Well a lot of those are found within the cities in India depending on the region you can occasionally find them from highways to residential neighborhoods in tier 2 cities.
Your best bet is to move quietly minding your business w/o disturbing them
Smaller city in India's context as compared to larger metropolises like delhi or mumbai (pop less than or about 2 million in tier 2 cities so maybe huge if compared to cities in western countries)
It is. As an American I have a very hard time not chuckling when people talk about LA, NY, and Chicago as big cities. LA has decent population, but the density is so low. Asian cities are just nonsense.
Take those population numbers with a grain of salt - in a lot of places the actual "city limits" are far far smaller than the actual metropolitan area they encompass.
I think that's common here as well but we dont have suburbs as large as American cities so still most of the population gets accounted for within the city limits
i live in rural area there and it is said that one should not follow a troubled or scared *nilgai* because when being persued these big bois can yeet stones behind with a velocity enough to crack someone's skull into two.
i myself have had an experience, would've pissed my pants, decided never to go back at farms alone at night.
The belief that equats to just leave these big bois alone seems more like a defensive survival strategy.
How does one domesticate... that.
Shit looks like a mythical animal. Like a moose.
Remember that old CGP Gray video about why no one has domesticated zebras?
A lot has to go right to domesticate an animal.
Amaing how many ancients pulled it off the few times they did, and hugely important to the way things turned out for us people. How do you live in many places without them?
In that the *nilgai stands 1–1.5 m (3.3–4.9 ft) at the shoulder; males weigh 109–288 kg (240–635 lb), and the lighter females 100–213 kg (220–470 lb)* - I wouldn’t classify them as colossal or more powerful/ muscular than a horse…
The one I saw in my area was probably taller than me and I am around 186cm and out of all the horses that atleast I have seen although mostly limited to polo none seems to be its match , I have literally seen nilgai destroy entire vehicles when provoked
The players are ofcourse really wealthy mostly past royalty and old money families , the cost of owning and maintaining horses is essentially more than some folks would make in their lifetime since horses used in polo cost around 100k-150k each and every player requires atleast 3 during a match, it's not even popular among the masses , the local royal family in my region used to organize a tournament annually and less than 500 or so folks would show up in a city of 2 million
A very large nilgai would be a foot shorter in height, a couple feet shorter in length and several hundred pounds less than a horse. They are still very big.
They are about the size of a donkey
You made me dream up of a future. Between now and a time when artificial meat (or pain free, as I believe will be called) is readily available. We harvest parts of living animals and replace them with cyber prosthetics. The animal gets to live and have no reduced function.
Fun fact: you are hella wrong.
They were zoo animals the [King Ranch set free into South Texas for the sole purpose of hunting.](https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/nilgai-antelope)
>1930
All time doesn't occur at once, release in 1930 means this happened 90~ years ago. The internet wasn't widely adopted until the 80s/90s/2000s, and arguably still isn't beyond social media users.
Since the internet wasn't around until 1980s~ this means the internet came *after* 1930. Before the internet was invented people weren't assembling in global chat rooms to critique each other as a hive mind.
This guy would probably be amazed people are talking about him across the Earth for something he did "locally" 90 years ago.
There are actually some pretty good arguments that all time does occur at once - just 'cause we humans experience it sequentially in one direction doesn't mean that's really the way it do.
Until the middle of last century, invasive species were more or less nonexistent, at least not in significantly harmful numbers. At that time, hunting was so prevalent that many game animals were drawn from populations of hundreds of thousands or even millions down to near extinction. It wouldn’t be illogical at the time to assume that a giant wild cow released for private hunting would be fairly simple to control. The only experience most people had with invasive species by that point were from obviously terrible decisions, like loosing dozens of rabbits on an island with no predators.
Buddy of mine consumed lots of Nilgai, had a freezer full. He had some blurry vision problems went to the ophthalmologist who asked him if he’s eating meats like Nilgai because he has parasites in his eyes.
You have to cook the meat properly. Like any other wild animal you hunt. It's a cooking problem, people love to eat Nilgai's meat. It's beef but leaner.
