Horns/Fungus symbiosis as replacement for chemical fertilizers

[Guest guest]

I saw several times in NV the outer horn/sheath of bull and cow horns. They

seemed to me to be the same. Once broken or slipped off (from accidents), there

 

was a small inner horn that was covered with blood and tissues. That would

gradually harden like regular horn material (but not smooth of course).

 

It is possible that it is different once the cow has died and the horn has

dried, that the material inside hollows out. But from my experience, both cow

and bull horns are filled with another horn, blood, and other substances-not

hollow in that they are filled with nothing but not solid horn material either.

 

Also, the outer horn/sheath that has been removed in an accidend from a live

cow is thinner than one would expect. The outer horn/sheath, once removed or

seperated from the inner horn was solid up towards the tip, but again, that is

with the inner stuff removed. It is not like that when it is on the animal.

 

That's how I remember horns being. It has been awhile and I did not

thoroughly analyze them at the time--just picked them, checked them out, and

looked for

the animal it came from to check the damage.

 

-Gopal

 

In a message dated 1/1/2004 10:50:15 AM Central Standard Time,

Syamasundara (AT) pamho (DOT) net writes:

I am note sure it is right in saying that the bull horn is hollow right

through. One of our bulls lost his horn and his inner horn was significantly

smaller than the outer horn. Unfortunately we never found the outer horn and

so I cannot say for sure but it seams that the outer horn must have had some

filling in the tips much to the same degree as a cow.

 

Do you or others on this conference have any experience in this matter.

 

ys syam

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/1/2004 2:20:26 PM Central Standard Time,

Dasgopal (AT) aol (DOT) com writes:

The outer horn/sheath, once removed or

seperated from the inner horn was solid up towards the tip, but again, that

is

with the inner stuff removed. I

Correction: the outer horn was NOT solid. It was hollow but was only hollow

until the tip (must be sawed off to play trumpet).

 

-Gopal

[Guest guest]

Yes, the horn is like a fingernail, a hard outer coating over the inner bone

where the living tissue is. After cutting a horn off a dead cow, you have to

play with it a little to get the inner part to fall out.