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Belgian Blue Cattle – Super Cow Aka Incredible Hulk Cow
Earlier on we had the incredible hulk dog, Wendy the Whippet. This time meet Belgian Blue Cattle which is famous for their double muscling due to a gene that suppresses the production of Myostatin. This breed produces extraordinary amounts of meat but critics call Belgian blues ‘monster cows’ and some countries have advocated to eliminate the strain. Check out more of Belgium Blue Cattle with 18 more pics after the jump.
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MISSIE said
July 17, 2007 @ 10:53 pm
THOSE CATTLE ARE HUGE. I WOULD HATE TO RUN INTO ONE OF THOSE AT NIGHT OR EVEN IN THE DAY TIME…LOL!
ALL I CAN REALLY SAY IS: WOW! THAT’S A LOT OF MEAT…LOL!
loooloooo said
July 17, 2007 @ 11:13 pm
watching all the assses makes me wanna go to the loo
Carnivore said
July 18, 2007 @ 2:40 am
Yummy!
phiz said
July 18, 2007 @ 3:28 am
that’s an intense and amazing feat for genetic eng.
what a beautiful new breed of beast!
and look at its balls! lol
Kilie said
July 18, 2007 @ 3:32 am
What are they feeding those animals? By the time I scroll down to the last picture I feel this urge in the pit of my stomach and I knew right then…I won’t be buying beef again or for that matter eating it.
I showed the pictures to a teenager (17 yrs.)…reaction of teen, ‘That’s disgusting’…’That’s sick’.
ARE THESE CATTLES ON SOME TYPE OF STEROID? THEY MUST BE!
It looks like an unhealthy solution for more BEEF.
raz said
July 18, 2007 @ 3:44 am
whaat the hell?!?!?!?!?!?!
what is it??
this is a little monsters!
mohaaa
me said
July 18, 2007 @ 3:58 am
if longhorns why r they muleys,show the horns,don’t cut them off.
hankmarvin said
July 18, 2007 @ 4:20 am
a picture of a normal cow stood next to the hulk one would be a good measure
matt said
July 18, 2007 @ 4:45 am
cruel cow killers, but phat batties
Christine said
July 18, 2007 @ 5:31 am
*cough* Steriods! *cough*
Huh said
July 18, 2007 @ 5:02 pm
*Cough* Gene Mutation *Cough*
gary said
July 21, 2007 @ 1:01 am
awesome animal, fantastic, wish i had a small holding, love to own some of these…
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Poor People said
August 7, 2007 @ 7:15 am
Can I get the super cow sperm? I think this cow safe.
mary said
August 15, 2007 @ 8:29 pm
Oh for goodness sake you silly people!!
The cattle are not on steroids!! This is not a new breed!!
These cattle are homozygous for a mutation at the mh locus.
This means that these cattle have mutated dna, they have inherited this disorder, which is particularly prevalent amongst Belgian Blue and Piedmontese cattle breeds.
Cattle that have a single mutated allele have a 7-8% increase in skeletal muscle mass as compared to normal individuals, and homozygous mutant cattle exhibit the “double-muscled” phenotype, like these bulls and cows.
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Jim Driver said
December 20, 2007 @ 12:15 pm
Hello, I like the looks of these cattle….I have heard about them for a long time….I have been in the cattle business all my life….good job…Merry Christmas to all Belgian Blue owners….
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Chelsea said
February 22, 2008 @ 11:11 am
calm down people. the cows arent on steroids. The scientists used natural selection. So they just took the cows with the most muscle and only bred those ones. No reason to freak.
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ryan stevens said
February 27, 2008 @ 10:47 pm
These are nice healthy animals resulted by breeding big u idiots
john said
February 29, 2008 @ 1:00 pm
took the words right out of my mouth mary, no steroids here, just a very lean animal that was bred very well.
well said ryan!
Mikie said
March 21, 2008 @ 6:31 am
Check out last week’s issue of Sports Illustrated about performance enhancing drugs & genetics. This bull is an example of a genetic phenomenon in which myostatin is suppressed. Myostatin tells muscles when to stop growing. It’s only a matter of time before this starts getting experimented with in humans, especially athletes.
Daniel said
March 23, 2008 @ 10:45 am
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Blue Cattle – Super Cow Aka Incredible Hulk Cow, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.
dilon said
March 25, 2008 @ 4:11 am
the reason they say blue cattle is that is the name of that breed of cattle belgian blue cattle.
dilon said
March 25, 2008 @ 4:14 am
these cows aren’t on steriroids they are are selectively breed to produce only the best cattle
cowlover69 said
April 9, 2008 @ 9:28 am
Those are some big ass cows
Smithy said
June 13, 2008 @ 3:57 pm
Glad we aren’t processing these beasts at the Abbatoir where i work! That’s a whole lot of rump. I hear they are a bit tough when it comes to eating and have very little fat. Wouldn’t make the A Grade here in Australia.
