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A Moose for Jessica
In 1987, a wild moose fell in love with what zoologists refer to as a "biologically inappropriate object". His love interest was a cow named Jessica who lived on the Vermont farm of Larry Carrara.For over two months the moose displayed courtship behavior towards Jessica. He followed her all around, would rest his head on her back, or would push hay toward her as a food offering.
The moose and Jessica
Over 75,000 sightseers came out to Carrara's farm to witness this interspecies romance.
Finally, after 76 days, rutting season came to an end and the moose lost interest in Jessica and wandered back into the wild.
The moose
The romance between the moose and Jessica inspired the book A Moose for Jessica, written by Pat Wakefield with photographs by Larry Carrara. It's available on Amazon, or you can read it for free at archive.org.
More info: wikipedia, New England Living
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 10, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Cows, Books, 1980s, Love & Romance
Grade Up To Elite Cow
BoardGameGeek.com describes this boardgame (which came out in 1986) as a "game of skill and chance for Dairy Farmers' made by Waddingtons of behalf of 'The British Friesian Cattle Society of Great Britain and Ireland.'"YouTuber David Ball offers more details, describing it as a "rare cow-insemination boardgame," noting that the aim of the game is to "to collect semen, then inseminate your friesian cows & breed an 'Elite Status' herd."
It reminds me of the game Antler Island, which is about stags mating with does. The existence of these two games, taken together, means there's a genre of boardgames about animal breeding.
source: University of Reading
Posted By: Alex - Wed Aug 25, 2021 -
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Category: Games, Cows
Cow-Tongue Baldness Cure
Several sources have independently reported that the way to cure baldness is to have a cow lick your head.
Regina Leader-Post - Mar 8, 1984
Colombian hairdresser says he can lick baldness
November 29, 2000
PEREIRA, Colombia -- Want to lick hair loss? A Colombian hairdresser says he has found a way to lick baldness -- literally. His offbeat scalp treatment involves a special tonic and massage -- with a cow's tongue. "I feel more manly, more attractive to women," says customer Henry Gomez. "My friends even say 'What are you doing? You have more hair. You look younger.'"
November 29, 2000
PEREIRA, Colombia -- Want to lick hair loss? A Colombian hairdresser says he has found a way to lick baldness -- literally. His offbeat scalp treatment involves a special tonic and massage -- with a cow's tongue. "I feel more manly, more attractive to women," says customer Henry Gomez. "My friends even say 'What are you doing? You have more hair. You look younger.'"
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 10, 2021 -
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Category: Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Cows, Hair and Hairstyling
Home heated by cows
Back in 1951, Swedish engineer Marten Blomquist figured out, through experimentation, that the heat from 18 cows could heat his home.I wonder how many humans it would take to heat a cow shed?
The Hanover Evening Sun - May 14, 1951
Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 17, 2020 -
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Category: Cows, 1950s
Trampled by cows
The annual ceremony practiced in the Indian town of Bhidawad sounds a bit like Pamplona's Running of the Bulls, except with cows, and instead of running away from them, you lie down and let the cows trample you. From Dunya News:The ritual that is performed a day after the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, in Bhidawad village, about 75 kilometres from central temple town of Ujjain, is part of the ‘Gaay-Gauri Puja’ (Cow worship). The cows of the village were decorated and worshipped as devotees danced and took out a procession. After the prayer ceremony, some of the devotees lied down and let the cows trample them by running over them.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Nov 07, 2019 -
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Category: Ceremonies, Parades and Festivals, Cows
Bossy the Electrified Cow
In the future, when robot cows rule the world, they'll look back on Bossy as one of the first of their kind.
Sumter County Journal - Apr 17, 1941
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 29, 2019 -
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Category: Robots, Technology, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, Farming, Cows, 1940s
Exploding Cows and People
The fact that Hindus consider cows to be sacred has led to the odd situation in India in which millions of cows freely roam the streets, and all efforts to control their numbers are stymied by cow-rights groups.That's an interesting topic (more info here), but the 1961 headline below implies an entirely different, and somewhat messier kind of problem.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 28, 2019 -
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Category: Explosives, Religion, Cows
Tijuana Cows?
There's a tradition in Tijuana of painting donkeys to look like zebras.Now scientists have discovered that painting cows to look like zebras can protect them from fly bites.
More info: CNN, PLOS
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 16, 2019 -
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Category: Science, Cows
Cow Dung AC
Photos posted on Facebook by Rupesh Gauranga Das who writes:Best use of cow dung I have ever seen
It’s in Amdavad
To counter 45 degrees heat temperatures and protect car from getting hot
Mrs. Sejal shah has plastered her car with cow dung
It’s in Amdavad
To counter 45 degrees heat temperatures and protect car from getting hot
Mrs. Sejal shah has plastered her car with cow dung
The Indian Express offers some further explanation:
Traditionally, in rural India, there is a common practice of applying cow dung on floors and walls allowing it to dry, as it is believed that coating it makes the structure remain warm in winters and cold in summers. Also, as it is a regarded as a natural disinfectant and mosquito repellent, the practice is quite common in villages.
I have to say, Mrs. Sejal Shah did a very professional-looking job of applying the cow dung to her car.
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 22, 2019 -
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Category: Cows, Cars
Knickers the Giant Cow
That's one big cow!Though, technically, he's a steer, not a cow. And yeah, he looks bigger when seen alongside cattle who are relatively small.
More details.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 05, 2019 -
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Category: Farming, Cows
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