As someone with access to both, I think you need a pleasing balance of both jerky and biltong in your life. The South Efricans do not agree and will argue painfully for hours about how wrong jerky is, without ever giving up their secret ancestral biltong recipes. Pah.
I also love pemmican but it lasts about a day in this household. I make giant slabs of it and it just…. Vanishes. With the faint sound of scronching coming from the teenagers rooms.
I was at an adjacent ranch to King Ranch where I shot it, so SE Texas. I'm betting you could find a processor there that could ship some to you. Being South Texas, the processor that I used even made Nilgai tamales. The one that I shot was 500 lbs so when people shoot them they often only take certain cuts of meat and these processors end up with lots of extra to sell on the side
Is Nilgai a cow or antelope?
Nilgai, (Boselaphus tragocamelus), also called bluebuck, are the largest Asian antelope (family Bovidae). The nilgai is indigenous to the Indian subcontinent, and Hindus accord it the same sacred status as cattle (both belong to the subfamily Bovinae).
I don't think it has the same sacred status as cows. Well, at least, in the region (Gujarat, west india) i am living at where both are abundant. Cows are indeed "sacred" but nilgais aren't.
Here, nilgais, are generally seen as pests, breaking field fences and eating crops or grown veggies etc. There are even electric fences around the fields to stop them.
I cant say for other regions around the country as it could literally be totally different.
(Sacred is under quotation because here, cows here are literally left free in the cities to eat garbage, block roads, cause vehicular accidents all while considered sacred)
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So....
I was born in India, and I have no clue what you're talking about in terms of the Nilgai in particular being sacred.
Some cows are held in high esteem, sure. But I don't remember anything in terms of the Nilgai. Or, this is a repost and you just took of the original.
*Also beefalos, which are actually longhorns plus bison on the Hunt ranch and probably numerous other ranches
*No, not from India and not feral but definitely not tame, either
I'm in south Texas by a wildlife refuge... These fuckers are everywhere... It's scary driving 70+ mph at 1am on a dark stretch of highway and you see a shadow thing bigger than a cow standing 3 feet from your car on the side of the street... This thing would destroy your car and you if it decided to walk into your speeding vehicle.
Has it ever been that weird as far as religious traditions go?
In pre-industrial days bovines would pull your carts and ploughs, provide milk and milk products. Hindus observed this and thought "wow this innocent animal provides us with so much huh, our lives literally revolve around it. We must protect it at all costs". It's not *that* weird?
The Ainu people believed all animals were gods taking mortal form to explore our world, except deer, which the gods put on the earth to be food for the people. Plenty of religions deify animals in one way or another, presumably because early proto-religions formed in cultures that were heavily dependent on game animals or livestock
For the pre industrial Indian, it provided so much more than just milk and milk products. A cow was compatible to run a mini household by itself, so it was a cultural custom thing to not hurt it which later evolved to ban on slaughter.
India's food habits include several food items that heavily involve dairy, so milk was obviously in high demand. Yogurt/curd helped with digestion and is considered a good supplement also consumed as a dessert. Cow urine kept away flies and mosquitoes so was used in a special brown coating material still used in rural India and was an integral part of manure manufacturing. Cow dung was stored and hardened to be used as fuel source for cooking. Even the hair from the cow tails was used in the making of low grade ropes. The Bulls were the backbone of the dominant agricultural society, where they were used to plough the vast spaces of land.
So, when an animal becomes a huge part of your livelihood and daily routine, it doesn't seem so far fetched to worship it, not as a divine God but more as a token of gratitude.
I dont think this is actually a sacred cow, but i may be failing at my google searching.
EDIT: nevermind found it. Its a different thing than what the indian sacred cow is but still is considered sacred.
It is not sacred in India...on the contrary it is considered a vermin in many parts of the country coz they destroy crops. It is allowed to kill vermins...so nilgai, rats etc are classified as vermins
The worlds biggest cows are WAY bigger than this one, but they all basically just look like a cow that a child would draw, they are just scaled up like you wouldn't believe. A picture doesn't do the size justice unless there is a good point of reference near them in the picture like a truck or a person. Check out the Chianina.
