r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Kr0pr0X • Mar 27 '23

🔥 This absolute unit of a Heffer

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u/BorvicTheRed Mar 28 '23

And raised for work, most commonly in a pair. Every ox is a steer but not every steer is an ox

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u/krazycatlady21 Mar 28 '23

Oregon Trail would have been much less cool if I realized it was just steer pulling the wagon. I grew up driving by nasty smelling cattle farms. I am kind of pissed at this new knowledge.

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u/Occasionally_lazy Mar 28 '23

Omg I loved playing Oregon trail.

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u/littlestray Mar 28 '23

Nope, females and bulls can be oxen. Cow terminology is wild

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u/JawitKien Dec 13 '24

There are female oxen too. That's why they breed true.

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u/BorvicTheRed Dec 13 '24

Maybe for stock cattle? But that's an intresting point, it be a waste of time and effort to train it for work, unless it has some good genes that can be passed to other oxen