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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1784738" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>TJM, </p><p>Jabbing those lances in the Spanish fighting bull's neck serves a purpose most folks don't realize...</p><p>What they're doing is cutting the bull's nuchal ligament - a big elastic ligament that runs from from dorsal processes of thoracic vertebrae to the back of the skull, holding the bull's head up... As 'prey' animals, cattle have to actively work to put their heads down to graze, but just relax and the nuchal ligament pulls their heads up so they can be 'on the lookout' for predators .</p><p>With the nuchal ligament cut, the bull can't hold his head in an 'up' position, and is less able to 'throw' his head and hook the matador, because he's accustomed to the nuchal ligament doing the 'heavy lifting'. </p><p>Gives the matador a distinct advantage... but sometimes the bull wins, anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1784738, member: 12607"] TJM, Jabbing those lances in the Spanish fighting bull's neck serves a purpose most folks don't realize... What they're doing is cutting the bull's nuchal ligament - a big elastic ligament that runs from from dorsal processes of thoracic vertebrae to the back of the skull, holding the bull's head up... As 'prey' animals, cattle have to actively work to put their heads down to graze, but just relax and the nuchal ligament pulls their heads up so they can be 'on the lookout' for predators . With the nuchal ligament cut, the bull can't hold his head in an 'up' position, and is less able to 'throw' his head and hook the matador, because he's accustomed to the nuchal ligament doing the 'heavy lifting'. Gives the matador a distinct advantage... but sometimes the bull wins, anyway. [/QUOTE]
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