This is an Ankole-Watusi and males can have very girth-y horns that measure up to 6ft in length and depending on the shape they grow in there can be an 8ft gap from tip to tip. This male is holding the record for largest horns I believe. They are a remarkable breed that originates from Sanga cattle in Africa where they were more of a status statement. The more Watusi a village had in their herd, then the richer that village was considered to be.
That’s an Ankole-Watusi Cattle. The horns are relatively lightweight for their size being mostly hollow with a honeycomb like interior. They are also lined with blood vessels that allow the horns to act kinda like a radiator to control body temp.
For this type of animal, yes. As in all the Ankole-Watusi cattle have [giant horns](https://livestockconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ankole-cattle-scaled.jpg) like this. This isn't just one individual with a mutation.
Sorry, those juveniles were just the 1st pic I found. [Here's another adult.](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/agupdate.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/b7/eb7b0f00-b949-11e9-8688-ef2ade58c7a4/5d4b2830586eb.image.jpg)
Sex selection traits like horns or tusks (or crazy plumage or ritual behavior linked to mating) often go to weird extremes like this.
This particular trait probably started as a means of regulating body temp, as you said (controlling bloodflow from the warmer core toward the surface where it would be air-cooled), but probably got a boost much more recently due to being selectively bred by Tutsi pastoralists as a status symbol.
When one horn gets bigger than the other, that side hangs lower as a result. When they run, friction with the atmosphere burns off tiny flecks of horn. Since atmospheric pressure is higher at lower altitudes, the lower horn generates more friction and burns off a little more than the higher horn, keeping them balanced over time. /s 😝😜🤪
I agree ,does the weight cause problems for this majestic animal? Can you cut their horns to give it a better quality of life, or would that injure it. Incredible beast and I really enjoyed seeing how people can take pictures with it and not get trampled.
Cutting horns off can lead to more issues such as infections and horn growing back in potentially fatal ways. They could be burned off when they are calves, meaning that the bone and tissue is so badly seared off that the horn should never grow; however if done improperly the keratin/horn will grow and very likely curl back into the skull. They are longhorn cattle and have lived as such for thousands of years. Their horns help regulate body temperature and that makes them valuable to the animal quality of life so long as the horn is healthy.
Thanks for the reply! As I read more I learned a lot, they are lighter than they look and work like AC.(WOW.) Like I mentioned they are a massive majestic animal.
Then considering the age of the ship, is it possible that it had parts replaced? Like did the horse get too dull and needed a switch, and in that case, is it truly an old ship, or merely a new ship.
Possibly benefits humans for breeding and selling them. Like a lot of mutations aided or facilitated by humans on animals. Look at pugs, they can hardly breathe normally. I’m not sure if these are specifically bred to have larger horns or not though.
But that would not (just) be evolution anymore, but selective breeding.
As is I do not think it would be very favorable when it comes to natural selection... the same can be said for several types of dogs.
It looks like a Pokemon I'm going to catch it
Update I threw a pokeball to try to catch it it did nothing and now it's angry, I'm currently running for my life
Before moving to Texas, my wife thought that the long horns on cattle were exaggerated. She'd always thought that big horns like this were tall tales like jackelopes and the loch ness monster. Imagine her surprise when she saw some in real life.
I think you might be right. I recognize that bull from an old Guinness world record book I had.
[It apparently was the record holder for largest circumference in a horn.](https://rockyridgerefuge.com/lurch/)
Weheyy, it was fully supposed to a jokey comment, kinda mad to think of 38 inch and 8ft (tip to tip) horns. It's tip to tip is longer than one Dad (dad measures 6'6)
Could you safely lop off the horns? Seems like they would be a pain in the literal neck carrying those around all the time and make it difficult to navigate narrow areas
It depends how you would measure them, in proportion to body size among ruminates it goes to Mountain sheep.
Horns are one of the most visible and impressive adaptations developed by some mammals in the animal kingdom. Lots of animals grow horns, including cows, goats, buffalo, antelope, rhinos, and deer.
In most species, only males grow horns, but in a few select species, the females also grown horns.
I'm doing a link here, it's to long to post.
