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With great trepidation, these cows approach the Ramganga river intent on crossing it. One gets swept away through the rapids but recovers just before a major cataract. Survival of the fittest. The wild spares none. This clip, shot in Uttarakhand, amazingly captures daily but very interesting events in the wild. A group of cattle attempt to cross a mountain river called the Ramganga at Marchula. A few succeed easily. A few do not. Cattle (colloquially cows) are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius. Cattle are raised as livestock for meat (beef and veal), as dairy animals for milk and other dairy produ