Well, I didn't know that anyone had studied which way cows face and what the result was, but the implications are pretty fascinating to me. Built-in compass, anyone? I'd love to have one.
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08-27-2008, 02:53 AM #1
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Last edited by lph; 08-27-2008 at 02:54 AM. Reason: sorry, guess this wasn't the nerdy answers thread, was it ;-)
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08-27-2008, 03:34 AM #2
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Welllllll... (I'm getting on my vegan soapbox now. Pleeeeeeeease no one take it personally!)
I would love to think that discoveries of this type -- showing that animals have more capabilities than we know of -- would lead to better treatment of them. Like, maybe, not eating them?!?! If they sense the magnetic fields of the earth, don't you think that maybe they have the capacity to suffer pain and anguish too?
Unfortunately, now they will probably strap cows down and stick probes into their brains to figure out how they sense direction like that. You know, just to add insult to injury...
Poor cows.
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08-27-2008, 03:45 AM #3
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Way I read the stories, it was noticed accidentally by someone looking at Google Earth. Farmers have probably known this for millennia.
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08-27-2008, 04:14 AM #4
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Well, now that this has been discovered, maybe the farmers and scientists will start breeding mini-cows and teacup cows. Then we can set up farmyard baskets on our handlebars for our teacup cow compasses...
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08-27-2008, 04:21 AM #5
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Originally Posted by OakLeaf
Yeah, but nothing says "individualist!" like a large Hereford on your Deda.
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08-27-2008, 06:20 AM #6
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What about the cows that have magnets in their stomaches? Does it mess up their sense of direction?
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08-27-2008, 06:46 AM #7
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Or does the fact that cows have magnets in their stomachs explain why they face north-south? Hmmmm....
I can't wait for my teacup bovine.
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08-27-2008, 07:37 AM #8
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