Young Longhorn Steer
by Donna Greene
Title
Young Longhorn Steer
Artist
Donna Greene
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
This photograph was taken in Arizona just outside Tucson. Steer roam free here in the desert. This one was lying down near a Palo Verde tree for shade.
The early Texas settlers obtained feral Mexican cattle from the borderland between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande and mixed them with their own eastern cattle. The result was a tough, rangy animal with long legs and long horns extending up to seven feet Although this interbreeding was of little consequence to the makeup of a Longhorn, it did alter color. The varieties of color ranged from blue and all hues of "yellow" to browns, black, red and white, both cleanly bright and dirty-speckled. Portuguese cattle breeds, such as Alentejana and Mertolenga, are the closest relatives of Texas Longhorns.
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October 14th, 2012
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