Everything I hear how cow farmers need to take care of their stock baffles me more and more how these were able to survive for so long
A cow needs to be milked every certain period to avoid infections, bruising, death
A cow needs help with the birth of a calf, as its sometimes a process which cant be done by a cow itself
A cow builds up gasses in their stomachs, requiring punctures to avoid sickness, death
And not to mention the parasites, specific diets, and maybe some other things I wouldn’t know about
In: Biology
Not every cow needs help calving. But if there weren’t any humans around to assist, the genes of cows who die in calf-birth wouldn’t be passed on, and the herd genetics would improve pretty quickly.
In reality, we have inadvertently bred that dependence into them by being around to save the ones who had difficulties.
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