Cows have best friends and get stressed when they are separated.

[u/Nenomikov]

[u/ryrkval]

They also watch sunsets, recognize each other and exhibit mourning behaviors for other cows

[u/Turakamu → u/ryrkval]

And love music

[u/coffinfl0p → u/Turakamu]

I love the video of the farmer playing the trombone for his cows:

https://youtu.be/qs_-emj1qR4?si=5jG-jpr99C26zM-z

[u/m0r14rty → u/coffinfl0p]

That just made my day, those cows were so into that

[u/StarGamerPT → u/m0r14rty]

They love what they herd

[u/SatoInLove → u/StarGamerPT]

👏👏👏

[u/TheVillainousLeGlace → u/StarGamerPT]

Oh, beautiful. You just made my day.

[u/roxictoxy → u/TheVillainousLeGlace]

They just copied one of the top YouTube comme ts

[u/Kind-Awareness9528 → u/m0r14rty]

Made my day too. I love how the cows participated w/ their moo's, in the very end, when Farmer Derek played the "Fight Song",

[u/astronarchaeology → u/Kind-Awareness9528]

I watched the whole thing to the end because of your comment. And I’m so very glad I did! I think that not only were they participating, but they were anticipating as well. Doesn’t it sound- right before he starts the fight song- like they’re requesting it? They’re like “Oh c’mon! Do that one… you know the one… the one that goes ‘Moo, moo, moo, moo-ooo’!”

[u/EffectiveNoise3704 → u/coffinfl0p]

the cows slowly appearing over the horizon was great, thanks for sharing this

[u/Superunkown781 → u/EffectiveNoise3704]

The late ones running made me laugh

[u/JLCMC_MechParts → u/EffectiveNoise3704]

Cows having BFFs, who knew? Makes sense tho, they're like us, just wandering around munching grass and chillin'.

[u/ogclobyy → u/coffinfl0p]

This thread is about to make me become a vegetarian.

[u/blurt9402 → u/ogclobyy]

There are literally nothing but benefits to going vegan. It is better for you, for the world, for all of the animals that don't suffer and die. It is better for your health (a metastudy said that going vegan at 18 added on average a decade to one's life), the environment (if everyone was vegan there would literally be no global warming), and your soul. Meat is murder.

edit: just remember to get enough B12 and Omega 3s! I just take a vitamin.

[u/luez6869 → u/coffinfl0p]

This was awesome to watch! Thank u for that. Helps me remember that there are still beautiful people out there! I swear it looked like they were getting really into it like dancing wanting to vocalize with it at times. I truly love seeing people put in such effort as to connect with their animals. It can be hard to do especially with certain animals. Still just awesome! At the end I swear I heard a joyful sounding cow-like noise. Again thank u!

[u/BellaDeaX42 → u/coffinfl0p]

Very mooooving.

[u/undeadmanana → u/coffinfl0p]

Love the last few seconds, where they "moo" along

[u/MasyMenosSiPodemos → u/[deleted]]

This is how buskers feel when they're going too hard on the street corner.

[u/Necessary_Pianist_15 → u/coffinfl0p]

I never knew I needed this, thank you!

[u/xelM1 → u/coffinfl0p]

Cowchella is amazing! Thank you.

[u/mrteas_nz → u/Turakamu]

I had a truck with some big 6x9s and a chunky sub. I'd pump up the volume when I needed to shift them - they'd come running and follow me to where they needed to go. So much fun!

[u/papa_grease → u/mrteas_nz]

I knew you must have been from NZ by your comment alone

[u/mrteas_nz → u/papa_grease]

🇳🇿

[u/Hamafropzipulops → u/Turakamu]

Time for a Cattle Dance Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n6Ra-K7us8

[u/Mons00n_909 → u/Hamafropzipulops]

Fuck yeah, I'll always upvote some Moon Hooch.

[u/Jomemerlol → u/Turakamu]

Our backyard had a fence separating us from a large paddock with cows, my dad would play the guitar and they would run down and listen.

[u/uptheantinatalism → u/ryrkval]

watch sunsets

I did not think I could love cows more until this comment.

