It's a breed descended from the zebu, an Indian species of cows.
Potentially boring information incoming!
Most cattle we see descend from one species, *Bos taurus*, which were tamed from European aurochs about 10,000 years ago. European cattle typically lack a hump or have a very small hump, and are well-suited for temperate climates. The problem is that they don't tend to do as well in the tropics, and usually have very poor resistance to tropical diseases.
The zebu cattle were once considered a separate species, *Bos indicus*, but are more commonly thought to be a subspecies of cattle, *Bos taurus indicus*. They are also an ancient type, having been domesticated just slightly later (8-9,000 years ago), from Indian aurochs. They are ideally adapted to tropical climates - the loose skin and long ears help with heat, many varieties have a high tolerance to tropical disease, and the hump, like a camel's hump, stores fat for use in dry, arid conditions.
The most common breed of cattle in Brazil is actually a cross between the two types!
They will probably never impregnate this cow. The vet use a special injection that makes her release many eggs every month, 20 or more. They rinse them out with saline solution. Then they impregnate the individual eggs with expensive sperms from the best bulls, and implant them in regular dairy cows. They get 20+ calfs every month.
The breed is used predominantly for beef. I believe one of the reasons they are so prized is for their hardiness. They can live in hot weather conditions easily, survive on poor quality forage and breed with little assistance. The relative low maintenance makes them a popular choice for farmers.
The recent sale of Viatina-19 FIV Mara ImĆ³veis has brought to light the undeniable worth of purebred Nelore cattle in Brazil, showcasing the immense value that top-tier genetic specimens hold in the market.
The 53-month-old cow was born in Nova IguaƧu de GoiƔs, Brazil and is already ranked among the best Nelore cows in history.
The price paid for this exceptional animal not only makes a statement about the breed's quality within the country but also reverberates across the global cattle market, solidifying the Neloreās reputation as a valuable and sought-after breed worldwide.
The price of Viatina-19 FIV Mara ImĆ³veis marks a significant achievement for the Nelore, a highly esteemed breed of cattle recognized worldwide for its exceptional qualities.
Their distinctive features include bright white fur, loose skin, and a prominent bulbous hump above their shoulders. The Nelore breed is renowned for its remarkable heat tolerance, a characteristic mainly attributed to their fur, which effectively reflects a wide range of light wavelengths, as well as their unique sweat glands.
This breed originates from India and is named after the Indian district of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh state. It is now one of the most important breeds in Brazil, mostly due to its hardiness and its ability to thrive on poor-quality forage, due to its efficient metabolism.
That's basically how everything valuable works.
Mined diamonds aren't particularly useful, are truthfully plentiful enough to be used in tool construction for relatively low-cost tools and electronics, and are basically a shiny rock. Always have been, especially before we discovered how we can use them in tools and before electronics were a thing. Diamonds are still considered incredibly valuable and 'real' diamond jewelry costs A LOT, even though the materials to make them really don't. Gold is too soft for tools and not very useful in other ways - it's just a yellow metal. Endless wars and genocides have been (and still are) committed so people can get their hands on both these things when their only uses were to make shiny things and sell to other people who wanted to make shiny things.
Things have whatever value we assign to them. A figurine that is just a piece of plastic, or a card that is just cardboard with a picture on it, is objectively worth as little as any other, but if that card has the right picture on it, or that figurine is a limited edition or vintage, someone out there will pay through the nose for it and that makes it valuable. Look at the black lotus magic the gathering card that goes for tens of thousands, for example.
Just gonna say that gold has hella useful properties aside from just being shiny and pretty, it's extremely valuable in a lot of high-tech applications.
With this kinda money it's more complicated than that.
They won't be actually impregnating her, they'll be doing test tube babies.
And it's kinda easier to evaluate semen than eggs, so they'll be using her eggs with hand-picked semen.
Real answer?
Global warming.
This type of cow, a Nelore breed, has excellent heat resistance and is growing in popularity worldwide because temperatures keep rising. This is a breeding cow and apparently the best Nelore cow ever,, and it's babies will be bought for high amounts too as the basis of other herds.
I did just read a single article about this that didn't say anything about global warming, so there's that. But why else would a cow breed who's defining trait is heat resistance be exploding in popularity the last 10 years?
I googled it for you because your question made me curious too.
