04-23-2013, 09:16 PM
Hi, all
I simply wanted to iterate that selective horse breeding started on the steppe, pre Alexander, pre Phillip, and pre Akhal Teke. I became leary of Hyland a few years back when she concluded that a giant neolithic net was used to capture bunnys. She failed to realize that the effort in creating a huge net to capture rabbits would be futile. It's called "rabbit starvation," due to eating flesh with no fat and little protien. However, the net was probably handy for catching high-protein fish which lived in the lake near where the net remains were found. :whistle:
I simply wanted to iterate that selective horse breeding started on the steppe, pre Alexander, pre Phillip, and pre Akhal Teke. I became leary of Hyland a few years back when she concluded that a giant neolithic net was used to capture bunnys. She failed to realize that the effort in creating a huge net to capture rabbits would be futile. It's called "rabbit starvation," due to eating flesh with no fat and little protien. However, the net was probably handy for catching high-protein fish which lived in the lake near where the net remains were found. :whistle:
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