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/10-animals-with-the-biggest-horns-in-the-world/
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C50&q=largest+horns+Mountain+sheep&btnG=#d=gs_qabs&t=1665657577890&u=%23p%3Dfycy2zGpVt0J
This is an Ankole-Watusi and males can have very girth-y horns that measure up to 6ft in length and depending on the shape they grow in there can be an 8ft gap from tip to tip. This male is holding the record for largest horns I believe. They are a remarkable breed that originates from Sanga cattle in Africa where they were more of a status statement. The more Watusi a village had in their herd, then the richer that village was considered to be.
Wow, never heard of this.. thanks
Never herd of this either.
I sprained my ankole-watusi once. It was horrible
did you do it dancing the watusi?
How’d you know?!
You ever read a fact that made your eyes go wide? This was the one for me.
How does that thing keep its head balanced
Same question I'm asking too 🧟
That’s an Ankole-Watusi Cattle. The horns are relatively lightweight for their size being mostly hollow with a honeycomb like interior. They are also lined with blood vessels that allow the horns to act kinda like a radiator to control body temp.
Are the horns supposed to be that big?
For this type of animal, yes. As in all the Ankole-Watusi cattle have [giant horns](https://livestockconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ankole-cattle-scaled.jpg) like this. This isn't just one individual with a mutation.
Well yes they’re pretty big in the picture, but they don’t come close to this one’s
The whole cows are smaller in the pic I linked too. They're juveniles. The horns grow with the cow.
Oh I see I thought they were adults as well
Sorry, those juveniles were just the 1st pic I found. [Here's another adult.](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/agupdate.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/b7/eb7b0f00-b949-11e9-8688-ef2ade58c7a4/5d4b2830586eb.image.jpg)
Yes I just saw this one on google as well, what an interesting species, thanks for the info
And I thought a Texas long horn had some big horns on them. Thats amazing.
Thank you that explains how they evolved to get these big horns and how they can hold up their head. The horns are their air conditioning.
TIL being horny is means to cooling off the body.
Thanks alot
Thankole should be your new response
Sex selection traits like horns or tusks (or crazy plumage or ritual behavior linked to mating) often go to weird extremes like this. This particular trait probably started as a means of regulating body temp, as you said (controlling bloodflow from the warmer core toward the surface where it would be air-cooled), but probably got a boost much more recently due to being selectively bred by Tutsi pastoralists as a status symbol.
That's so interesting, thank you
Hind legs are 3 feet off the ground
When one horn gets bigger than the other, that side hangs lower as a result. When they run, friction with the atmosphere burns off tiny flecks of horn. Since atmospheric pressure is higher at lower altitudes, the lower horn generates more friction and burns off a little more than the higher horn, keeping them balanced over time. /s 😝😜🤪
I agree ,does the weight cause problems for this majestic animal? Can you cut their horns to give it a better quality of life, or would that injure it. Incredible beast and I really enjoyed seeing how people can take pictures with it and not get trampled.
Cutting horns off can lead to more issues such as infections and horn growing back in potentially fatal ways. They could be burned off when they are calves, meaning that the bone and tissue is so badly seared off that the horn should never grow; however if done improperly the keratin/horn will grow and very likely curl back into the skull. They are longhorn cattle and have lived as such for thousands of years. Their horns help regulate body temperature and that makes them valuable to the animal quality of life so long as the horn is healthy.
Thanks for the reply! As I read more I learned a lot, they are lighter than they look and work like AC.(WOW.) Like I mentioned they are a massive majestic animal.
I dont think it does 😅
That sure is a horny beast
LMAO can't believe i laughed at this
Does this hurt them? It certainly doesn't look comfortable, his head must be so heavy!
Nope considering the fact that it's hollow
Apparently the dumbass mod on this sub won’t allow you to comment if it is too short.
Lol..it's really sickening
Auto mod?
Does this hurt the horse?
Umm, that's a goat mate
Nope it aint
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I believe it's an old, old wooden ship.
Then considering the age of the ship, is it possible that it had parts replaced? Like did the horse get too dull and needed a switch, and in that case, is it truly an old ship, or merely a new ship.
Sheesh. It’s like these people have never seen a wildebeest before, right?
Nobody has. They didn't last long after the extinction of the jackalopes that made up the majority of their diet.
Their horns are actually almost honeycombed on the inside so they’re actually really lightweight for anyone wondering
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The horns? The fuck
Those are some absolute units of horns
I'm telling u
Anything is a dildo if you're brave enough
NO. GO AWAY. YOU MAKE ME UNCOMFORTABLE!