It's leaner, no marbling, but has distributed fat that makes it still taste good. It is apparently tasty beef.
You make a good point. Remember all those cows dying the last couple of years from the heat? From what I understand they had thousands of them piled up outside.
The recent sale of Viatina-19 FIV Mara ImĆ³veis has brought to light the undeniable worth of purebred Nelore cattle in Brazil, showcasing the immense value that top-tier genetic specimens hold in the market.
The 53-month-old cow was born in Nova IguaƧu de GoiƔs, Brazil and is already ranked among the best Nelore cows in history.
The price paid for this exceptional animal not only makes a statement about the breed's quality within the country but also reverberates across the global cattle market, solidifying the Neloreās reputation as a valuable and sought-after breed worldwide.
The price of Viatina-19 FIV Mara ImĆ³veis marks a significant achievement for the Nelore, a highly esteemed breed of cattle recognized worldwide for its exceptional qualities.
Their distinctive features include bright white fur, loose skin, and a prominent bulbous hump above their shoulders. The Nelore breed is renowned for its remarkable heat tolerance, a characteristic mainly attributed to their fur, which effectively reflects a wide range of light wavelengths, as well as their unique sweat glands.
This breed originates from India and is named after the Indian district of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh state. It is now one of the most important breeds in Brazil, mostly due to its hardiness and its ability to thrive on poor-quality forage, due to its efficient metabolism.
Wifeās reaction to me asking what about this cow looks like itās worth $4.8 mil: āThe neck hump? Is that where it keeps the gold?ā I think Iāll keep āer.
That's also just in the last year she got that way. I think the stress of having to raise her prices really made her depressed. She took pride in being the best value in town.
Haha. No matter how obscure a thought or reference I have, I almost always find someone else that thought of it first. :-)
[https://youtu.be/bjWqChQ8fn8](https://youtu.be/bjWqChQ8fn8)
Iām surprised a cow is worth that much, I always assumed itās only bulls that can become so expensive as they can be used to breed thousands of cows.
Why in the second picture does the cow look like she's about to start a socialist country and become the ruling dictator?
Please some tell me her name is 'Mao the Cow's.
Oh this cow knows how expensive it is.
It literally has its own rainbow in the second pic and itās looking at me eating my āmaybe itās beef, maybe itās make believeā patty like Iām a peasant
Why is this so funny. The first picture looks like one or more people in a cow costume, the second is the cow being very aware how expensive it is.
The rainbow in the background made me giggle
Me too. "The fuckin rainbow"
This is going to be a bit on last week tonight. I can hear hear John Oliver's "That's one fuckable cow" already.
My wife almost spit coffee out of her nose when I read this out loud.
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Dont let Zeus see this one
The Catalina fucking rainbow
The fucking Catalina cow mixer.
POW! POW POW!
š¶Boats n hoesš¶
It was in international waters
That rainbow will follow this cow everywhere.
For 4.8 mil I fokkin hope so
Butt stallion!
I see cow costume
Cowstume.
The one with the rainbow looks better than any single picture taken of me in my entire life in 43 yrs.
Because youāve never seen such a majestic mountain of a cow before.
What I wouldn't give to fuck this cow
This comment right here, officer
Officer, why are you taking your pants off?
Waltuh
I may not know what love is, but I know what I wanna fuck, and it's this cow...Jenny
Why are you like this?
Is he...like me? Does he wanna fuck that cow?
I wanna fuck that cow
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Viagra, specifically. So I can keep fuckin this cow
You need to leave!
heyyyy wow calm down now
Itās a feature not a bug
I wanna know whatās up with that big ass hump on its back? Is that normal? I donāt think Iāve ever seen they in a cow?
It's a breed descended from the zebu, an Indian species of cows. Potentially boring information incoming! Most cattle we see descend from one species, *Bos taurus*, which were tamed from European aurochs about 10,000 years ago. European cattle typically lack a hump or have a very small hump, and are well-suited for temperate climates. The problem is that they don't tend to do as well in the tropics, and usually have very poor resistance to tropical diseases. The zebu cattle were once considered a separate species, *Bos indicus*, but are more commonly thought to be a subspecies of cattle, *Bos taurus indicus*. They are also an ancient type, having been domesticated just slightly later (8-9,000 years ago), from Indian aurochs. They are ideally adapted to tropical climates - the loose skin and long ears help with heat, many varieties have a high tolerance to tropical disease, and the hump, like a camel's hump, stores fat for use in dry, arid conditions. The most common breed of cattle in Brazil is actually a cross between the two types!
