Comment on Cows are magnetic and it's about time we accepted that

• ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Wait until you learn about portholes to their stomachs and methane vents people install on cows.

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  • LeonineAlpha@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Watch “All watched over by machines of loving grace” BBC, Curtis; might be also on some dread YouTube. The cow portholes were part of (unexpected) scientific disproof of the trite popular wisdom of “Ballance of Nature.” Whole series is a trip, if maybe a bad one.

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  • Kellenved@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The volume you can drain from a cow with an infected whatever can be shocking, truly

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    • ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’ve never known someone who lived around farm animals who doesn’t have at least one story about either a giant boil or having to reach shoulder-deep into an animal to save it’s stupid life because it ate something dumb.

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  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Fun fact: you can set that methane on fire to make the cow 10% faster

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    • militaryintelligence@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Not anymore, cows now have a restrictor plate to make them more competitive

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  • spinne@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Literally true. You can reach inside a cannulated cow, but I definitely recommend the longest pair of rubber gloves you can find. The dishwashing kind will not cut it.

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    • ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Alternatively, if the portal is large enough and you’re into it, you could just Ace Ventura it.

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      • spinne@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Everybody needs a hobby!

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