Barnsford Ferny is double the weight of most other bulls and has enough meat on him to make 45,000 Big Macs. Standing at an impressive 7ft in height, the bulky bovine, who is used for stud, has sired 150 calves in the last year.
Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia. Originating in eastern Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab, which empties into the Persian Gulf.
The Tigris is the more easterly of the two rivers that defined Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. Starting in the mountains of eastern turkey, it runs through Iraq to join up with the Euphrates and flow into the Persian Gulf.he Euphrates is described as the southernmost of the two rivers, but also appears on maps to the west of the Tigris. It starts in eastern Turkey, flows through Syria and into Mesopotamia (Iraq) before joining the Tigris to flow into the Persian Gulf. More Â».