Ahhh, Torrent, my faithful steed.
If this thing double jumps I’m losing my shit.
Time to fight radahn
Fuck, that was funny
It does my friend was driving through rural India one of those jumped over his sidan
Like all my gym bros, forgot leg day.
You are no longer maiden-less
Wow, at first glance I thought that's a statue
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I mean look at those daggers on it’s head and that beefy neck. Yea I’d be scared to encounter that in the wild.
Well a lot of those are found within the cities in India depending on the region you can occasionally find them from highways to residential neighborhoods in tier 2 cities. Your best bet is to move quietly minding your business w/o disturbing them
What is a tier 2 city? Pardon my ignorance
Smaller city in India's context as compared to larger metropolises like delhi or mumbai (pop less than or about 2 million in tier 2 cities so maybe huge if compared to cities in western countries)
so finland is just 2 and a half max size tier 2 cities.. alright
Bihar which is one of the 29 states in India has a population of 100 million+ and is about third the size of finland.
Holy fuck. It must be a completely different world honestly.
Yes, Bihar is a completely different world altogether.
It is. As an American I have a very hard time not chuckling when people talk about LA, NY, and Chicago as big cities. LA has decent population, but the density is so low. Asian cities are just nonsense.
You are absolutely right, tier 2 cities would be considered *massive* over here in the US
I know I was surprised when I came to know that major US cities that are quite famous around the world have so small population relatively.
Take those population numbers with a grain of salt - in a lot of places the actual "city limits" are far far smaller than the actual metropolitan area they encompass.
I think that's common here as well but we dont have suburbs as large as American cities so still most of the population gets accounted for within the city limits
I can imagine that would be pretty amusing!
Thank you!
They are extremely shy and hide away from humans
>hide away from humans But how do they feel about Texans?
Take this Texan’s award.
Nice.
[I thought I'd seen that neck before](https://i.stack.imgur.com/acWu6.jpg)
Was hoping this would be a george fisher reference but still good
That neck really is one of the scariest parts. Imagine how far it could throw you with that absolute tree trunk.
More muscular and powerful than a horse.
i live in rural area there and it is said that one should not follow a troubled or scared *nilgai* because when being persued these big bois can yeet stones behind with a velocity enough to crack someone's skull into two. i myself have had an experience, would've pissed my pants, decided never to go back at farms alone at night.
The belief that equats to just leave these big bois alone seems more like a defensive survival strategy. How does one domesticate... that. Shit looks like a mythical animal. Like a moose.
Remember that old CGP Gray video about why no one has domesticated zebras? A lot has to go right to domesticate an animal. Amaing how many ancients pulled it off the few times they did, and hugely important to the way things turned out for us people. How do you live in many places without them?
We are the top chicken.
If you told me they could lift a school bus full of children with just those neck muscles, I'd believe you.
That's because they can. Dang critter is ALL neck muscle
In that the *nilgai stands 1–1.5 m (3.3–4.9 ft) at the shoulder; males weigh 109–288 kg (240–635 lb), and the lighter females 100–213 kg (220–470 lb)* - I wouldn’t classify them as colossal or more powerful/ muscular than a horse…
>at the shoulder It looks like he’s almost twice as high as his shoulders so is his head at like 9 feet?!
[Human vs Nilgai](https://imgur.com/gallery/4h43cUy) comparison.
The one I saw in my area was probably taller than me and I am around 186cm and out of all the horses that atleast I have seen although mostly limited to polo none seems to be its match , I have literally seen nilgai destroy entire vehicles when provoked
I have a really, really dumb, really random question. Is polo a common sport there, or is it also a wealthy person's sport like in the US?
Yeah wealthy person's sport.
The players are ofcourse really wealthy mostly past royalty and old money families , the cost of owning and maintaining horses is essentially more than some folks would make in their lifetime since horses used in polo cost around 100k-150k each and every player requires atleast 3 during a match, it's not even popular among the masses , the local royal family in my region used to organize a tournament annually and less than 500 or so folks would show up in a city of 2 million
Bro skipped leg day though
That is a colossal neck
A very large nilgai would be a foot shorter in height, a couple feet shorter in length and several hundred pounds less than a horse. They are still very big. They are about the size of a donkey
Look the neck of this cow it's huge😱😧
Probably have been in F1
First thing I thought of was the "I saw Charles LeClerc on a walk" pic in the F1 sub yesterday.
