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In Queensland tens of thousands of cattle die of thirst and hunger encircled by fresh water and grass

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Awao@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨australia@aussie.zone⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/08/in-queensland-tens-of-thousands-of-cattle-die-of-thirst-and-hunger-encircled-by-fresh-water-and-grass

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  • Lembot_0006@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Too self-repeating and boring article that doesn’t even attempt to answer any questions the reader might have. I quit after a few paragraphs without understanding this cattle behaviour.

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    • Jackusflackus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I mean, they kinda did try to provide a comment right in the first paragraph or two on how if there’s water between them and food they won’t drink and just dehydrate themselves. Article wasn’t that bad. How are they going to explain something in further detail if they are just discovering this behavior or don’t understand it

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      • Lembot_0006@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Example: in (date) at (place) the situation happened when during draught the sheep surrounded by water refused to cross despite it being not deep enough to be a barrier. Similar behaviour was seen a few times before.

        See? 1 sentence (with poor grammar but that’s the best I can do :) ) contains the very same amount of information as a few first paragraphs of the article.

        It isn’t magic. It is the basic respect to the reader.

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