Argument on Ancient Misconception, "Bulls Hate Red Color" (Essay Sample)

Bulls Hate Red Color
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Bulls Hate Red Color
As an ancient misconception, matadors use capes during bullfights, and they perceive that the red color angers bulls. Bulls, just like any other cattle, are blind. They are not able to differentiate between colors. It is not the color of the red cape that makes the bulls to charge at the matadors. Bulls get angry because of the movement of the mantle. As an aggressive breed, specific movements get them angry, and thus they respond by attacking the people. Hence, this paper looks into details the misconception on bulls hate for the red color.
Bulls belong to a bovine family, a quadruped mammal with a robust body, prominent horns protruding from its head and have short hair. Bulls and cows are perceived as popular breeding farm animals. Bulls, on the other hand, is widely used in sports and for decades, as an attraction in bullfighting sport. However, the game is slowly fading because it is associated with cruelty and pain that the bull is eventually introduced. The notion of bulls hates red color has spread as a result of the evolution of the cruel animal sport. The origin of the misconception dates back in the 1700s, the age of Spanish bullfighting sport. The sport involved two participants, the bull and the fighter who was dressed as a prince in red attire. The opponent used a red cape which he waved to attract the bull’s attention. The bull would then charge at the fighter fiercely towards the red cape CITATION DoB \l 1033 (Do Bulls Hate the Color Red?) . However, bulls have no color preferences, but they would charge at any moving object, and thus the myth is not true. The red color used by matadors helps them to mask the disgusting splash of blood emanating from the bull’s injuries.
Moreover, scientists have diverse opinions regarding the misconception of bull’s care about the red color. Bull alongside other cattle cannot separate between red, green or any other color. This has been approved when the Discovery Channel’s MythBusters performed a live experiment in 2007 CITATION Bro12 \l 1033 (Brooke, 2012) . They stationed three flags with different colors, i.e. red, blue and white in a bull’s arena. To their surprise, the bull did not select the red color but charged at all the three flags. The second