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minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 months agoI was watching a documentary on those towers a few weeks ago. Well researched image as that’s spot on looking. Edit: Those cows are fucking tiny tho?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoMay be the artist, but pre-18th century livestock were much smaller and lighter.
minus-squareIrremarkable@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI am now imagining cat sized farm animals everywhere
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoOver the course of the 18th century alone, cattle nearly doubled in average weight. It’s crazy stuff.
I was watching a documentary on those towers a few weeks ago. Well researched image as that’s spot on looking.
Edit: Those cows are fucking tiny tho?
May be the artist, but pre-18th century livestock were much smaller and lighter.
I am now imagining cat sized farm animals everywhere
Over the course of the 18th century alone, cattle nearly doubled in average weight. It’s crazy stuff.