Terrific story, wwh, and very well-written. Makes me long to breathe in the scent of cranberries. I liked this part especially:

Challenges are most often dealt with through posturing and display of antlers. Whoever looks the biggest wins.

Of course, the writer went on to describe situations in which the bulls fight and injure each other, sometimes fatally. But I like this part above that indicates that sometimes size itself wards off battles.

Bingley, I found the use of 'breed' in the quote you mentioned odd, too. I think of farmers breeding animals (and, please, y'all, no chicken/sheep comments), but I don't think of animals breeding each other. Must check a dictionary.