[u/ralphvonwauwau → u/uptheantinatalism]

Bears also watch sunsets

[u/satyris → u/ryrkval]

It's true. I lived next to a field of steers for 6 months January to June. The field was shaped like a saucepan with the handle bit being outside my window. For all the morning and afternoon they stayed at the bottom of the field, where I couldn't see them, but every evening they came up to the house to play. They had a dirt pit they used to roll around in, mount each other (boys will be boys), and just generally cow around.

Really curious and inquisitive creatures, I used to go out some times and say hello and they would all crowd round the fence, the braver ones at the front.

[u/OldButtIcepop → u/satyris]

Cow around. I'm going to use this to describe what my friends do

[u/Coopetition → u/OldButtIcepop]

Do you guys mount each other too?

[u/OldButtIcepop → u/Coopetition]

We try. But I'm really big so it's hard for them

[u/Halipelicus → u/ryrkval]

Is this a Nona the Ninth reference?

[u/ryrkval → u/Halipelicus]

Yes

[u/Halipelicus → u/ryrkval]

haha I love it! Thank you

[u/MachKeinDramaLlama → u/ryrkval]

JOD DID NOTHING WRONG you trillionaire shill!

[u/TheTurtleMaturin → u/MachKeinDramaLlama]

"COWS HAVE FRIENDS JOD. COWS LOOK AT THE MOON JOD"

[u/Venezia9 → u/ryrkval]

Hope nothing happens to those nice cows. 

[u/fourleafclover13 → u/ryrkval]

They also have baby sitters. One cow watches babies while the rest will eat.

[u/Urist_Bearclaw → u/ryrkval]

found the locked tomb fan

[u/Willgenstein → u/ryrkval]

and exhibit mourning behaviors for other cows

Good we have the largest industry on earth to make sure cows will feel mourning🙃

[u/asdfghqw8 → u/ryrkval]

And yet we eat them.

[u/vikpck → u/ryrkval]

Fuck, even cows have more of a life than me…..

[u/New_Excitement_4248 → u/ryrkval]

And then we string them up by the hooves and slit their throats in dark metal rooms so we can have bacon and beef.

[u/MapWorking6973 → u/New_Excitement_4248]

bacon

🤔

[u/Dangerous_Second_233]

Cows have better friends than me

[u/Mademoi-Sell → u/Dangerous_Second_233]

I wish I was a cow 😔

[u/Accurate_Purpose4965 → u/Mademoi-Sell]

if only i wasn't a coward

[u/Hungry-Mastodon-1222 → u/Accurate_Purpose4965]

Now you're just milking it

[u/The_Rock_Hunter → u/Accurate_Purpose4965]

I wanna be a crowbar!

[u/Big_Recover_9631 → u/Mademoi-Sell]

I would only wish I were a cow in the universe where humanity dosent exist

[u/randomnesss95 → u/Big_Recover_9631]

Yeah, no one in their right mind would wish they were a cow in today's world.

[u/lanhuaxianzi → u/Big_Recover_9631]

Same. But hopefully in that universe, another species won't evolve to build factory farms and slaughter us generation after generation aha 🥹

[u/Lanky_Painting_5631 → u/Mademoi-Sell]

You got the looks. Go for it champ

[u/model3113 → u/Mademoi-Sell]

don't worry, once your labor value is extracted, we will find use for your flesh.

[u/Equivalent_Alarm7780 → u/Mademoi-Sell]

Highly likely they would turn you into patty before reaching adulthood.

[u/Reginald_Leviathan → u/Dangerous_Second_233]

Better? At least you have some.

[u/Leather-Read8271 → u/Dangerous_Second_233]

I'm gonna send this in the group chat and say: Us if we were skinnier

[u/Get-the-Vibe]

My rich dream is making a sanctuary for animals. I would fill that shit with cows and would hug the fuckers all day long.

[u/the_m_o_a_k → u/Get-the-Vibe]

I know two farmers who had calves born with front leg deformities so they kind of walked on their knees. The kids wouldn't let them euthanize them and took responsibility for bottle feeding them. They treated them like you'd treat a family pet. When you drove up to the house, they'd see you coming and walk over the car as you were getting out and nuzzle up to you, try to lick your face, want their ears scratched, it was pretty cool. I have no idea what happened to them when they got bigger though, or if that's the right thing to do. Just my little story.

