Giant cattle to be bred back from extinction?

A report from the UK claims Italian scientists are hoping to use genetic expertise and selective breeding of modern-day wild cattle to recreate the auroch, a fearsome beast that weighed around 2,200lb and stood 6.5 feet at the shoulder.

Aurochs were immortalized in prehistoric cave paintings and admired for their brute strength and "elephantine" size by Julius Caesar.

The huge cattle with sweeping horns which once roamed the forests of Europe have not been seen for nearly 400 years.

Despite their having gone the way of the dodo and the woolly mammoth, there are plans to bring the giant animals back to life.

A cave drawing of the auroch is shown above.

The last animal disappeared from the British Isles in the Iron Age and the breed was declared extinct in 1627 after a female died in the forests of Poland.

I wouldn’t want to herd one and I for sure wouldn’t want to milk one! Also, I can’t imagine aurochburgers on the McDonald’s menu board any time soon.

What will they try to do next, clone Paul Bunyan?

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