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The Real Reason Highland Cattle Have Long Hair
Jude The Animal Expert Dude
If you ever travel to Scotland and drive on one of their many narrow roads. Roads where you might have accidentally rubbed the side of your rental car against a stone wall running alongside the road. And although you tell the rental company that you are not used to driving on the wrong side of the road — very narrow roads, mind you. And that you were in imminent danger of hitting a passing vehicle motoring the other direction, they still expect you to pay for damages.
Then you may have spotted a cow with long, wavy orangish-brown hair and long curvy horns. These are Highland Cattle, a breed of cow native to Scotland.
Upon sighting this wondrous creature, you probably wondered why they have such long wavy hair. Many scientists believe it is due to the northern climate where they roam. While this seems obvious, leading animal scholars, such as myself, are obligated to look beyond the obvious and find the more interesting, truer answers.
I have done extensive research on the topic and discovered that before the 17th century, highland cattle had…
