Author Topic: Extinct (Read 1276 times)

Trinity · « **on:** September 29, 2010, 05:41:01 PM »

Has anyone here heard of an auroch?

sedetrad · « **Reply #1 on:** September 29, 2010, 05:43:15 PM »

They are prehistoric bulls that died out during or slightly after the great flood.

sedetrad · « **Reply #2 on:** September 29, 2010, 05:43:50 PM »

bulls= cow or cattle

Trinity · « **Reply #3 on:** September 29, 2010, 06:17:03 PM »

Good show. But the last one died in 1645, I believe. It amazes me that I never heard of them before.

sedetrad · « **Reply #4 on:** September 30, 2010, 04:57:30 AM »

I had no idea that they lived in medievel times. I thought they were more prehistoric like the mammoths or the sabre toothed tigers.

Trinity · « **Reply #5 on:** September 30, 2010, 05:36:25 AM »

I'm amazed you heard of them, Sedetrad. How did you? They were HUGE---stood 6' 6" and weighed about 2,000 lbs. There is a good article on them in Wiki with pictures and everything. I came across mention of them in a book on prehistoric times.

sedetrad · « **Reply #6 on:** October 01, 2010, 05:02:22 AM »

As a teen, I was fascinated with all the animals that are extinct and I also came upon the aurochs in a similiar fashion.

Trinity · « **Reply #7 on:** October 01, 2010, 08:09:50 AM »

So, how many other extinct animals do you know of that I never heard about before?

Telesphorus · « **Reply #8 on:** October 01, 2010, 08:35:16 AM »

My Polish professor says that in Poland they have an expression "strong as a tur." Which means strong as an auroch. So Ursus, in killing the auroch in the arena, was showing his proverbial Polish strength:

Here's a sculpture inspired by the novel Quo Vadis:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/2743632684_08b1e38d18.jpg?v=0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heck_cattle

Trinity · « **Reply #9 on:** October 01, 2010, 09:04:16 AM »

Very interesting. For some reason the aurochs have really caught my imagination. I wasn't that caught up in the Do do. Maybe because I seem always to have known about them.

sedetrad · « **Reply #10 on:** October 01, 2010, 06:03:13 PM »

Trinity,

I have always been fascinated about the idea of a unicorn. The Church uses it as a symbol of Christ so I have always wondered if such wondrous animals lived before the great flood.

Andy

sedetrad · « **Reply #11 on:** October 01, 2010, 06:04:21 PM »

I haven't read of any confirmation about it from the Saints. Does anyone know of any saints that have confirmed that unicorns did indeed exist?