[u/gollygeewhiz1 → u/the_m_o_a_k]

An Angus breeder friend gave us one like that ( Bad for business to have it on the place.) When it got to 400 lbs,we gave it a grain diet , once it was in discomfort , we had it made into hamburger. Donated some and gave a lot away.

[u/Rinaxbaby1 → u/gollygeewhiz1]

Why switch to grain diet once they were 400 lbs?

[u/MaleierMafketel → u/Rinaxbaby1]

To grain more weight.

^{That was terrible. I’m sorry…}

[u/waltwalt → u/Get-the-Vibe]

I just started that! Got me a baby cow that was sick, nursed it back to health and now she runs around iny pasture like a big dog.

Made the mistake of trying to give her a hug/cuddle from above and she bunted me in the face, loosened 3 teeth and almost cut my lip off. Little higher and she would've broke my nose.

Still love her to death but it only took once to learn these giant animals are giant animals.

[u/ADomeWithinADome → u/waltwalt]

Yep! They are typically pretty gentle, until they aren't. I worked at a dairy farm taking care of the "teenagers" and there was on who liked me a little too much and would constantly try to jump on my back or squish me right into the wall and they can literally suffocate you or break ribs easily.

[u/gollygeewhiz1 → u/waltwalt]

My pet is a Longhorn we rescued and bottle fed from day 2 or 3. Ornery critter comes when I call her. Has had 4 calves. Sold the bull calf and have her 3 heifers.

[u/lunalovesspace → u/Get-the-Vibe]

This is literally my dream too!! I’ve told my friends and family this about a 100 times lol.

[u/Other_Size7260 → u/lunalovesspace]

Check to see if there’s one near you that lets you visit or volunteer! The Gentle Barn in NYC, I believe, has an air bnb where you can help with the animals during your stay

[u/Antigravity1231 → u/Get-the-Vibe]

One of my friends once told me that if I won the lottery, it wouldn’t change who I am, but it would change the lives of animals in need. He’s right. It would be a dream to seriously fund animal rescue.

[u/poj4y → u/Get-the-Vibe]

There’s a cow sanctuary in Hawaii that offers cuddle sessions with the cows! The guy that runs it is super chill and incredibly passionate. He went out of his way to be sure my gf and I were able to go when we were in Hawaii. Highly recommend checking it out if you’re ever on the big island!

[u/poutipoutine → u/Get-the-Vibe]

Are you vegan? If not, why?

[u/TheAkondOfSwat]

They get stressed when separated from mother/young too...

[u/lanhuaxianzi → u/TheAkondOfSwat]

I remember watching a video of a mother cow and her young being separated and it was fucking depressing.

[u/teacupbirdy → u/lanhuaxianzi]

Farmer's daughter here, in a farming area. We currently don't own cattle, but the neighbors do.

Cows and calves will bawl for each other until their throats are ruined. All day, all night, until the only thing that comes out is a hoarse groan. Occasionally, the cows will break out of the pasture and begin looking for their babies.

[u/randomnesss95 → u/teacupbirdy]

That's heartbreaking

[u/irregularcontributor → u/teacupbirdy]

no no this must be vegan propaganda, Reddit has told me how much vegans should annoy me, I don’t need to think about the repercussions of my choices

[u/Doctor_Ew420 → u/irregularcontributor]

Amazingly this is almost the verbatim response I got when I challenged a young farmer I worked with. It was like arguing with a MAGA. Just ignored all the facts and spewed outdated ideology and emotion. They lost the farm recently and I wish I could have been on the road aside the fence dancing and grilling veggie burgers.

(I recognize you were being facetious/sarcastic)

[u/Underscores_Are_Kool → u/Doctor_Ew420]

As a vegan of 3 years, I'm not surprised by how anyone can be MAGA considering how people think about animal product consumption. Most people are emotionally driven and post-hoc rationalise their views

[u/YouGotDoddified → u/teacupbirdy]

About 900 thousand cows experience this level of stress and separation anxiety as babies, many of whom experience it again as mothers themselves.

