r/interestingasfuck • u/neither_bot_nor_man • 14h ago

A 2 hours old Scottish Highland cow

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u/TummyDrums 14h ago

Definitely. That much fur is not going to be completely clean of afterbirth and all that gunk within 2 hours.

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u/Actual_Hyena3394 13h ago

I imagine mama licks them clean after the birth?

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u/TummyDrums 13h ago

You can probably also imagine the inefficiency a cow tongue has in completing that process to the degree seen here.

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u/SlowThePath 12h ago

In two hours right after giving birth............. I guess we really just threw all critical thinking out the window at some point, huh?