The gaur (Bos gaurus) is a species of wild cattle living in southern Asia, from India to southern China and down to Malaysia. There are perhaps 30000-40000 living gaurs, but it is considered “vulnerable” due to its habitat being destroyed. It is a protected animal in all countries in which it is found.

The gaur is the world’s largest living bovine. Males can be more than 3 metres long and stand up tp 2.2 metres high at the shoulder. That’s huge.

I have been trying to find some images online of a large gaur bull next to a person to illustrate scale, but haven’t found any.

Not surprising, really, I wouldn’t be game to stand near one either.

Are they larger than a hill?

nom

Here’s a model but it looks exaggerated:

I guess Car’d have a whole one for supper.

Some of them are larger than a hill whose height is less than 2.2 m.

Nom indeed. Imagine one of those roasting on a spit. It’s basically a tuskless mammoth.

Note: you should just imagine this. Actually roasting one on a spit would be illegal.

OCDC said:

I guess Car’d have a whole one for supper.

Early or late?

Dropbear said:

OCDC said:

I guess Car’d have a whole one for supper.

Early or late?

Early.

Probably something like a gnu, yak or zebu would suffice for late supper, don’t want nightmares.

>Note: you should just imagine this. Actually roasting one on a spit would be illegal.

What if it was roadkill?

dv said:

I have been trying to find some images online of a large gaur bull next to a person to illustrate scale, but haven’t found any.

Youtube has some video’s which illustrate scale

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gaur&oq=gaur&gs_l=youtube.3..0l10.2207.2982.0.3142.4.4.0.0.0.0.284.610.1j0j2.3.0…0.0…1ac.1.11.youtube.SJoR_9IsRrM

Is that the sound that you make just before it mows you down!

Gaur blimey!

Jing Joh said:

dv said:

I have been trying to find some images online of a large gaur bull next to a person to illustrate scale, but haven’t found any.

Youtube has some video’s which illustrate scale

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gaur&oq=gaur&gs_l=youtube.3..0l10.2207.2982.0.3142.4.4.0.0.0.0.284.610.1j0j2.3.0…0.0…1ac.1.11.youtube.SJoR_9IsRrM

cheers

The guy in the picture must be about 1.2 metres high . he dosn’t look like a midget.

gaghalfrunt said:

The guy in the picture must be about 1.2 metres high . he dosn’t look like a midget.

That’s what I was thinking.

morrie said:

gaghalfrunt said:

The guy in the picture must be about 1.2 metres high . he dosn’t look like a midget.

That’s what I was thinking.

17 hands?

roughbarked said:

morrie said:

gaghalfrunt said:

The guy in the picture must be about 1.2 metres high . he dosn’t look like a midget.

That’s what I was thinking.

17 hands?

oops. no. that’s 2.159m

Looking through those videos, how’s this for a pair of horns (on an Ankole-Watusi steer):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z46M6Fcik4E

Should be noted that the gaur’s horns are nothing spectacular

dv said:

Should be noted that the gaur’s horns are nothing spectacular

Thankfully.

Paging P_P, warm up lap under way, the warm up lap is under way…

Gaur races on, are they?

In the first listed gaur video, I don’t know why people don’t just put fences around their gardens so the cattle don’t come in and eat everything.

Bubblecar said:

In the first listed gaur video, I don’t know why people don’t just put fences around their gardens so the cattle don’t come in and eat everything.

Have you ever tried to build a fence to keep a bull out of your garden?

morrie said:

Bubblecar said:

In the first listed gaur video, I don’t know why people don’t just put fences around their gardens so the cattle don’t come in and eat everything.

Have you ever tried to build a fence to keep a bull out of your garden?

And what’s the point in having enormous moo-cows if you can’t at least whinge about them?

morrie said:

Bubblecar said:

In the first listed gaur video, I don’t know why people don’t just put fences around their gardens so the cattle don’t come in and eat everything.

Have you ever tried to build a fence to keep a bull out of your garden?

no, but i’ve tried 4 times to build a fence to keep a Bull Arab INSIDE my garden…

Have you ever tried to build a fence to keep a bull out of your garden?
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Expecially a bull the size of a tank…

>Have you ever tried to build a fence to keep a bull out of your garden?

Often had bulls grazing in the paddocks around the Mole Creek place. Electric + ordinary barbed wire farm fencing kept them out.

Bubblecar said:

>Have you ever tried to build a fence to keep a bull out of your garden?

Often had bulls grazing in the paddocks around the Mole Creek place. Electric + ordinary barbed wire farm fencing kept them out.

I have seen a bull jump over a regular farm fence from a standing start.

Actually the bulls may have only been allowed in the paddock bordering one heavier duty fence. But the other paddocks were quite often filled with curious (and noisy) cows.

dv said:

Note: you should just imagine this. Actually roasting one on a spit would be illegal.

make a nice meal with your Orang Utan soup and the Sumatran Tiger pudding.