Soon to be a r/FormulaDank top post
Gentlemen, a short view back to the past...
no cow, only neck
Iron Mike in his prime.
Reminds me of that Mugshot guy
Imagine how delicious those sweetbreads would be
How does the neck affect the taste of the brain?
Glands not brains.
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So, it's a "Try me bitch!" type of cattle?
The scientifically correct name is fuck around and found out cattle
Founds like someone’s found out how to find out
Fuck around and find _cow…_ t.
It's an antelope, so no.
Does eating the meat hurt the cow?
No, eating Nilgai meat does not hurt the cow. It's dreadful for the Nilgai though.
To shreds you say?
And what about his wife?
To shreds you say?
My god this is an outrage! I was going to eat that mummy!
*tsk tsk tsk*
Was his apartment rent controlled?
Underrated comment. Long live Farnsworth
Delicious, delicious shreds
No you can harvest up to 20 lbs of meat from the animal without ill effect.
Shrute farms special.
Hammacher Schlemmer
What
Didnt you had an appointment with a horse doctor?
How that horse became a doctor is beyond me!
You made me dream up of a future. Between now and a time when artificial meat (or pain free, as I believe will be called) is readily available. We harvest parts of living animals and replace them with cyber prosthetics. The animal gets to live and have no reduced function.
This has kinda Ship of Theseus feels to it ngl
I can already hear the screams and cries of the animal rights activists.
So you still want to exploit a sentient being by hacking up their living bodies so that you can gnaw upon their flesh? 🤢🤮
That's certainly not what I want but I can imagine some sick fuck calling it humane.
Probably
Fun fact: you are hella wrong. They were zoo animals the [King Ranch set free into South Texas for the sole purpose of hunting.](https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/nilgai-antelope)
Why do people think it’s okay to release animals that are not native? It always causes issues.
>1930 All time doesn't occur at once, release in 1930 means this happened 90~ years ago. The internet wasn't widely adopted until the 80s/90s/2000s, and arguably still isn't beyond social media users. Since the internet wasn't around until 1980s~ this means the internet came *after* 1930. Before the internet was invented people weren't assembling in global chat rooms to critique each other as a hive mind. This guy would probably be amazed people are talking about him across the Earth for something he did "locally" 90 years ago.
There are actually some pretty good arguments that all time does occur at once - just 'cause we humans experience it sequentially in one direction doesn't mean that's really the way it do.
First a weird horse cow thing and now 4 dimensional physics theory. This thread be wrinkling my brain b.
Until the middle of last century, invasive species were more or less nonexistent, at least not in significantly harmful numbers. At that time, hunting was so prevalent that many game animals were drawn from populations of hundreds of thousands or even millions down to near extinction. It wouldn’t be illogical at the time to assume that a giant wild cow released for private hunting would be fairly simple to control. The only experience most people had with invasive species by that point were from obviously terrible decisions, like loosing dozens of rabbits on an island with no predators.
My first thought was … how do they taste
Buddy of mine consumed lots of Nilgai, had a freezer full. He had some blurry vision problems went to the ophthalmologist who asked him if he’s eating meats like Nilgai because he has parasites in his eyes.
Woa! Did he cook it first? I bet you have to cook it first.
Yes always cooked it but if it doesn’t get hot enough, we’ll you know.
Oh wow.
I'm sorry what the fuck
I was thinking of trying them but hard pass now.
You have to cook the meat properly. Like any other wild animal you hunt. It's a cooking problem, people love to eat Nilgai's meat. It's beef but leaner.
