[Taxacom] A Fundamental Question for All of You Taxacomers

[Frederick W. Schueler]

Scott Fisher wrote:
> It has nothing to do with heat conservation.  Bison face into the wind 
> to avoid suffocating in snow drifts that would form around their head 
> regions if their asses faced into the prevailing wind.  Ask any 
> cattleman in Wyoming or Montana about what happens to his/her cattle 
> when they face away from the wind...they die.
> 
> Cattle evolved in a part of the world not prone to the severe blizzards 
> found in the Great Plains of North America.  They do what we all do when 
> wind blows in our faces, turn away....

* but wasn't the original premise of this thread that Cattle face into 
the wind, and Horses face away?

fred (left without any cents worth).
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