D Nuciforo said
June 28, 2008 @ 2:23 am
This is most disturbing. We are the cruelest of all life on this planet. These animals have been genetically altered on purpose. Don’t you people understand what a handful of rich, greedy, sick people are doing to this planet and the life forms that inhabit it. It’s again everything real!
Ellie said
August 16, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
I am doing an art/photography project and want to photograph one of these Belgian Blue cows. I am based in Belgium and have found some local farmers who breed them. I am really looking for the large bulls. Does anyone know any of the breeders in Belgium who may let me photograph one?
Martin said
September 19, 2008 @ 11:33 pm
Arent there already research beeing done relating muscle diseases? or will they only make new steroids from this… Which of course would make just any normal man feel inadequate well they got drugs for that too its an evil circle…
Martin said
September 19, 2008 @ 11:35 pm
Have to say i saw this beast in Bigger, Stronger, Faster *The side effects of being American
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jeff said
October 9, 2008 @ 11:14 pm
from what i understand they single out a gene that controls muscle growth(cant think of the name of the gene) n they retard that single gene. the result is what you see in the pictures.cows sometimes weighting 1,000 pounds more than a typical cow. then use artificial insemination and actually look sperm by sperm to make sure they are inseminating the sperms they want.
Alpha Male said
October 10, 2008 @ 11:11 pm
I happen to own 10 head of these large cattle. This is a natural mutation in this breed. They won’t make steroids out of these cattle and the meat don’t really taste up to par compared with smaller cattle, such as the angus breed. These are an amazing breed nonetheless.
Jenn C said
October 14, 2008 @ 9:21 am
These cattle are beautiful. A magnificent breed. This just show the natural process of evolution. Of course they did have a little help along the way. However, when superior breeding is accomplished, what would you suppose would be the outcome? The Belgium Blue! It is just the same when two very athletic beautiful people come together and create a child….. the same people you look up to everyday and wish you were. Get it together people and quit bitching. NOT everything is done with steroids! Read about the science before you judge it!
Don said
November 30, 2008 @ 2:01 am
OK people, enough with the ignorant steriod talk. Even the best ‘roids couldn’t do this. The reason this breed gets so big is due to a mutation that causes them to be myostatin-deficient. Myostatins are naturally ocurring proteins that limit muscular growth. Deficiancy in myostatins essentially removes the anabolic roadblock so muscular growth goes unchecked. Some may call it gross, I call it a genetic lottery winner.
sakis said
January 15, 2009 @ 4:17 am
Calm down people.In order to produce as much meat as possible scientists did a very carefull procedure which is called ”power selection”,it is a procedure which takes a lot of time and combines checking previous and future generations for their efficiency to products such as milk or,in our case,meat to bones and skin ratio.As i said this is a very long procedure,it has nothing to do with steroids.Belgian blue cattles have this gene mutation that blocks the production of myostatin,combine this with the ”power selection”program and you have this remarcable example of meat direction animals.I am an agronomist of animal production and i participated at a program of purifing a domestic animal in my country and i know what i am talking about,there is nothing to be afraid of or or to be disgussed!
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frawd said
February 11, 2009 @ 3:18 am
They have to feed this cows with milled ordinary cows to consume enough proteine.
farmer snoopdog said
February 19, 2009 @ 5:11 am
i have belgion blue cows and its all natural the meat tastes horable
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nonoy valdevieso said
February 26, 2009 @ 9:37 pm
its nice!!! how much is that belgian blue bull?
Vegetarian said
February 27, 2009 @ 3:57 am
Ewww. This is nasty):
Hardy said
February 28, 2009 @ 3:41 am
This is incredible, and if I see how proud the owners are…, I hope God will punish them, for creating such monsters!
The creators are simply monsters, too.
govindas said
April 13, 2009 @ 4:25 pm
The people who eats such meat will turn also as monsters!
The purest breed of cows are in India,eating organic grass,and giving super healthy milk.They are protected till death as they are considered as sacred….
