The Secret Life of Moody Cows

[livinginphotographs]

ONCE they were a byword for mindless docility. But cows have a secret mental life in which they bear grudges, nurture friendships and become excited over intellectual challenges, scientists have found.
Cows are also capable of feeling strong emotions such as pain, fear and even anxiety — they worry about the future. But if farmers provide the right conditions, they can also feel great happiness.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1502933,00.html

[soleft]

1. My brother in law is a cow nutritionist

I passed this along to him.

[Devlzown]

2. Wow!

Dairy cow herds can also be intensely sexual. Webster describes how the cows become excited when one of the herd comes into heat and start trying to mount her. “Cows look calm, but really they are gay nymphomaniacs,” he said.

[Spinzonner]

3. I'll never drink milk again

Of course I'm lactose intolerant so I wouldn't anyway.

[moggie]

6. Has anyone told Focus on the Family? n/t

[Butterflies]

4. I suspected that cows could feel "great happiness"

Farmers who treat them well will be repaid with good karma.

[Elidor]

11. "Great Happiness" would mean they're gay, wouldn't it?

Who knew?

[frictionlessO]

5. As a member of a cow cult called The Cult of the Living Bull, I find this

to be incredibly funny and Im sure the rest of my herd will as well.

Thanks and moooooooooo

(also part of the "O" cult, but no sex threads so I cant talk about it)

[ConsAreLiars]

7. Cows can also get righteously pissed

"Cows with Guns."
http://www.theflasharchive.com/f/f-50.htm

[ArkDem]

8. They really taste good, too!

[TahitiNut]

9. Bull

s too. :silly: (yum)

[livinginphotographs]

12. Wow, that didn't take long.

:eyes:

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

10. Still Water Runs Deep

I always suspected that cows were deep thinkers. They don't say much.