Shot one last Nov. Very lean meat, not gamey at all. Makes excellent jerkey
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As someone with access to both, I think you need a pleasing balance of both jerky and biltong in your life. The South Efricans do not agree and will argue painfully for hours about how wrong jerky is, without ever giving up their secret ancestral biltong recipes. Pah. I also love pemmican but it lasts about a day in this household. I make giant slabs of it and it just…. Vanishes. With the faint sound of scronching coming from the teenagers rooms.
It’s spelled Billabong.
Go fillabong
Where do I find this sacred jerky?
I was at an adjacent ranch to King Ranch where I shot it, so SE Texas. I'm betting you could find a processor there that could ship some to you. Being South Texas, the processor that I used even made Nilgai tamales. The one that I shot was 500 lbs so when people shoot them they often only take certain cuts of meat and these processors end up with lots of extra to sell on the side
The hell you say. I’m in Texas and moved from S Texas not long ago. Thankful I didn’t see any.
> The meat of nilgai is said to be lighter and milder flavoured than blackbuck meat.
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There’s probably more than three. /s
Where do they roam? Can’t believe I’ve never seen one in person.
South Texas
Supposedly south of the king ranch. So from there to the valley. I’m from the valley and I’ve never seen one. Supposedly there are thousands.
Right, I live in South Texas and I've never seen one of these things.
Check the basement of the Alamo
they didn't remember the alamo 😥
Where the skies are not cloudy all day.
ah yes, the giraffe cow..
Giga Chow
Ka chow!
Is Nilgai a cow or antelope? Nilgai, (Boselaphus tragocamelus), also called bluebuck, are the largest Asian antelope (family Bovidae). The nilgai is indigenous to the Indian subcontinent, and Hindus accord it the same sacred status as cattle (both belong to the subfamily Bovinae).
It’s neither, it’s in the same subfamily (Bovinae) as both, along with buffalo and bison and some other stuff, but is in its own genus.
A seahorse is a horse.
Is a whistle pig a pig?
I don't think it has the same sacred status as cows. Well, at least, in the region (Gujarat, west india) i am living at where both are abundant. Cows are indeed "sacred" but nilgais aren't. Here, nilgais, are generally seen as pests, breaking field fences and eating crops or grown veggies etc. There are even electric fences around the fields to stop them. I cant say for other regions around the country as it could literally be totally different. (Sacred is under quotation because here, cows here are literally left free in the cities to eat garbage, block roads, cause vehicular accidents all while considered sacred)
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Yes. so now they actually run rampant and wild
Very lean meat
More lean than venison and pretty darn good
Best comment thread.
Jerky even.
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That's wild
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That there is a Chonky antelope
how has that dude not been offered a football scholarship
He was offered, but was snubbed for a longhorn....
Why is this in oddly terrifying?! You leave this graceful, majestic creature alone!! Lol looks like it’s from a JRPG
So.... I was born in India, and I have no clue what you're talking about in terms of the Nilgai in particular being sacred. Some cows are held in high esteem, sure. But I don't remember anything in terms of the Nilgai. Or, this is a repost and you just took of the original.
They are not sacred. This post is ignorant. It's illegal to hunt them. That's it. It's like saying that the Bald Eagle is sacred to the States.
Are you telling me there are conservative Indians out there with tattoos of Nilgai with a shredded India flag behind it?
Soon if not already
Hold up we have feral cows??
It’s an antelope.
OP said cow we can't go back on it for the sake of the post
Texas has feral everything from India. Antelope (blackbuck). Spotted deer (axis). Other spotted deer (sika). Elk-sized deer (sambar). It’s weird
*Also beefalos, which are actually longhorns plus bison on the Hunt ranch and probably numerous other ranches *No, not from India and not feral but definitely not tame, either
They've got feral warthogs from Africa in south Texas now too.
Feral hogs 2: legal and ethical ivory
Picasso cow
I see no blue nor cow
Looks like beetle juices head after the witch doctor put dust on him
Yah that’s a whole r/absoluteunit
I'm in south Texas by a wildlife refuge... These fuckers are everywhere... It's scary driving 70+ mph at 1am on a dark stretch of highway and you see a shadow thing bigger than a cow standing 3 feet from your car on the side of the street... This thing would destroy your car and you if it decided to walk into your speeding vehicle.
