Meuh! L'épopée des cornes
Season 1
Step by step, century after century, the great bovine family accompanies humanity. Let's follow in the footsteps of oxen, yaks, buffaloes and zebus, pivots of many cultures throughout the world.
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4 Episodes
- Le boeuf à la conquête des prairies
E1Le boeuf à la conquête des prairiesCattle: conquering the endless prairies. Domesticated 10,500 years ago in Mesopotamia, the wild auroch has since vanished from the surface of the Earth. Its descendents, oxen, cows and bulls, continue to keep company with mankind on all five continents. Turkey, Portugal, USA, France: from Neolithic times to the modern-day, we head off to meet them. - Le Zébu à la conquête de l'aride
E2Le Zébu à la conquête de l'arideZebu: conquering the arid landscape: A slender body with a fatty hump, loose skin and drooping ears: the zebu is an animal of limitless capacity, perfectly adapted to extremely high temperatures. Man successfully domesticated its wild ancestor, turning it into a long-distance companion, ideal for major migrations. - Le buffle à la conquête des terres humides
E3Le buffle à la conquête des terres humidesWater buffalo: conquering the wetlands: Broad hooves, a smooth fatty skin, powerful body and resistant to disease: the Asian water buffalo is the king of the wetlands. Since its domestication around 5,000 years ago in Asia and on the Indian sub-continent, it has since made a place for itself on the other continents. - Le yack à la conquête des sommets
E4Le yack à la conquête des sommetsYaks: conquering the summits: Emblematic of the Tibetan plateau and the Himalayas, where it is a pillar of spiritual life, the yak contributed to mapping the Indian trade routes. Today, global warming threatens its very survival. In the Swiss Alps, a breeder tries to make a special place for it.