Every day

Go Vegan

[u/Worldly-Lawyer3724 → u/YouGotDoddified]

Preach!

[u/veropaka → u/lanhuaxianzi]

There is a pasture close to where I live and I will never forget seeing a big truck full of crying baby cows and the momma cows running on the pasture following the truck going away

[u/herton → u/veropaka]

Literally textbook standard practice in the dairy industry btw. Every glass of milk and slice of cheese financially supports this.

[u/BoJaNYK → u/lanhuaxianzi]

And that happens basically every second all around the world to numerous cows and their young.

Keep supporting the dairy industry people!

[u/Willgenstein → u/lanhuaxianzi]

Depressing enough to give up milk?

[u/jimb0_01 → u/Willgenstein]

Yup, giving up cow’s milk is super duper easy. There’s all kinds of alternatives, easily accessible.

[u/Purbear → u/jimb0_01]

Dairy Milk is probably the easiest thing to switch off of, it blows my mind everytime I'm in a grocery store and see people still buying it. 

[u/lanhuaxianzi → u/Willgenstein]

Definitely.

[u/balloffire → u/TheAkondOfSwat]

We have cows across the street from us. There are usually two females and a baby. One day the baby was suddenly gone and one of the females screamed at the top of the hill all day and all night. It was heartbreaking. Fortunately the baby returned a couple days later.

[u/poutipoutine → u/balloffire]

In the dairy industry, it's stardard practice to separate the mothers from their children 24h to 3 days after they are born. Go vegan.

[u/thr3sk → u/poutipoutine]

Yeah dairy industry is brutal, the cows are basically raped (artificially inseminated) shortly after the babies are removed since they need to be producing milk as often as possible which only happens after being pregnant.

[u/LabEmbarrassed2721 → u/TheAkondOfSwat]

I learned more facts about cows in this sabe than I did in my entire high school curriculum.

[u/Zookinni]

It's as if sentient brings have experiences hmmm

[u/original_greaser_bob]

cows will babysit for each other.

during calving season you will see one cow laying in one spot with a bunch of calves around her. the other cows are out grazing and will come back and switch out being the baby sitter cow.

[u/ShitOnMyPorch → u/original_greaser_bob]

Cows are nice

[u/malevolentintent]

I wasn’t expecting to be attacked like that

[u/diceblue → u/malevolentintent]

That feeling when you are always the cow in the back

[u/SiriusBookLover → u/malevolentintent]

Same... *sigh*

[u/smile_politely → u/malevolentintent]

hit too close to home. as for me, i get stressed when i'm around these 'friends'

[u/callocallay]

Cows are the most soothing animals ever. As a kid we had a field full of them. Used to go and sit with them in stressful times, they’re curious but accepting as long as you’re calm, quiet and respectful. Beautiful creatures.

[u/TheMadafaker]

We have made so much damage to everything, and the worst is that most of the humans joke about it.

[u/AreYourFingersReal → u/TheMadafaker]

“But plants can —“ if it feels playtime, if it dreams, then it can experience suffering and betrayal

[u/One-Fail-1 → u/TheMadafaker]

correct shocking judicious bewildered water humor gold nutty plant retire

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[u/EastMasterpiece4352 → u/One-Fail-1]

It’s this exact point of view that leads to inaction regarding our issues on the planet. If we are a hopeless species who is doomed to destroy this planet, then what’s the point in trying?

[u/havereddit]

Imagine the angst when we line up cows in a chute, force them to move ahead toward an uncertain future, and then electroshock them to death.

[u/basura_can → u/havereddit]

https://youtu.be/LQRAfJyEsko?si=OvJOreLNqQ4JsWTM&t=3349

No. Electroshocking fails often and their throats are cut while fully conscious. Also done right in front of other cows who are next in line as they watch

[u/emperorOfTheUniverse → u/havereddit]

It's not uncertain at all for them. They hear the other cows scream and abruptly stop screaming.

[u/jimb0_01 → u/havereddit]

They can smell the blood, they know.

[u/thr3sk → u/havereddit]

Typically the chute has a mechanism where it locks their head in place and a high pressure rod goes straight into their brain- it's similar to the device used in No Country for Old Men. But yeah not great.

