the Solent looked they put into...
Foot-&-mouth disease is an acute, highly communicable disease, chiefly of cloven-footed animals. Domestic animals suffer from it more frequently than do wild ones. Besides beeves it sometimes afflicts sheep, goats, hogs, horses, dogs, cats, camels, buffalo, bison, antelope, chamois, llama, giraffe. Man, especially children, catch the disease from infected animals by ingesting unpasteurized milk, butter, buttermilk, cheese or whey. In man the disease is usually mild...