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There definitely have not been billions of cows millions of years ago. There is simply not enough „prairie land“ for them. So in reality we grow the latest Mons
by mgrandl 4y ago
There definitely have not been billions of cows millions of years ago. There is simply not enough „prairie land“ for them. So in reality we grow the latest Monsanto monocrop to feed the livestock, because otherwise there is no way to meet the demand for all of that meat.
- solotronics 4y agoIn the US we have more or less replaced wild buffalo with cows.
- chrisco255 4y ago1B+ ruminants with similar size / digestive systems? (including buffalo, aurochs, rhinos, etc) Absolutely. There were 30-60 million bison roaming the Great Plains just 170 years ago (not far off from America's current ~90 million head) [1]. The size of ruminants in the ice age and prior was also much bigger than modern cattle [2] [3]. [1] https://allaboutbison.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Bison-Presentation-Poster-flattened-saved-for-web-gif-format.gif https://allaboutbison.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Bison-P... [2] https://softschools.com/facts/extinct_animals/aurochs_facts/2500/ https://softschools.com/facts/extinct_animals/aurochs_facts/... [3] https://www.theextinctions.com/articles-1/ns0atubs8qd60o16itraa69zhw7e0w https://www.theextinctions.com/articles-1/ns0atubs8qd60o16it...