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«——【Preamble】】 ——»
We often hear the phrase "no buying, no killing". The original meaning of this sentence is that it is precisely because there is a certain thirst for those wild animals that there are those hateful poachers who poach them.
The most famous animals persecuted by poachers are the rhinoceros and elephants. The poachers will do anything to get their hands on their horns and teeth.
This also makes the public have a lot of prejudice against animal horns, but in fact, in daily life, there is such an animal horn, which has a very wide range of functions, and the means obtained are also legal and compliant. So, what kind of animal horn is it, and what are its uses?
«——【Why do cows grow horns·】——»
I believe that many people have had such a question when they were young: that is, why do our common animals such as cows and sheep have two hard horns on their heads? Don't those horns make them feel heavy? In particular, cow horns have a lot of use for us humans, and the main object of this article is also bull horns.
Let's first explain "why cows grow horns". First of all, various cattle animals and various sheep animals are very common domestic livestock nowadays. Among them, cattle and buffaloes are the most common. It is important to know that cattle have a very important historical position in the history of the continent, especially in ancient times, cattle cannot be easily slaughtered, and it is an important property of a family.
The reason why cattle can have such an important social status in ancient times is that the mainland has been a big agricultural country since ancient times, and agricultural production is the top priority of the whole society, and cattle can be used as a means of production to promote agricultural production.
The importance of cattle is not questioned, biologically speaking, cattle are a type of mammal, belonging to the name of the artiodactyls. Sheep and deer, which also have horns and antlers, also belong to the artiodactyls. However, if you divide it downward, these three animals belong to the "horned suborder" under the "Ruminant order".
According to the results of scientific research, this kind of professional term is called "horned suborder" animal category, and the animal breeds under this animal category can be said to have hard horns in their brains. It can be said that it is the only group of mammals on the earth with horns on its head. Their horns are biologically called "bony appendages".
Their horns are fundamentally different from rhinoceros horns. The rhinoceros is similar to the three animals mentioned earlier, and they are not creatures of the same subject. The rhinoceros also does not belong to the horned suborder, its horns are slowly derived from its own skin, and are not bony like cattle.
The structure of the horn is that there is a core structure inside it, and the structure of this core is made of bone. It also has a sheath on the outside.
This layer of sheath not only fixes the external shape of the horn, but also allows the subsequent growth direction of the horn to grow together with the shape of the sheath. At the same time, this keratin sheath also plays a protective role, so that the inner core is stabilized and protected. Horns are lifelong, just like our teeth, they can't regenerate if they fall out.
We all know artiodactyls, all of which are herbivorous animal species. In nature's food chain, herbivores are no longer at the bottom of the food chain, but herbivores are still a vulnerable animal group. After all, many large carnivorous wild animals, in the process of fireworks for thousands of years, have covered up a powerful attack power, such as the claws of bears.
These are the basic livelihoods of those large carnivorous animals, and in the face of such an existential threat, those animals with horns have evolved horns of various shapes in their brains. These horns can be used as their defense and offensive support, so that they have a certain ability to counterattack powerful enemies in the wild.
This is how the famous bullfighting event came about. And the horns on their heads have also evolved into other uses, such as cows can use the horns on the top of their heads as props to show their charm when mating. For the cows themselves, the horns are a part of their body and play an important role in their daily lives.
«——【·牛角的用途·】——»
Horns play an irreplaceable role for the cattle themselves. So, from another point of view, what kind of use does the horn have for us humans? What many people don't know is that the horn that we think is useless actually has many uses in society. The first use of horn is that it is a medicinal herb of traditional Chinese medicine in traditional Chinese medicine.
Don't underestimate the horns, Chinese medicine practitioners have long discovered that horns can be used as medicinal materials to treat some diseases. The use of horn is recorded in many ancient medical books, such as "Luchuan Materia Medica", "Rihuazi Materia Medica" and other medical books have detailed written records.
The second use of horn is that it can be used as a daily necessities and a raw material for some handicrafts. As mentioned earlier, the horn itself is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, in other words, the horn has a certain pharmacological effect, and the horn with a certain pharmacological effect is used to make a comb or a scraping board.
Long-term use is beneficial to our body's own health. It is precisely because of the horn comb and horn scraping board that they have a promoting effect on human health. Let them win the favor of consumers in the market, and the production of combs and gua sha boards is the most important production and processing channel for horns.
There is a lot of demand in the market, which means that this is a profitable way to make a lot of economic profits. Many criminals who want to use improper means to get more profits will carry out the counterfeiting of horn combs.
This has resulted in a large number of fakes on the horn comb market. It has dealt a serious blow to the reputation of the horn comb industry, and also made consumers question the quality of the horn comb. I'll give you some ways to distinguish the real from the fake. The first way to identify this is to rub the horn comb against our hair.
Then place the rubbed horn comb on top of the piece of paper, if the piece of paper is sucked up, it means that the horn comb is a fake. Horn is a substance that prevents static electricity, and combs made from it do not react electrostatically with hair, and without static electricity, they will not absorb paper pieces.
The second way to identify is to put a horn comb in clean water and look closely. If the horn comb does not react and floats directly on the water, then the horn comb is fake. The principle of this method of identification is that the density of the horn itself is higher than that of water. Putting a denser horn in clean water will only result in one result.
If the horns sink directly into the bottom of the water. This is the real horn comb. The above are two more convenient and quick ways to distinguish horn products. There are many cattle farmers who keep their horns and sell them to people who specialize in buying them.
In the countryside, the quality of the horns is very good, and it can even be sold for a high price of 100 yuan a catty. For farmers, this is the reuse of waste, which generates income for them.
In addition to the processing of those daily necessities, in fact, there are many cultural meanings of horns. For artists, they are able to make art on the horns. They are made into a variety of literary and artistic works to convey their artistic expression.
«——【·Conclusion·】——»
Horn is a very versatile item, as long as it is processed, it can produce many daily necessities, bringing certain benefits to our lives.