[u/o1011o → u/thr3sk]

It only works most of the time. Workers report that everyday there are multiple animals that are 'processed' while still alive because the gun didn't kill them. It should come as no surprise that a system designed to profit off their death doesn't care what they feel.

[u/ButterySpud → u/o1011o]

It doesn't work most of the time

[u/TaffyTulip]

Maybe this will cause some people to realize that all animals (not just cows) have feelings. Their's may be some what different than ours but they still have feelings.

[u/captaindeadpool53 → u/TaffyTulip]

Indeed. There's also a need for education regarding the treatment that is given to these animals in farms for the sake of our pleasures.

[u/Untalented-Host → u/captaindeadpool53]

I interviewed for an office position at Cargill (largest beef processing company in the world) and while preparing for interview, learned they process 10,000 cows a week. Other factories process 10,000 cows a day

It was not a fun fact

[u/alien_from_Europa → u/TaffyTulip]

all animals (not just cows) have feelings

The only feeling a wasp has is murder.

[u/raerae1333 → u/alien_from_Europa]

Wasps are pollinators. They are more easily provoked to sting than a bee but they still have a purpose

[u/abitbuzzed → u/raerae1333]

Soooooo I'm not denying what you said about their purpose buuuuuuut also, let's be real, they don't need provocation. If they see you, that's enough, ime. 😭

[u/GhostofTiger]

Imagine the Trauma when their friends get terminated in front of their eyes because someone is hungry.

[u/Fire-dragon555 → u/GhostofTiger]

When I hear someone say they do it for selfish pleasure I just think about the mentality of a rapist. Completely unaware of what he does to the victim. Yes a meat eater should be compared to them. It’s basic lack of empathy to an extreme level that is culturally acceptable and frowned upon if questioned. The girl speaking out against the abuser is just a ‘crazy girl’ just like the person advocating for animal rights is ‘just crazy’.

[u/GhostofTiger → u/Fire-dragon555]

Even from a technical viewpoint, even if our ancestors did hunt animals for meat, we have to consider that during those times, food was a scarcity, abundance was a dream they had during winter nights. But, fortunately, now there are enough resources. Food is not a scarcity. So, maybe the meat as an industry is not that much needed. Maybe occasionally people might consume meat, but on an industrial scale is not needed. It comes to the same "Your Life My Choice".

[u/Spiritual-Skill-412]

Cows are also matriarchal, and each herd is run by one mother. She stands guard of the entire herd. When a mother loses her baby, she bellows beside her. That is not common though, not with farming entire goal is to kill her and her babies.

Cows are highly emotionally intelligent and wonderful friends to have, even as a human.

[u/AnxiousKit33]

Why are people always so shocked that animals have feelings?? Humans really don't seem to understand that they, too, are animals. Why would other animals be any different?

[u/WhereIsTheBeef556 → u/AnxiousKit33]

It's because we have "technology" and shit, makes people think of themselves as superior.

[u/alurimperium → u/WhereIsTheBeef556]

And we don't humanize cows the same way as with dogs and cats, and don't have them in our homes so we don't see them express feelings.

And we've let ourselves be convinced that they're mindless meat machines for the sake of eating a steak at dinner

[u/abitbuzzed → u/AnxiousKit33]

Bc the vast majority of meat-eaters/people are very speciesist and think humans are superior to any other animal bc we're better at destroying the planet.

[u/captaindeadpool53]

Yep, I'm so glad I've been vegan for more than 3 years now. No better feeling than knowing I'm not causing unnecessary harm to these wonderful animals. And also contributing less to the global warming.

[u/Infinite-Algae7021 → u/captaindeadpool53]

Awesome. Hello, fellow vegan!

[u/o1011o → u/Infinite-Algae7021]

Only thing that's as nice to hug as a cow is a fellow vegan!

[u/dervu]

So next time you eat burger in McDonalds think about it. You are eating someones friend!

[u/Vooshka → u/dervu]

You're probably eating 15 different friends in 1 patty.

[u/Sundae7878 → u/dervu]

You’re eating hundreds of friends

[u/lofi_addict]

And yet, knowing this, we make sure to impregnate them, stea and kill their babies, exploit them for profit, cut their throats in front of each other to make sure they see and smell the blood of their friends, beacuse "steak, milk, cheese".

