Mary Allen
Ma aurochs anali amtundu wapadera wa nyama ndipo anali a mtundu wa ng'ombe. Iye watha. Mu 1627 aurochs omaliza odziwika adamwalira ku Poland. Ma aurochs poyamba ankakhala ku Ulaya ndi Asia, koma osati kumalo ozizira kumpoto. Iye ankakhalanso kumpoto kwa Africa. Ng'ombe zathu zoweta zinawetedwa kuchokera ku aurochs kalekale.
Ng'ombe zamtundu wa auroch zinali zazikulu kuposa ng'ombe zoweta zamakono. Ng'ombe yamphongo imatha kulemera ma kilogalamu 1000, mwachitsanzo tani imodzi. Anali wamtali masentimita 160 mpaka 185, mofanana ndi munthu wamkulu. Ng’ombezo zinali zazing’ono. Ng'ombe yamphongo inali yakuda kapena yakuda ndi yabulauni, ndipo ng'ombe kapena mwana wa ng'ombe anali wofiirira. Nyanga zazitalizo zinali zochititsa chidwi kwambiri. Amapindika mkati ndikulunjika kutsogolo, ndipo amakula mpaka pafupifupi masentimita 80 m'litali.
Ma aurochs makamaka amakonda madera omwe kunali chinyontho kapena madambo. Amakhalanso m’nkhalango. Iwo ankadya zomera za herbaceous ndi masamba a mitengo ndi tchire. Anthu okhala m’mapanga ankasaka nyamazi. Izi zikutsimikiziridwa ndi chojambula chodziwika bwino cha Lascaux Cave ku France.
Pafupifupi zaka 9,000 zapitazo, anthu anayamba kufa pofuna kubwezeretsa nyama zakutchire kukhala ziŵeto. Ng’ombe zathu zoweta, za mtundu wawo, zimachokera kwa iwo. M'zaka zapitazi, anthu ayesanso kuswana aurochs poyamba. Koma sanapambane.