Red vs. Black

[Dave]

We have lots of entirely black herds of cattle living where there isn't a lick of shade or ponds to get into. I guess the difference is climate. Even though it will hit 100+ occasionally in the summer there is a 30-40 degree temperature swing everyday. Also even though the humidity might get up during the night it will be down around 20% or lower during the day.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

Yeah we get 90-100+ sometimes in the summer but usually nights cool down sometimes very low. It's also not uncommon for it to be 90 then the wind switch off the big lake and it'll drop to 45 within minutes. It's humid all the time here typically dew every night and daytime humidity of 50-80%. Some of my animals struggle in the 100 degree heat but they do just fine at -40. Haha

 

[GoWyo]

We have central air with AC in the house. I used to set it at 70*. Been trying to adjust to 72*. I shade up for the day and do office work when it gets to about 85*.

 

[WFfarm]

If natural selection for fly and heat tolerance, wouldn't we have had red Bison herds?

 

[Travlr]

If natural selection for fly and heat tolerance, wouldn't we have had red Bison herds?

I always thought they were brown... and the calves are definitely red.