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Here's what the animals we eat looked like before we started breeding them

Tanya LewisFeb 19, 2016, 21:30 IST

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When you take a bite of steak or munch on a turkey drumstick, you probably don't think about the animal it came from.

We've been eating animals for millennia, but generations of breeding have given rise to farm animals that look pretty different from their wild ancestors.

From turkeys and chickens to cows and sheep, here's how some of the most common animals we eat looked in the past versus today: