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The Giant Mutant Cows of Belgium [PICS]

divinecaroline.com — Originating in 19th century Belgium by crossing local cattle with British cattle, the Belgian Blue cattle are gigantic bovine wonders. Their enormous size and muscle mass, sometimes called "double muscling," is a naturally occurring mutation of the gene for myostatin, a protein that regulates muscle growth.

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  • Mummo, on 05/29/2009, -6/+311Holy Cow!
  • UnFriendlyFire, on 05/29/2009, -2/+249Um... Those aren't cows, they're bulls.

    (maybe NSFW, lol)
  • rubixcubez, on 05/30/2009, -5/+148They are radiated brahmins, not cows!
  • implosive, on 05/29/2009, -0/+138A couple of them look like bovine bodybuilders.
  • dampeal, on 05/30/2009, -4/+105..but how do they taste?
  • inactive, on 05/30/2009, -0/+81Balls, balls in every picture how the hell do you even manage that, one of them was a shot from directly behind the bull and it's balls were swinging like a scarf blowing in the wind wtf was there a guy on the other side of the cow pushing them like kids on a swing?
  • Fuel90, on 05/29/2009, -3/+73Dat Ass.....
  • Trick07, on 05/30/2009, -0/+53When I grow up, I'm going to go to Bovine University
  • StigNordas, on 05/30/2009, -0/+45Yes, quite a set of prairie oysters there.
  • PeanutCheeseBar, on 05/30/2009, -2/+46They're from Belgium, not India.
  • h0ser, on 05/29/2009, -3/+34Oh my goodness, they use a fleshlight modified for cows to capture the semen!
    Hilarious, that's a great job, he an honorary catcher. /s
  • inactive, on 05/30/2009, -2/+31The same as Stallone would I imagine..
  • StigNordas, on 05/30/2009, -1/+29And then smother in ketchup & pickles.
  • roomforpanic, on 05/30/2009, -0/+19Rule 34.
  • athinnes, on 10/01/2009, -0/+19Those are some massive mutated cattle balls.
  • inactive, on 05/30/2009, -6/+25gawd, i do so want to eat them all..
  • StayPuft85, on 05/30/2009, -0/+17Until science gives me the ability to shoot beams of lasers out of my eyes, I say tamper away.
  • schroeder, on 05/30/2009, -0/+16The ones that were bred were the most muscular of all because of a mutation in the myostatin gene. That was what made them desirable for breeding, the features caused by the defective gene. It's at the end of the video.
  • v1cph1rth, on 05/29/2009, -1/+17On the second page of pics there is a video of these things doin it...
  • CrazyEddie041, on 05/30/2009, -0/+16Geez... their testicles are bigger than my fists. I feel inadequate. o_0
  • ctabone, on 05/30/2009, -2/+18A similar case has been documented in a human child from Germany. It is also believed to be caused by a mutation in the myostatin gene.

    Summary article - http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/24/10880 ...

    Publication - http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/350/26/2 ...

    Profile of 4 year old child's leg muscle development - http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2004/06/24/muscl ...
  • wondertwins, on 05/30/2009, -0/+14Those look like Ronnie Coleman
  • tannerfam, on 05/30/2009, -0/+14probably looks like poop...
  • bpwrinn, on 05/30/2009, -0/+14I would think it's just the opposite. One cow with bigger muscles = more meat. Less cows producing more meat means less environmental impact from having cows. And we all know Digg loves the environment.
  • colasrtney, on 05/30/2009, -2/+15I guess killing it would be better.
  • dodger2020, on 05/30/2009, -0/+139 hours and 50 minutes before your comment
  • Generik777, on 05/30/2009, -0/+12Holy "Balls"!
  • afritzsche, on 05/30/2009, -0/+12I came to this thread for the ball talk. Don't disappoint.
  • bcsmess0, on 05/30/2009, -2/+13They aren't using steroids. If they were their testies wouldn't be that big...
  • commieboy, on 05/30/2009, -1/+12*Gasp* A Supermassive black cow!
  • Gibletoid, on 05/30/2009, -0/+10Wendy the Whippet

    http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/07_01/whippe ...
  • Spoonicus, on 05/30/2009, -3/+13RUMP STEAK PLEASE
  • tieInterceptor, on 05/30/2009, -2/+11They are artificially selected cows ( instead of natural selected ones )

    it's basically the same thing humans have done with the Wolf 15,000 years ago, and now they are dogs... like the chiwawa... just select and breed... you can get a dog or cow that has the attributes you like best augmented... do it many times and you are done.

    nature does the same, but we do it for looks or meaty legs, instead of natural selection that chooses the best fit to survive.
  • Alchemist11, on 05/30/2009, -1/+10I, for one, welcome our mutant cow overlords.
  • inactive, on 05/30/2009, -0/+9Cool out...The Dog or cat in your house is a product of the same selective breading process.
  • bpwrinn, on 05/30/2009, -0/+9I foresee some very specialized fetishisms about these bovines circling the internets...
  • Stig, on 05/30/2009, -0/+8As a Belgian I can say that meat from this cow is by far superior to anything else. Except maybe Irish beef (but not all cuts). The taste is especially suited for steak tartare (or Belgium's regional variant filet américain) or carpaccio (both are raw meat dishes). If left medium to rare a steak (especially "filet pure", I think in english this is called sirloin steak) is delicious.
  • djbon2112, on 05/31/2009, -0/+7See those testicles? Yea, something tells me they're not female.
  • colasrtney, on 05/30/2009, -0/+7I'm trading in my truck for one of these.
  • Kordox3, on 05/30/2009, -1/+8How is this animal cruelty? They're not doing anything that is hurting the cows.
  • archaist, on 05/30/2009, -0/+7http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DsN36mz_PA
  • Volath, on 05/30/2009, -0/+7Yeah but they still selected the cows with that mutation which made the mutation more prolific. Hell, how do you think artificial selection works? It's basically natural selection but coaxed along by humans. The breeders select certain individuals with certain mutations they want and then try to make them more prolific.
  • jwmann, on 05/30/2009, -4/+10They're called Brahmin ;D
  • cheesehound, on 05/30/2009, -0/+6They look DELICIOUS.
  • drew101, on 05/30/2009, -2/+8dugg it last year, again this.
    Anybody else thinking BBQ
  • borez, on 05/30/2009, -7/+13That's amoosing.
  • MattVarney, on 05/30/2009, -0/+6According to the video on page 2 they do it to accent the muscles as they show off the bulls
  • IMTheSupervisor, on 05/30/2009, -0/+6Thank god someone posted this, I was losing faith in humanity for a while there.
  • firebhaal, on 05/31/2009, -0/+6'tis bovine intervention
  • inactive, on 05/30/2009, -0/+5...steer

    /rocko
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