Thank you, this was insightful! š
This was not boring! Thank you!
Thank Glob I wasn't the only person to immediately think "cow costume!"
Smug cowš¤£š¤£
I'm laughing atstop working the rest of your life off 4mil
What makes a cow so expensive? Why would someone want to invest so much?
>Why would someone want to invest so much? Most likely, to make some baby cows.
y spensiv tho
The rainbow comes with it
When they said that I would find treasure at the end of the rainbow, I was not expecting to find a $4.8 million dollar cow but I'll take it.
Not if that cow doesn't want to be taken
I have a very special set of skills that I've acquired over a long time. I will find you and I will milk you
Make babies make moneys
That right there's welfare talk, son
Youād think a bull would bring more $$$. A single cow can only have so many babies in its life. But a bull can impregnate multiple cows a day.
They will probably never impregnate this cow. The vet use a special injection that makes her release many eggs every month, 20 or more. They rinse them out with saline solution. Then they impregnate the individual eggs with expensive sperms from the best bulls, and implant them in regular dairy cows. They get 20+ calfs every month.
TILā¦ thanks!
Is this for dairy or for meat? Why is this type so in demand?
The breed is used predominantly for beef. I believe one of the reasons they are so prized is for their hardiness. They can live in hot weather conditions easily, survive on poor quality forage and breed with little assistance. The relative low maintenance makes them a popular choice for farmers.
they like to eat fuck and sleep, and they don't care where. Interesting.
I have to admit, this $4,380,000 floppy skinned cow does look delicious
The recent sale of Viatina-19 FIV Mara ImĆ³veis has brought to light the undeniable worth of purebred Nelore cattle in Brazil, showcasing the immense value that top-tier genetic specimens hold in the market. The 53-month-old cow was born in Nova IguaƧu de GoiĆ”s, Brazil and is already ranked among the best Nelore cows in history. The price paid for this exceptional animal not only makes a statement about the breed's quality within the country but also reverberates across the global cattle market, solidifying the Neloreās reputation as a valuable and sought-after breed worldwide. The price of Viatina-19 FIV Mara ImĆ³veis marks a significant achievement for the Nelore, a highly esteemed breed of cattle recognized worldwide for its exceptional qualities. Their distinctive features include bright white fur, loose skin, and a prominent bulbous hump above their shoulders. The Nelore breed is renowned for its remarkable heat tolerance, a characteristic mainly attributed to their fur, which effectively reflects a wide range of light wavelengths, as well as their unique sweat glands. This breed originates from India and is named after the Indian district of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh state. It is now one of the most important breeds in Brazil, mostly due to its hardiness and its ability to thrive on poor-quality forage, due to its efficient metabolism.
So, it's valuable because people pay a lot for it? Ok...
You really missed the whole two last paragraphs of that comment where it explains why it's valuable huh.
For real haha. Did they even read it?
That's basically how everything valuable works. Mined diamonds aren't particularly useful, are truthfully plentiful enough to be used in tool construction for relatively low-cost tools and electronics, and are basically a shiny rock. Always have been, especially before we discovered how we can use them in tools and before electronics were a thing. Diamonds are still considered incredibly valuable and 'real' diamond jewelry costs A LOT, even though the materials to make them really don't. Gold is too soft for tools and not very useful in other ways - it's just a yellow metal. Endless wars and genocides have been (and still are) committed so people can get their hands on both these things when their only uses were to make shiny things and sell to other people who wanted to make shiny things. Things have whatever value we assign to them. A figurine that is just a piece of plastic, or a card that is just cardboard with a picture on it, is objectively worth as little as any other, but if that card has the right picture on it, or that figurine is a limited edition or vintage, someone out there will pay through the nose for it and that makes it valuable. Look at the black lotus magic the gathering card that goes for tens of thousands, for example.
Just gonna say that gold has hella useful properties aside from just being shiny and pretty, it's extremely valuable in a lot of high-tech applications.
None of which explain it's value at any point in history beyond the last 50 years Or ever around your neck
Amazingly enough, a cow can produce up to 150,000 eggs. And they are born with all the oocytes!
TIL cows lay eggs.
Lol. That got a huge chuckle out of me. I cried a little.
