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Come think over in Southeast Asia as we talk about the Kting Voar - a cryptid cow that has special twisted horns and supposedly eats snakes. As recently as the early 2000s zoologists have been debating whether or not a species of snake-eating cow exists in Cambodia and Vietnam. Learn all about the scientific controversy surrounding this legendary animal in this episode. Article references: Locking Horns - Hassanin, et al., Nature, 2002 Phnom Penh Journal; Cambodia's Mystery, the Horns That Never Were - Mydans, NY TImes, 2002. Pseudonovibos spiralis (Artiodactyla: Bovidae): new infomration on this enigmatic South-east Asian ox - Timm, et al., J. Zool., Lond, 2001 Horny Dilemma -Science, 2001. Debate on the authenticity of Pseudonovibos spiralis as a new species of wild bovid from Vietnam and Cambodia - Brandt, et al., J. Zool., Lond, 2001.