You’d be surprised how quiet a cow can be when it wants to. Once when I was collecting a water sample in a pond I saw there were cows a fair distance across the field, and in the minute or so of stopping and squatting it took me to find a way to get the sample without getting covered in mud, a group of fully grown cows had silently crept up to within about 10 feet of me to stare at me like As soon as I stood up I was a person again and they lost interest in me. Definitely raised my heart rate a bit!
I love this story. Do you have any other interesting cow anecdotes or surprising cow facts you’d be willing to share? I’m a cow fan, but I don’t have much direct experience with them.
They’ll keep wanting to play when they’re under a year old even when they weigh 500+ pounds, which can be a little intimidating! They’re super curious even as adults, if you leave a large exercise ball in their enclosure they’ll chase it around and headbutt it. They also have incredibly rough tongues, like a cat’s tongue times 10.
They have a very rough tongue. Having them lick the inside of your hand is fine, but the moment they lick the outside of the hand or your arm once, it causes a small rash.
You’d be surprised how quiet a cow can be when it wants to. Once when I was collecting a water sample in a pond I saw there were cows a fair distance across the field, and in the minute or so of stopping and squatting it took me to find a way to get the sample without getting covered in mud, a group of fully grown cows had silently crept up to within about 10 feet of me to stare at me like As soon as I stood up I was a person again and they lost interest in me. Definitely raised my heart rate a bit!
“Clever girl.”
I love this story. Do you have any other interesting cow anecdotes or surprising cow facts you’d be willing to share? I’m a cow fan, but I don’t have much direct experience with them.
They’ll keep wanting to play when they’re under a year old even when they weigh 500+ pounds, which can be a little intimidating! They’re super curious even as adults, if you leave a large exercise ball in their enclosure they’ll chase it around and headbutt it. They also have incredibly rough tongues, like a cat’s tongue times 10.
Cows can use tools: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0n127y74go
They have a very rough tongue. Having them lick the inside of your hand is fine, but the moment they lick the outside of the hand or your arm once, it causes a small rash.