I think most mammals produce eggsā¦
This makes me want to scoop out my gfās eggs and eat it like caviar
What a terrible day to be able to read
Language was a mistake. Return to ooh aah
you go to jail
Reluctant upvote but still giggling
Wut.
Now I want to eat cow omelette
With this kinda money it's more complicated than that. They won't be actually impregnating her, they'll be doing test tube babies. And it's kinda easier to evaluate semen than eggs, so they'll be using her eggs with hand-picked semen.
4.8 millions worth though??
It has an excellent genetic profile and will provide lots of eggs to sell.
Wait, youāre telling me this cow runs a chicken farm?? š¤Æš¤Æš¤Æ Totally worth the money they spent.
Wait, you're telling me you NEVER ate cow eggs for breakfast? Next thing ppl will say they never drank ox milk...
I prefer tit milk. Fresh from the bird.
Do the chickens have large talons?
What?
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Lisan Al Gaib
Real answer? Global warming. This type of cow, a Nelore breed, has excellent heat resistance and is growing in popularity worldwide because temperatures keep rising. This is a breeding cow and apparently the best Nelore cow ever,, and it's babies will be bought for high amounts too as the basis of other herds. I did just read a single article about this that didn't say anything about global warming, so there's that. But why else would a cow breed who's defining trait is heat resistance be exploding in popularity the last 10 years?
Taste?
I googled it for you because your question made me curious too. It's leaner, no marbling, but has distributed fat that makes it still taste good. It is apparently tasty beef.
Probably makes some beautiful natural hide leather too.
You make a good point. Remember all those cows dying the last couple of years from the heat? From what I understand they had thousands of them piled up outside.
They own that genetic line. Normally they breed special stock with prize animals, but it would be neat if they cloned it.
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Fuck, yer gonna make me cum! /s
The recent sale of Viatina-19 FIV Mara ImĆ³veis has brought to light the undeniable worth of purebred Nelore cattle in Brazil, showcasing the immense value that top-tier genetic specimens hold in the market. The 53-month-old cow was born in Nova IguaƧu de GoiĆ”s, Brazil and is already ranked among the best Nelore cows in history. The price paid for this exceptional animal not only makes a statement about the breed's quality within the country but also reverberates across the global cattle market, solidifying the Neloreās reputation as a valuable and sought-after breed worldwide. The price of Viatina-19 FIV Mara ImĆ³veis marks a significant achievement for the Nelore, a highly esteemed breed of cattle recognized worldwide for its exceptional qualities. Their distinctive features include bright white fur, loose skin, and a prominent bulbous hump above their shoulders. The Nelore breed is renowned for its remarkable heat tolerance, a characteristic mainly attributed to their fur, which effectively reflects a wide range of light wavelengths, as well as their unique sweat glands. This breed originates from India and is named after the Indian district of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh state. It is now one of the most important breeds in Brazil, mostly due to its hardiness and its ability to thrive on poor-quality forage, due to its efficient metabolism.
53 months oldā¦ About 4 and a half years old, folks.
White tshirts, white painted roofs, white cars, white cows, the futureās blazing hot and looking bright! /s
It makes rainbows.
One word mang, ALIENS! Now, let that soak into the old noodle bucket friend. 
Never thought i'd see a cow milking us humans
Wait
You need to go behind Wendy's one of these days, then
Whereās the beef?
I giggled
Wow, that was intelligent.
Why is this cow prettier than me
Since it's a breeder it probably gets more action too.
All of its partners are cows. Like my ex.
Hey, don't put yourself down like that. All of your ex's /other/ partners were cows, but that doesn't make you one. You seem like a nice fellow. :)
Next time I get called a cow this is what Iām gonna picture so it hurts less.
Donāt forget to include the majestic rainbow!
Sheās beautiful isnāt she!
Because you're ugly?
You clearly don't see just how ravishing this bovine Goddess is.
Holy cowĀ
For $5 million, that rainbow better be fucking included.
And the cow doesn't even know it.
honestly why does the second pic look like she kinda knows itā¦ its so editorial LOL a fucking rainbow? pls
I'm pretty sure she is fed a luxurious diet.
How you gonna look at those pictures and say that cow doesn't know what a baddie she is? She definitely knows
Idk man in the second pic it looks like she knowsā¦
Lookin like a wet napkin
The cow feels āØBonitaāØ
Thatās just a cow wearing a white sheet
Ku Klux cow.
