Spudrick68
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A mate of mine at school came from Irish stock. His uncle in Northern Ireland used to tell him, if you get charged by a bull punch it on the nose.
It's risky, but it has been known to work.A mate of mine at school came from Irish stock. His uncle in Northern Ireland used to tell him, if you get charged by a bull punch it on the nose.
A mate of mine at school came from Irish stock. His uncle in Northern Ireland used to tell him, if you get charged by a bull punch it on the nose.
A farmer told me that if ever his cows were bothering me I could hit them with my stick and they'd lose interest. There was a narrow path I walked along in between their field and the river and I wasn't entirely comfortable with them all rushing over to crowd round the fence and follow me. I was concerned that the fence would give way and I'd end up in the river. I had no intention of putting it to the test and just had to learn to trust the fence as it seemed preferable to provide a bit of entertainment for bored cows than be cruel to them. No way would I put the method to the test with bulls or sharks!
Sollywos x
Use the stick to hit farmers that follow you instead.
There was a young Researcher (outstanding in his Field)
This reminds me of Papillon. Only, the convicts used to have to, erm, re-insert their cylindrical objects every day. How come the cows avoid this unsavoury requirement?At first I was confused by this list, but then remembered something that people not knowing bovines, probably didn't know. Interesting to me is that farmers "feed" their cattle magnets (one only). The magnet (at least the ones I played with as a kid) is about 3-4 inches long, smooth cylindrical. It is injected (not exactly sure if injected or inserted is the right word) through a tube that is inserted into the cow's mouth to its stomach. The magnet stays there to attract any wire that the cow may eat. It protects the cow from a punctured stomach that would happen if the wire remained free floating in it.
Cattle don't intentionally eat wire, but you never know what they might come across when grazing.
Cows have four stomachs so it is placed in the first one . They also regurgitate their food and chew the cud to further break it down to then pass through the next stomach. I have never really investigated bovine digestive process, but this would be why, I'm almost sure, the magnet stays in the first stomach.
This reminds me of Papillon. Only, the convicts used to have to, erm, re-insert their cylindrical objects every day. How come the cows avoid this unsavoury requirement?
I have no idea, myself.Don't know why I didn't ask this before: is there ever so much metallic foreign matter stuck to the magnet in the first stomach that it becomes advisable to get it out?
Don't know why I didn't ask this before: is there ever so much metallic foreign matter stuck to the magnet in the first stomach that it becomes advisable to get it out?
Hate to say it but I suspect the life-span of a Dairy cow doesn't warrant (economically) the surgical removal of a magnet.
That does seem likely. Poor cows!
From the article: "It [hardware disease] is very rarely reported in any other ruminants."
Does this indicate that deer are smarter than cows? Or just less complacent?
... From the article: "It [hardware disease] is very rarely reported in any other ruminants."
Does this indicate that deer are smarter than cows? Or just less complacent? ...
Probably deer are more fussy eaters ...
Cattle commonly swallow foreign objects, because they do not use their lips to discriminate between materials and they do not completely chew their feed before swallowing. ...
I don't know about domesticated deer (those raised by people), but I wonder if it (meaning metal objects such as pieces of fencing) is not something that wild deer are exposed to as often as domesticated cattle.That does seem likely. Poor cows!
From the article: "It [hardware disease] is very rarely reported in any other ruminants."
Does this indicate that deer are smarter than cows? Or just less complacent?!
They are very curious, and do not like dogs.
Anyone taking a dog into a field with cows is asking for it.