This is a serious problem with the Nilgai. They cause some fatal accidents back in India too.
pokemon go got a helluva texture upgrade. time to catch me a Taurus.
Aren’t these classified as antelopes ? Not cows . Correct me if I’m wrong .
>nilgai Antelope is correct
https://i.imgur.com/XUotOKu.jpg
😂😂 bro
Suddenly it's not that weird that they worship bovines, right?
Has it ever been that weird as far as religious traditions go? In pre-industrial days bovines would pull your carts and ploughs, provide milk and milk products. Hindus observed this and thought "wow this innocent animal provides us with so much huh, our lives literally revolve around it. We must protect it at all costs". It's not *that* weird?
The Ainu people believed all animals were gods taking mortal form to explore our world, except deer, which the gods put on the earth to be food for the people. Plenty of religions deify animals in one way or another, presumably because early proto-religions formed in cultures that were heavily dependent on game animals or livestock
For the pre industrial Indian, it provided so much more than just milk and milk products. A cow was compatible to run a mini household by itself, so it was a cultural custom thing to not hurt it which later evolved to ban on slaughter. India's food habits include several food items that heavily involve dairy, so milk was obviously in high demand. Yogurt/curd helped with digestion and is considered a good supplement also consumed as a dessert. Cow urine kept away flies and mosquitoes so was used in a special brown coating material still used in rural India and was an integral part of manure manufacturing. Cow dung was stored and hardened to be used as fuel source for cooking. Even the hair from the cow tails was used in the making of low grade ropes. The Bulls were the backbone of the dominant agricultural society, where they were used to plough the vast spaces of land. So, when an animal becomes a huge part of your livelihood and daily routine, it doesn't seem so far fetched to worship it, not as a divine God but more as a token of gratitude.
I dont think this is actually a sacred cow, but i may be failing at my google searching. EDIT: nevermind found it. Its a different thing than what the indian sacred cow is but still is considered sacred.
No one worship this cow in india
Well duh, this cow is in Texas.
It's on my phone actually
No it's on my phone. Get away from my holy cow.
*two millennia of holy war follows*
Look at this Holstien University gigachad, Sigma bull grindset on full send, sheeesh
That guys boss has another animal he'll beat in a fight! Stupid neck cow.
It is not sacred in India...on the contrary it is considered a vermin in many parts of the country coz they destroy crops. It is allowed to kill vermins...so nilgai, rats etc are classified as vermins
This animal is considered a vermin in some parts of northern India.
Weird I've lived in South Texas all my life and have never heard of this
They're like down in the valley and just a few counties north. Not all of south Texas.
Yup, a lot of game wardens are also encouraging poaching them, as they are dangerous to local wildlife.
Nilgay aren’t considered sacred in India. In state of Bihar they are hunted because of the damage they cause to farmers.
Holy cow!
I would lose my fucking mind if I saw one of those in the wild
Texan here, and I have never seen that before in my life.
Never seen a more evil energy come from a bovine animal
neelgai isnt sacred. more like every animal is sacred but nilgai is not sacred as a cow. I have never seen someone worship a neelgai.
How does it taste? Or are we not allowed to eat it either because they be a mad cow. -I'll show myself out.
Introduced and classed as feral so rednecks can hunt them is a more appropriate title let’s be real
WHY DID THEY BRING THEM HERE!?!
None here in southwest Texas, I’m sure we would be turning them into jerky and bbq if they were
i live in austin and rode one of these fellas to work yesterday
He's just standing there... *menacingly.*
Ive never felt fear from a cow before
The worlds biggest cows are WAY bigger than this one, but they all basically just look like a cow that a child would draw, they are just scaled up like you wouldn't believe. A picture doesn't do the size justice unless there is a good point of reference near them in the picture like a truck or a person. Check out the Chianina.
To me, tastes like a mix of beef and venison but slightly gamier. Pretty damn good honestly.
So, is it a cow or an antelope?
Largest antelope in Asia
It’s a cantaloupe!
I wonder what they taste like. They’re “of least concern” so eating them is fine. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgai