COWS ARE COOL: LOVE ‘EM!
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Brainy Bovines
Researchers have found that cows can not only figure out problems, they also, like humans, enjoy the intellectual challenge and get excited when they find a solution. Their big problem, of course, is that they’re being raised for slaughter, and just like all animals, they don’t want to be separated from their families, and they don’t want to die. So cows have been known to use their smarts to perform amazing feats, such as leaping over a six-foot fence to escape from a slaughterhouse, walking seven miles to reunite with a calf after being sold at auction, and swimming across a river to freedom.
Cows are intelligent and curious animals who enjoy solving problems and interacting with their environment. They have long memories and are capable of learning lessons from each other, just as humans do
Cows like challenges, and according to researchers, they feel excitement when they finish a task or use their intellect to overcome an obstacle. Donald Broom, professor of animal welfare at Cambridge University, has researched on cow intelligence and found that cows can become excited by solving intellectual challenges. In one study, researchers challenged the animals with a task where they had to find how to open a door to get some food. An electroencephalograph was used to measure their brainwaves. The brainwaves showed their excitement; their heartbeat went up and some even jumped into the air. “We called it their Eureka moment,” says Professor Broom.
Research has further shown that cows clearly understand cause-and-effect relationships—a sure-fire sign of advanced cognitive abilities. For example, cows can learn how to push a lever to operate a drinking fountain when they’re thirsty or to press a button with their heads to release grain when they’re hungry. Like humans and other animals, cows also quickly learn to stay away from things that cause them pain, like electric fences and unkind humans.
Because of their complex social interactions, cows also have the ability to learn from each other, another indication of their advanced intelligence. According the Humane Society of the United States, if an individual cow in a herd is shocked by an electric fence, the rest will become alarmed and learn to avoid it. Only a small fraction will ever be shocked.
Brainy Bovines
Researchers have found that cows can not only figure out problems, they also, like humans, enjoy the intellectual challenge and get excited when they find a solution. Their big problem, of course, is that they’re being raised for slaughter, and just like all animals, they don’t want to be separated from their families, and they don’t want to die. So cows have been known to use their smarts to perform amazing feats, such as leaping over a six-foot fence to escape from a slaughterhouse, walking seven miles to reunite with a calf after being sold at auction, and swimming across a river to freedom.
Cows are intelligent and curious animals who enjoy solving problems and interacting with their environment. They have long memories and are capable of learning lessons from each other, just as humans do
Cows like challenges, and according to researchers, they feel excitement when they finish a task or use their intellect to overcome an obstacle. Donald Broom, professor of animal welfare at Cambridge University, has researched on cow intelligence and found that cows can become excited by solving intellectual challenges. In one study, researchers challenged the animals with a task where they had to find how to open a door to get some food. An electroencephalograph was used to measure their brainwaves. The brainwaves showed their excitement; their heartbeat went up and some even jumped into the air. “We called it their Eureka moment,” says Professor Broom.
Research has further shown that cows clearly understand cause-and-effect relationships—a sure-fire sign of advanced cognitive abilities. For example, cows can learn how to push a lever to operate a drinking fountain when they’re thirsty or to press a button with their heads to release grain when they’re hungry. Like humans and other animals, cows also quickly learn to stay away from things that cause them pain, like electric fences and unkind humans.
Because of their complex social interactions, cows also have the ability to learn from each other, another indication of their advanced intelligence. According the Humane Society of the United States, if an individual cow in a herd is shocked by an electric fence, the rest will become alarmed and learn to avoid it. Only a small fraction will ever be shocked.
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“Why injustice? These poor animals, they are also my subject. How you can kill them? He’s also born in this land.” “National” means one is born in that particular land. So they are also born in this land. Why he should be treated differently? Just like in your country, even one Indian gets his child here, the child is counted as USA-born, US citizen, eh? Immediately. So if that is the law, that anyone born in this land should be treated as national, what is this law that the cows and the bulls born in that land, they are to be slaughtered? What is this law? |