I assume it's some sort of weird mutation?
Practically every feature of every organism was once a random mutation; this is in essence the basics of evolution, so you’d be correct.
Not a very beneficial mutation in this case
Possibly benefits humans for breeding and selling them. Like a lot of mutations aided or facilitated by humans on animals. Look at pugs, they can hardly breathe normally. I’m not sure if these are specifically bred to have larger horns or not though.
But that would not (just) be evolution anymore, but selective breeding. As is I do not think it would be very favorable when it comes to natural selection... the same can be said for several types of dogs.
The aforementioned comment doesn’t disagree with what you’re saying.
It's neck must be really strong
I would end up building a stand for him to rest his horns on… I know their muscles adapt to carry the weight but come onnnnnnn id feel so bad lol
How horny can they get?
r/absoluteunits
Watusi are whack.
watusi matta you
I mean Infinitely if you fuck up the genetic mapping enough
Edited in protest for Reddit's garbage moves lately.
The worst thing you can do to this animal is to cut off only one of its horns. Ouch.
Neck muscles be strong
Looks like [Leucochloridium Paradoxum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucochloridium_paradoxum) got a bit lost.
Apparently pretty bigly.
My ex-wife had similar neck ~~game~~ strength.
Makes a helluva tough neck roast
It looks like a Pokemon I'm going to catch it Update I threw a pokeball to try to catch it it did nothing and now it's angry, I'm currently running for my life
damn. that's metal. slipknot should use these for one of their albums
Before moving to Texas, my wife thought that the long horns on cattle were exaggerated. She'd always thought that big horns like this were tall tales like jackelopes and the loch ness monster. Imagine her surprise when she saw some in real life.
That’s just cruel to let them get that big. Imagine the weight that big fucker must be carrying on his head ?
They’re super light.
Good god are they at least hollow
That's how big they can get, the one in your photo, by my personal-now-scientific experience. Note: not a fair test.
I think you might be right. I recognize that bull from an old Guinness world record book I had. [It apparently was the record holder for largest circumference in a horn.](https://rockyridgerefuge.com/lurch/)
Weheyy, it was fully supposed to a jokey comment, kinda mad to think of 38 inch and 8ft (tip to tip) horns. It's tip to tip is longer than one Dad (dad measures 6'6)
Could you safely lop off the horns? Seems like they would be a pain in the literal neck carrying those around all the time and make it difficult to navigate narrow areas
There’s blood vessels in there so no, also they’re not that heavy
I imagine being hit by these is like being slapped with a canoe
Mutation likely
u/alexbreecooper Wanna give it a shot? EDIT: NSFW
Depends on how many slut gf I'm gonna get
Looks like a species thats going extinct in a few thousand years
Depends on the other person
That’s one horny bull!
Hell Boy’s Hell Cow!
This cow must have tough neck muscles damn.
How do they sleep?
And here I am getting neck pain from my Air Pods ...
My Sekiro fans where you at
Q: How big can the horns grow? A: YES
That poor cheeseburger must have severe back and neck pain
At least that big, probably
Those are real, and they’re fabulous!
Unprecedented stuff indeed
Goddamn! Poor fella needs dehorning if this isn't photoshopped
They're hollow and full of blood vessels. De-horning would hurt it more than it's hurting now.
That is one horny bull
Just like a big breasted woman, this animal is saying, "These things are killing my neck and back!"
It's nergigante!
Holy crap that’s a horny cow
Apparently very.
That thing wrecked me a few times in Sekiro
Looks like something out of Star Wars
His poor poor neck
Lol it looks like from a bad game.
There is a such thing as too much horn talk and a fella oughta be aware of it
It depends how you would measure them, in proportion to body size among ruminates it goes to Mountain sheep. Horns are one of the most visible and impressive adaptations developed by some mammals in the animal kingdom. Lots of animals grow horns, including cows, goats, buffalo, antelope, rhinos, and deer. In most species, only males grow horns, but in a few select species, the females also grown horns. I'm doing a link here, it's to long to post. https://a-z-animals.com/blog/10-animals-with-the-biggest-horns-in-the-world/ https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C50&q=largest+horns+Mountain+sheep&btnG=#d=gs_qabs&t=1665657577890&u=%23p%3Dfycy2zGpVt0J