The reason why red infuriates the members of the ox family is that red is the complementary colour of green, and the eyes of cattle being long fixed on herbage while feeding, when they espy anything red it impresses their sight with greatly increased intensity.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 33, 8 February 1930, Page 11 (Supplement)
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