However,due to corruption,India is exporting tons of beef…
http://nandgaon.terapad.com
C said
April 15, 2009 @ 5:15 am
I think it’s horrible. People cant genetically ruin a breed for selfish reasons. Well, they can, but they shouldn’t! The poor things are basically Show Animals or Sperm machines, thats all! The meat tastes horrible because its all muscle…
I’m surprised those cows legs dont give over, i mean, come on thats one hell of a lot of muscle to carry. It’s horribe what they do, but there aren’t any steroids involved in this. Its just not nice.
tyler coll said
May 25, 2009 @ 5:21 am
I think it’s horrible. People cant genetically ruin a breed for selfish reasons. Well, they can, but they shouldn’t! The poor things are basically Show Animals or Sperm machines, thats all! The meat tastes horrible because its all muscle…The purest breed of cows are in India,eating organic grass,and giving super healthy milk.They are protected till death as they are considered as sacred….
However,due to corruption,India is exporting tons of beef…This is incredible, and if I see how proud the owners are…, I hope God will punish them, for creating such monsters!
The creators are simply monsters, too
john saals said
May 29, 2009 @ 5:08 pm
cruelty to the max, breeders should be charged !
fragge said
June 16, 2009 @ 9:05 am
Cruelty? What, ensuring that a beneficial gene mutation survives throughout the species rather than letting it die? Go read a bible and don’t leave your house, you’re of no use to anybody but your bestest friend.
Michelle said
June 26, 2009 @ 2:59 am
Absolutely nasty. How much food does it takes to get that monster to that size or to maintain that bulk and how much shit and methane gas does that beast produce in a day? I’m thinking this is not an environmentally friendly thing to do to the cow.
jackie said
July 27, 2009 @ 1:07 pm
OMFG! its huge
wtf said
July 30, 2009 @ 5:10 am
wtf u on. there aint no steroids involved in this or the amount of food. Take 7th form bio and learn something before u comment on something dat u dnt have a clue about. This is selective breeding and has been done ever since the first farm was created. U eat genetically modified stuff every day!!!
amber said
August 1, 2009 @ 1:46 am
they are beautiful! i only heard about them from watching about the worlds strongest toddler. do u think he was genetically altered? NO! he was born the same way, so lay off. he’s a beautiful little boy.
Blanche Greene said
August 13, 2009 @ 6:37 am
That is reallllly gross! They have large… parts.
Small Time Operator said
October 21, 2009 @ 4:02 am
Is there any distribution point in the U.S.A. that one may purchase comperable cuts (Sirloins) to cook ourselves just to see what the real taste comparisons may be? Or are these used as the fillers in dog food manufacturing? Or are any actually, really available in the real world for consumption? They almost look like portraits, something that was never intended for real world usage, just to prove that hybridizing is doable and for artsy tabloiding style sensationalism.
Animal Care Student said
October 27, 2009 @ 11:24 pm
This isn’t natural its a result of selective breeding. Us humans made them this way and they live life in agony as a result of it. Its horrible.
amy said
November 5, 2009 @ 10:48 pm
its just selective breeding its took generations for these cows to get like this,…they just pick the largest out of the heard and breed them and theyve carried this on for years and this is the outcome of it…in these days though there genetic engineering and all sorts to get these cows larger and beefier before there born
rachel said
November 11, 2009 @ 8:43 am
They have a mutation… its not a selective breeding thing, they just are prone to a genetic disorder. Its not painful for them, and they don’t taste good either, cause all that muscle leave little room for fat, which is why beef tastes good.
Shane said
December 4, 2009 @ 9:46 pm
These are not monsters nor are they the cause of excess steroids. They are a breed of cow created by cross breeding and it has no adverse health effects on them.
They merely produce more muscle and stay lean. I bet half of you are over weight fat-asses who are jealous they couldn’t be born with a mutated gene that made them lean.
It is a myostatin mutation. It was not done on purpose. This same mutation is found in whippets (breed of dog) and has been found in humans as well. A boy was born with this fantastic mutation in 1999. As a 4 year old boy, he had the strength of some adults.
He is also healthy with no other known problems. He was genetically altered either.
And they have been studied in order to discover cured to muscular dystrophy which can be caused by many diseases. Their meat is also valued for its leaness. You know, low fat. Thats a good thing. Maybe more of you should consider eating less fat.
Whoever calls these creatures freaks or their owners should be punished……Seriously, get a life.
imran said
December 10, 2009 @ 3:42 pm
very very beautiful cows.
luis carrillo said
January 29, 2010 @ 6:45 am
this is selective breeding adn thisis actually very healthy since they have alot of muscle. this would make alot more beef but the owners wont let there great work over all these years get turned into beef tho.