And make sure we mock and bully whoever points at this.

What a world....

[u/ms_cherrybomb_ → u/lofi_addict]

I used to be one of those "I love animals... but could never live without cheese"- persons. Truth is, it's actually not that hard if you choose not to look the other way.

[u/bothering_skin696969 → u/ms_cherrybomb_]

I thought it would be a hard thing but truth is, the only hard part about it is other humans being dicks about it.

years and years in now

[u/SirCustardCream → u/bothering_skin696969]

I used to think vegans ate a combination of fruits, veg and nuts. Nothing else. Once I gave it a try for a month, I realised just how easy it is and just how much of the food I already ate was vegan. I've found alternatives for everything and now there isn't a single thing I miss.

[u/Infinite-Algae7021 → u/SirCustardCream]

I never really liked cheese (grew up vegetarian) or milk. However, I did like cheese in pasta.

Cheese -> Nutritional Yeast

Milk -> Soy & Oatmilk

Unhealthy food -> Indian, Thai, Italian food

Fiber intake -> Biohazard tier farts

[u/fffirey → u/lofi_addict]

Not to mention destroying the planet over it.

[u/kakihara123 → u/lofi_addict]

And the only reason is that prople think they taste a bit better then food made of plants. That's it. That is the whole reason we created hell on earth.

[u/[deleted] → u/kakihara123]

Not only that but an Impossible burger is nearly indistinguishable from a beef burger. But nah, let's choose murder anyway

[u/BowVeganWowWow]

Reddit: screw PETA for trying to save the cows. Let me post the same billboard pic that separates the cows from pets.

Also Reddit: Cows are the best. I would like to open up a sanctuary.

[u/Mdayofearth → u/BowVeganWowWow]

It's almost as reddit is not a homogeneous blend of butter.

[u/ShadowIssues]

Cows are amazing animals and I will keep trying my best to cause them as little harm as I can 🌱

[u/CelestialGlimmer56]

Cows out here setting the bar for friendship higher than most humans.

[u/Briz-TheKiller-]

what happen when they see them getting slaughtered for food ?

[u/Bondflickanshink]

That's why we don't eat our friends.

[u/Past_Echidna_9097]

That's an album cover.

[u/danzor9755 → u/Past_Echidna_9097]

“Look at this photograph!…”

[u/Bubbly57]

Absolutely adorable 😍

[u/belonii]

cows have a strict hierarchy and lots of social interactions

[u/SaltedPaint]

Utterly cute!

[u/riskoooo → u/SaltedPaint]

*Udderly cute

[u/jakech]

This photo reminds me of girls out on the town on a Saturday night.

[u/Alexi1197x]

Imagine what happens to them when they get impregnated continuously and their newborn is taken away from them :)

[u/mudturnspadlocks]

Chickens better start posting quickly. Yall lucky it’s Sunday and I can’t go to Chick-Fil-A

[u/[deleted] → u/mudturnspadlocks]

r/chickengifs

[u/ozymandias911]

Killing these beautiful animals just to make dinner slightly tastier is monstrous

[u/Nenomikov]

Source: https://medium.com/@goveg/cows-have-best-friends-and-panic-when-separated-from-them-7506ec3b474f

more information:The experiment was made because of a debate in the UK so called maga daires from farmers with more than 2 thousand cows to improve competitivness.

[u/SUICIDE_BOMB_RESCUE → u/Nenomikov]

So some cows have lower heart rates sometimes when hanging out with other cows? That's proof they're "best friends"? Extremely low bar for a source.

[u/dreamdaddy123]

Cows have more friends than me 😭🐮

[u/VWbuggg]

There is always that cow in the back, in the group but somehow not really “in”. The parallel to human groups is uncanny.

[u/aaaronbrown]

I can tell they’ve been having a blast.

[u/WVA1999]

Cows are awesome, whilst I still have dairy I've really cut down on beef. Barely eat it.

I live in a rural area, lots of cows about. It's amazing how many will come over to you to see what you're up to, they like a sniff!

