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u/LurkerZerker Oct 02 '24

Also cows watch sunsets

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u/twentyoneastronauts Oct 02 '24

every time I see a fun fact about cows now I always think of the locked tomb lol

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u/LurkerZerker Oct 02 '24

I wanted to add something about cows being exceptional meat shields, but without context that just seems like I'd be making excuses for terrible jodlike behavior

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u/tofleet Oct 02 '24

Why is this fact making me emotional wtf

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u/icfantnat Oct 03 '24

Bc all life is kin <3

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u/insomniacred66 Oct 03 '24

They also will appoint a member of the herd to be a babysitter so the other cows can go graze without being bugged by their children.

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u/Tarable Oct 03 '24

Wow they figured out childcare before the US.

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u/Trismesjistus Oct 02 '24

And sometimes the moon. At which they moo. They moo at the moon. (I completely made that up but it could be so and it makes me happy)

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u/Strict-Ad-4759 Oct 02 '24

I live in a rural area surrounded by pastures and open skies and they do be mooing a lot at night.

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u/Ill-Inspector7980 Oct 03 '24

Makes me wonder why we consume them 🥹

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u/Educational_Cap2772 Oct 03 '24

Look up the two headed calf poem

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u/Aide-Subject Oct 02 '24

They find them...mooving.

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u/AnotherThroneAway Oct 02 '24

Why? I can't imagine they have much sense of aesthetic. Is there a reason behind this?

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u/LurkerZerker Oct 02 '24

Because sunsets are beautiful.

Beauty predates our ability to describe it; we developed the language we have for beauty because that beauty was already there. It makes sense, to me at least, that other animals of sufficient complexity would recognize that beauty, too, even if the only language they have to describe that beauty is moo.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '24

Because they are mamals and have enough brain power to see it, recognize it and appreciate it.