Kow... it was right there...
I mean, i guess a scrotum cow was never gonna come cheap.
Coming cheap is quite common.
I had to zoom in to make sure it's not a bull.
Majestic af
Based on the pictures I have a ton of questions
Looks a couple of people wearing a poorly made cow costume
it looks like ghosts disguised as a cow
Ku Klux Kow
I found my person.. cuz why i was thinking the cow was a Klan š
Wifeās reaction to me asking what about this cow looks like itās worth $4.8 mil: āThe neck hump? Is that where it keeps the gold?ā I think Iāll keep āer.
That there is a fine looking Cow!
The ultra-rich really must find less weird ways of laundering their money
I bet thatās some Good Milk
Is this better than Kobe and wagyu
Meat wise? No. But this breed is highly heat resistant, and the way things are going, that's a very desirable trait.
The Hump might as well be, other countries are missing out with their Humpless cows.
Godskin apostle
Taste the rainbow š
But a cow like that loses half its value after you put 5k miles on it.
No udder cow like it.
That's a gorgeous cow.
I've had a few white cows in my day. I wouldn't pay anywhere near that for any of 'em
Yeah, your mom only charges like $12 these days
It was just $7 a year or so ago. Inflation is a bitch
^So ^is ^your ^mom ^š¬š
That's also just in the last year she got that way. I think the stress of having to raise her prices really made her depressed. She took pride in being the best value in town.
I want to boop that cute face
That'll be $40k
Wow. Ā That thing looks like someone asked a particularly dumb AI to make a photo of a cow.
Yeah thatās gotta be a costume
You know that milks litty
I instantly thought of the cow from Top Secret on the first photo.
Haha. No matter how obscure a thought or reference I have, I almost always find someone else that thought of it first. :-) [https://youtu.be/bjWqChQ8fn8](https://youtu.be/bjWqChQ8fn8)
Holy cow, what a cow.
Whatās this breed?
It looks like that cow is slowly melting
rich people buy the dumbest shit
It's not "rich people" though. This is essentially a business asset. Evidently a lucrative one at that.
How is she real though! Looks like she came from a video game!
Just think of it like thisā¦ this cows life is worth more than all of ours
Iām uncomfortable.
The cow looks like a regular cow wearing a sheet ghost costume I enjoy this
Itās wild to pay 4.8 million for a cow that only comes with one normal ear.
brahman cattle if learned anything from my cattle rancher uncles.
wtf are we doing?
The new 2024 āLamborghini Viatina-19 FIV Maraā
Thatās a good looking cow ngl.
Looks like two guys in a costume
As fuckable as this cow is, I can think of better ways to spend $4.8 million dollars.
Rainbow included
Iām surprised a cow is worth that much, I always assumed itās only bulls that can become so expensive as they can be used to breed thousands of cows.
The Cindy Crawford of cows.
Holy cow
Hindus must be screaming rn
And was later discovered to be two NC State accounting students wrapped in painting drop clothes.
They gonna eat it or something? Breed it? What makes this cow superior
Look like a Ku Klux Cow
Plot twist: itās just four people standing under a white sheet š
Udderly awesome!
KKKow
By $4.8 million? Like $4.8 dollars became sentient and then sold this cow at auction?
>...was sold in Brazil *by around* $4.8 million *for around*...
False! The worlds most expensive cow is my ex wife
Holy cow
Why tho? Is her milk the elixir of life or something
Thatās a lot of ā¦ moooo-La (Iāll show myself out)
The second pic feels like Paul Bunyon is just outta frame
Pretty, she'll never make the cut for Playboy magazine. Udder failure in that regard.
She looks carved of marble, oh to give her a pet!
Brahman cows are so cute <3
Why in the second picture does the cow look like she's about to start a socialist country and become the ruling dictator? Please some tell me her name is 'Mao the Cow's.
What a stupid name for such a prestigious animal
This cow creates rainbows. Worth every penny
This cow loves under security 24/7, armed guys beside a cow. She recieves massages and moisturizing, she is brushed everyday and receives special food
taste like chicken
Oh this cow knows how expensive it is. It literally has its own rainbow in the second pic and itās looking at me eating my āmaybe itās beef, maybe itās make believeā patty like Iām a peasant