Crum said
March 16, 2010 @ 2:23 am
I’m frightened that the Pit bull needs a particular type of proprietor…these dogs, regardless of how ‘supporting’ nevertheless have teeth, are still animals without moral concepts and once they DO bite, won’t let go. As in all creatures…some tend to be more suseptable to instinctual behavior and time and time again, this breed tends to accomplish just that.
nicole perk said
May 23, 2010 @ 4:24 am
shit that cow is huge
Luinserke said
June 4, 2010 @ 8:40 am
Those are some beautiful animals and they are so sweet and docile when worked with. They, and Brahman, are some of my favorite cattle to work with. And for those of you whom are saying that this is cruel and that the people who breed them are ruining the cows and giving them horrible lives where they have to live with a painful mutation, I must say it simply isn’t so. These cows are just as happy as any other breed when treated right, like any other animal or person. They eat more, true, but they are not in any pain from their physique and get along just fine. Don’t spout ignorant nonsense and try studying your subject matter rather than making foolish judgments based off a few images.
tom said
August 26, 2010 @ 8:47 am
cow-tippers beware!!
Delaware Jim said
September 1, 2010 @ 5:34 pm
Can’t weight until elderly people start using this technique to get bulked up, ripped, and fit in terms of their cardio-vascular systems. You will be able to play touch football with your great grandfather. And he’ll have the time to work on some pretty good pass routes. He may even want to play tackle without pads, as guys in their early twenties often do. Hey Pops–put down the back of my truck! I have to go to the store!
texas matt said
September 23, 2010 @ 1:43 am
sorry to disappoint all the nay sayers of this breed of cattle but they are all natural animales they naturally pack on the muscle with no steriods and they are alot better for you thier meat is extreamly low in cholestral and in fact i looked at a sight that does nothing but rach this breed and they said its as good or better for you than a skinless chicken breast.and its all natural no chemical or any thing the normal belgium blues arent as big but still bigger than a majority of the cattle in the world these cattle are apart of somthing called selective breeding for instace the biggest most musclar bull breeds with the same type heffer and this is what you get its like filtering out the things you dont like in your stock if you want a cow that looks good and has the charictaristics you desire you get the two out of the stock that share the same stuff.
Grad Student in Biochem said
October 11, 2010 @ 4:03 am
Texas Matt has it right. This is not a product of genetic engineering. The mutation happens normally and is just a variation like how some people have blue eyes and other have brown eyes. The only difference is that the resulting difference between these cattle and others is FAR more dramatic than eye color or coat color. Some humans have the same mutation and naturally have twice as much muscle as the average human.
Ashley N said
October 19, 2010 @ 2:23 am
Ok so those of you saying its a mutation you are totally wrong!!!! this cow is one of the best things to ever happen to our meat industry!! they are going to help eliminate all the problems made by factory farming, If you have done your HW you would know that this animal is created in the same way that ALL domesticated animals have been made, selective breeding. all you have to do is get sperm from a regular cow and pin point which sperm have the gene for larger muscles, and then do it again for the next generation and again and again untill you get the size cow that you want. as for ethical issues unless ur vegan there is no need to worry about animal curelty here, they can walk, graze, play, do everything a regular size cow can do, they just have more meat, not double muscles like other people have mentioned on here their original muscles are just larger… so before you comment on sites like this….know what your talking about!!!!
repfarm said
October 22, 2010 @ 4:55 am
This is not engineered in the sense some are suggesting. It is a natural mutation that has been bred for the trait. There is one human who also has the trait from what I could look up. I think the kid is 10 yrs old now. My friends and I are interested in how that turns out. He will definately be sampled his whole life. He needs good management to ensure his future financial protection. His offspring, natural and induced would be a game changer in research of all areas.
Hakan said
November 15, 2010 @ 7:07 pm
I know it sounds insane but I really wanna bite them.
Farmer tom said
November 30, 2010 @ 4:14 am
Imagen Belgium blue on steriods
dchute said
December 11, 2010 @ 8:42 pm
this is just disgusting an inhumane. this isnt the “greatest thing to happen to the meat industry”. ITS BARELY EVEN A FREAKIN COW. My beef tastes fine the way it is. homegrown and grass fed.
Elle said
January 7, 2011 @ 12:20 am
anyone who says they are “natural” doesn’t know what they’re talking about. Natually, they wouldn’t exist anymore.
My husband and I had some of these cattle and here are the facts:
1. the bulls, the vast majority of the time, can’t even mount cows because of their own muscling, not to mention achieving penetration. In order to breed them, we had to collect semen and artificially inseminate EVERY TIME.
2. the cows usually require cesarean sections. They simply have too many complications giving birth: even if bred to a normal bull a BB cow’s birth canal is generally too narrow, and BB calves are so giant that even if the canal is normal, the calf can’t be born naturally.
natural selection would have wiped them out as a breed a while ago. They’re only perpetuated by people, and quite frankly, I felt cruel just owning them. There are whole countries that try to stop people from breeding them because of all this.
BTW, you can bite one all you want, Hakan, but their meat tastes like crap. they wouldn’t look so impressive if they looked fat, would they? the same gene that makes them so muscular inhibits fat, and fat is where taste is at. We had a large head and sold them to several suckers who were impressed by their size.
Elle said
January 7, 2011 @ 12:54 am
also, yes they were, to an extent, engineered. the modern breed as we know it was further modified in the 50′s.
i had bulls and cows both that won ribbons all over the place, and they were considered a high quality herd, so all of the above wasn’t the result of them being a bunch of rag-tag, abnormal Belgian Blues.
Y12 Student said
February 13, 2011 @ 11:19 pm
This is an extract from the Pros and Cons of the Belgian Blue paper that I am currently working on, I thought the analogy might put things in a different light for some people… :
Take for example a four legged rectangular wooden table, normally it would have ten bricks on it, which cover the whole area (five by two), consider the outcome should you increase the size and mass of these bricks by two percent, the table would be able to stand the extra weight, now consider the outcome should you increase the size of the bricks by fifty percent, the table legs would start to bow, the middle of the table sag with the weight and the bricks would over-hang the edge of the table, causing strain on the brick themselves. How much longer before the table breaks? When should you, to save the table, stop increasing the brick size?
Just a thought…
hello said
February 26, 2011 @ 3:39 pm
MmoooooOOOOOOOOOOOOO
mariuszek said
February 26, 2011 @ 7:27 pm
nice! animals on steroids
Eduardo said
April 6, 2011 @ 9:27 am
They are not on steroids! that is achieved by selective breeding of the best/ most muscular cattle over many years!
miley cyrus said
May 23, 2011 @ 8:13 am
i think you people are seriously sick! how dare you put my steroids into innocent cows! ill fucking bash you all one day and i will buy your fucking company and put steroids into your fucking bums instead of the cows hows would you fucking feel bitches! yeah thats what i thought! and dont fucking lie to people and tell them that its natural when fucking isnt you fucking douch bags!
jeffery webb said
June 1, 2011 @ 6:21 am
well look at the impressive horses genitics the same has happened now every one condems the blood line but herdia came from inbreeding cow horses and they never tried to control nor condem that
Mannnnnn said
July 22, 2011 @ 8:35 am
they are not on steroids….. -.- idiots its selective breeding, they get a girl with the most muscle with a boy with the most muscle put them together then BAM!!! you get one big baby. It takes years though….
chikin said
August 27, 2011 @ 3:09 am
lol u guys r retarded, sayin God will punish u for what u did to these poor cows. R u a vegan? do u plan on having children? lol and if u did/ do have children what if they r awesome at something, is God gonna punish u and the other parent for creating this child??? also these cows werent created by these people lol, they were created by selective genetic breeding and development conducted in Belgium by Professor Hanset at the AI Center in the Province of Liege, circa 1950.
I think these cows r awesome!
laeeq shah said
November 15, 2011 @ 4:50 pm
i want to buy bulls
Ben said
January 25, 2012 @ 2:14 pm
For everyone who says that “selective breeding” is wrong, I hope you don’t own a dog, because every single type of dog in existence today is the result of 100′s and 100′s of years of “selective breeding”. There is no such thing as a “natural” domestic dog in existence today.
Ben said
January 25, 2012 @ 2:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbcwDXhugjw&feature=player_embedded
watch this, and it will show you how much a silver fox changes in appearance in just 50 years of selective breeding, based only on how “nice” they are. If you have a domestic dog, the only reason it is domestic is because of selective breeding.
So again, if you made one of those comments about how awful you think selective breeding is, I hope you don’t own a dog.
melly j said
February 16, 2012 @ 12:32 pm
i was just wondering if the animals have a restricted life span because all their muscle would be tight on their organs
Naomi said
March 1, 2012 @ 12:47 am
Oh my god guys calm down! These cows are like freakin beautiful! Also you should see how they collect there sperm for selective breeding! It’s all mounting and condoms and ejaculation and shit phenom! YouTube that bitch up
GO USA !!!!!
billy the cow hoarder said
March 7, 2012 @ 1:51 am
these cow’s are so cute. (: