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  • The name " water bull " has been used for either creature.
  • Folklorist Inner Hebridean islands, which demonstrates the usefulness of having a water bull.
  • As in the case of kelpies and water horses, most myths about water bulls are about males of the species.
  • The water bull is said to reproduce with standard cattle, the resulting progeny distinguishable by the small size of their ears.
  • As the woman ran towards the farm, the witch shouted to the herdsman to release the water bull from the stable.
  • A study of pre-1933 Highland folklore references to kelpies, water horses and water bulls indicated that Ness was the loch most frequently cited.
  • The Indian " Mahabharata " tells how Tarroo-ushtey water bull mates with a cow, it only calves a lump of flesh and skin without bones.
  • According to some myths, the calves of water bulls and ordinary cows ought to be killed at birth by any method other than drowning  they cannot be killed by drowning  to avoid bringing disaster to the herd.
  • Just after a calf was born to an ordinary cow, an elderly lady, later identified as a witch, advised the herdsman to keep it separate from the other cattle, presumably after she noticed its deformed ears and suspected it was a water bull.
  • The Manx water bull mating with an ordinary cow usually results in the death of the cow after she produces a dead and " rude lump of flesh and skin without bones ", whereas its Scottish counterpart produces live calves whose only deformity is apparent in their ears.
  • According to Celtic mythology scholar James MacKillop, because the calves of water bulls and ordinary cows might bring disaster to the herd, they are supposed to be killed at birth; it is impossible to kill them by drowning, so other methods have to be used.
  • Progeny resulting from a mating between a kelpie and a normal horse were impossible to drown, and could be recognised by their shorter than normal ears, a characteristic shared by the mythical water bull or " tarbh uisge " in Scottish Gaelic, similar to the Manx " tarroo ushtey ".