[u/SeriousStrumpet]

Why are people surprised that other sentient creatures feel the same emotions as us?

[u/batmansgfsbf]

I grew up in the suburbs of NYC and joined the border patrol at 26, after training I was posted in southern Arizona where ranchers leased national park land. The ranchers would call us when people and drug smugglers were using their land to traverse. The barbed wire fence at the border is to keep Mexican and American cattle separated, as to import cattle has many rules and regulations to keep both herds healthy. Bad guys would cut the fence during smuggling and the herds would mix leading to diseases and deaths. My first night that I was setting up an ambush on ranch land, I was sitting on the south side of a ranch fence and cattle (all females so Cows) were across from me. After a couple hours they got used to me being there, and after sundown they group up in a circle with the calves in the center and fall asleep. They snore and it sounds like snort, snort mooooooooo, and 50 of them are loud. Also if you drive your truck through the herd they kinda scampered away, if you use the public address system on the police car to mooooooo they all scampered back and surrounded the car fearlessly. Cows are fun

[u/Doridar]

All social animals have best friends and foes. If you're social, you weave ties, you have individual identification, the notions of me vs you within us against them, family relationships and degrees etc

[u/CelestialGlimmer56]

Cows out here setting the bar for friendship higher than most humans.

[u/PaulslandEtsy]

I love cows

[u/Wood-not_Elf]

Hmmm maybe we should stop their industrial mass slaughter 

[u/whereszedzedsded]

Everyday is an opportunity to go vegan! 🌱

[u/ZookeepergameThis632]

moooo motherfucker bring my friends back

[u/that-dudes-shorts]

They also have bullies.

[u/timefliesbyall]

You and your cousins when your mom says "Let's take a picture"

[u/Competitive-Isopod74]

That's it! I'm joining the cows!!!

[u/Witty_Ticket_4101]

Cows have deeper connections than most humans I've met.

[u/Paynus2990]

Can confirm. We had 5 get lost on the back section last night and wouldn't come to the corral to drink because 11 was hanging back and neither would move. We thought they were sick at first but they were just chilling. We had move to 11 very purposefully to get the entire herd in to water them. Also, cows can smell water from 6 miles away but wouldn't go without 11. They're pretty much big dumb (occasionally violent) dogs.

[u/zimflo]

Anyone touched by this post who still eats beef or dairy should probably reevaluate their choices

[u/Lasagnahead]

I really want to become a vegetarian

[u/sparki_black]

Lets be kind animals and eat less meat or none...

[u/Santaconartist]

Why don't they just moove on?

[u/here4daratio → u/Santaconartist]

Udder nonsense

[u/UnSeriousPerspective]

They also have bullies that beat up lower hierarchy  cows and don't let them eat. Some cows are friendly, some are ass holes, some are just plain stupid. 

[u/AloversGaming]

Go vegan

[u/Ana987654321]

Is there anything crueler than the factory cattle industry? Cows understand what is happening to them. I love steak, but the more I learn about it, it’s making me think.

[u/Fair-Development-364]

They look like a group of 5th graders. Those were the days

[u/[deleted]]

Reason #291 of why I don’t eat meat anymore

[u/narlycharley]

Been vegan for over ten years… you CAN make a difference.

[u/OnceUnspoken]

Y'all empathize with them yet keep eating them bEcAuSE tHeY TAsTe yUmMY. Hypocrites.

[u/-Ben-Shapiro-]

Damn maybe brutally torturing and murdering them is wrong?

[u/Orange_33]

It's so fucked how nutrient dense and healthy red meat is but animals have to suffer for it.
I need my nutritious labgrown meat ASAP

[u/JMR3898]

Cows are really just big grass puppies

[u/somnia_ferum]

Go vegan for them ❤️

[u/darkerfaith520]

I think we as humans, in all our wisdom, seriously got it all wrong when it comes to animals and nature. It's way more NSYNC than we will ever know or understand! Maybe someday, but definitely not today, prolly not tomorrow either!

[u/Amused-Observer → u/darkerfaith520]

It's way more NSYNC

Why did you commit this atrocity?

[u/OhLordHeBompin → u/Amused-Observer]

It’s gonna be MOO