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Hi Jaqui, this is a very good "account of the Heck Brothers work 'recreating' the aurochs in Germany. Wang, Michael (2012): Heavy Breeding. – Cabinet 45 online: http://cabinetmagazine.org/issues/45/wang.php Probably not what you expected but definitely useful to keep in mind... Best Christian -- KNOCHENARBEIT Hans Christian Küchelmann Diplom-Biologe Konsul-Smidt-Straße 30, D-28217 Bremen, Germany tel: +49 - 421 - 61 99 177 fax: +49 - 421 - 37 83 540 mail: [log in to unmask] web: http://www.knochenarbeit.de web: http://www.knochenarbeit-shop.de Am 05.09.2013 um 17:33 schrieb Jacqui Mulville: > Hello, just a quick couple of questions > > 1. Does anyone know of any good accounts of the Heck Brothers work > 'recreating' the aurochs in germany? > 2. Where near to Cardiff/Bristol are any mounted aurochs skeletons? > 3. Any good images of an aurochs, all I can find are either > historic or mildly hysterical! > > I visited Berlin zoo in the early 80s and saw some giant cattle > (were they Heck brother aurochs) which made a great impression on > me. I recently wrote a brief piece on aurochs for the film Beast > of the Southern Wild. and as a result National Geographic have been > in touch as they are interested in making a program on the Heck > brothers. > > http://cardiffsciscreen.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/aurochs-little-below- > elephant-in-size.html (by the way first image is poss a bison! - > next time check the images that get posted...) > > Cheers for any information. > > > > Jacqui Mulville (PhD), Reader in Bioarchaeology > Chair of the Undergraduate Board of Studies > Tel: + 44 (0) 29 2087 4247 > > Public Engagement and STEM Ambassador http://www.youtube.com/watch? > v=UhOIbvYpKhE > Social Media http://www.facebook.com/GuerillaArchaeology/ or http:// > www.facebook.com/CORGROUP, guerillaarchaeology.wordpress.com, > Flickr guerilla_archaeology, twitter @GuerillaArchae > > School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University, > CF10 3EU