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<blockquote data-quote="rocfarm" data-source="post: 1781210" data-attributes="member: 42715"><p>Well, sorry, I won't have time to watch that ENTIRE video. I'll be too busy setting up my Corriente Registry. And, BTW, corrientes are definitely distinct from Crillos. The distinction goes back to two distinct groups brought on the same boat in 1493. </p><p></p><p>As the story goes, they ran out of hay on the way over and separated the lesser, homelier cattle and decided to throw them over the side (they were in such bad shape sailors already on a hard-tack diet didn't even want to use them in their chili. </p><p></p><p>But fate was standing by. A cabin boy, who later ended up being the Great, Great, Great x25 generations of every single animal rights group in North America today threw himself in front of the cattle in question and said that he'd feed them. The captain figured, "What the hey, I'd like to see how this turns out." So he gave the cattle to the young animal rights activist. </p><p></p><p>Days passed and the cattle didn't die. Nobody could figure out how that boy did it, but he kept those cattle alive. When they finally reached the new world after three hurricanes and two typhoons blew them off course for another 6 months, some of the sailors had even starting showing signs of revering the boy and the cattle. In fact, even when they got low on provisions after having finally sighted land but then subsequently being blown back out to sea by a class five tornado for another two weeks, the sailors refused to consider eating the cattle because they were now 'special in a way we don't understand,' to quote an Irish sailor named McAngus that was on the boat. Others agreed and said they'd rather starve.</p><p></p><p>When they finally got those cattle off the boat in Central America, the weirdest thing happened. Those cattle refused to eat any lush, green, native stuff, but instead went straight for creosote brush. As creosote brush is abundant up towards Texas, that group headed straight for El Paso, while the Crillo stayed around Mexico. </p><p></p><p>The captain, who had felt quite entertained by the whole episode, asked the boy, "What did you feed them to keep them alive?" The boy said nonchalantly, "Well, one thing you're never short of on a sailboat is pine pitch. Turns out it has good energy and just enough protein content to get them through tough times." </p><p></p><p>And there folks, is the story of the ancestors of the corriente cattle we have in Texas today. </p><p></p><p>I'll work on a history for the other breeds when I get the time. But for now, I've got to get to work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocfarm, post: 1781210, member: 42715"] Well, sorry, I won’t have time to watch that ENTIRE video. I’ll be too busy setting up my Corriente Registry. And, BTW, corrientes are definitely distinct from Crillos. The distinction goes back to two distinct groups brought on the same boat in 1493. As the story goes, they ran out of hay on the way over and separated the lesser, homelier cattle and decided to throw them over the side (they were in such bad shape sailors already on a hard-tack diet didn’t even want to use them in their chili. But fate was standing by. A cabin boy, who later ended up being the Great, Great, Great x25 generations of every single animal rights group in North America today threw himself in front of the cattle in question and said that he’d feed them. The captain figured, “What the hey, I’d like to see how this turns out.” So he gave the cattle to the young animal rights activist. Days passed and the cattle didn’t die. Nobody could figure out how that boy did it, but he kept those cattle alive. When they finally reached the new world after three hurricanes and two typhoons blew them off course for another 6 months, some of the sailors had even starting showing signs of revering the boy and the cattle. In fact, even when they got low on provisions after having finally sighted land but then subsequently being blown back out to sea by a class five tornado for another two weeks, the sailors refused to consider eating the cattle because they were now ‘special in a way we don’t understand,’ to quote an Irish sailor named McAngus that was on the boat. Others agreed and said they’d rather starve. When they finally got those cattle off the boat in Central America, the weirdest thing happened. Those cattle refused to eat any lush, green, native stuff, but instead went straight for creosote brush. As creosote brush is abundant up towards Texas, that group headed straight for El Paso, while the Crillo stayed around Mexico. The captain, who had felt quite entertained by the whole episode, asked the boy, “What did you feed them to keep them alive?” The boy said nonchalantly, “Well, one thing you’re never short of on a sailboat is pine pitch. Turns out it has good energy and just enough protein content to get them through tough times.” And there folks, is the story of the ancestors of the corriente cattle we have in Texas today. I’ll work on a history for the other breeds when I get the time. But for now, I’ve got to get to work. [/QUOTE]
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