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 total area equipped for irrigation in the Euphrates Tigris River Basin is estimated to be around 6.5 7 million ha, of which Iraq accounts for approximately 53 percent, the Islamic Republic of Iran for 18 percent, Turkey for 15 percent and the Syrian Arab Republic for 14 percent.