Sep 12, 2011
Little boy drinking milk straight from the cow
Um Oeung [the child's grandpa] said he pulled the boy away at first. He relented after his grandson protested loudly…
Ahhhh, now I understand. The kid protested loudly. It makes a lot more sense now. Suck on, little one, suck on.
(via Arbroath)
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That cow looks crazy confused :) Well … if that’s where milk comes from …. might as well!
Kegger at Grandpa’s! Woo hoo!
LOL! Too funny
It’s a third world country and the kid might starve to death.
Let him alone or shut up making fun of the picture and send money to help them out.
Does it say where they live?
In fact it is a misconception that all third world countries suffer from famine.
I see horns and not anwhole lot of udder. Perhaps this is a bull?
Have you ever actually seen a cow? They frequently have horns.
Seen cows? Yes sir, I live in the mid-west and lived 37 years in a town with a population around 2,000 people in a county that’s prime revenue was from farming/livestock. I worked at a dairy farm for five years while in school. Never saw one cow with horns. Well, one had a “nubbin’”, but not horns like that. Lastly, they all had “udders”, that’s where the milk comes out.
I’ve ridden them, milked them, butchered them, fed them, washed them, and even eaten them.
So yeah, I’ve seen cows before.
I too live in the midwest on a farm and we DO have some cows who have horns. Some breeds are polled (naturally w/o horns) and sometimes they are de-horned by man … but both genders of bovine can have horns. Size of udder would also be determined by the breed, feed, etc.
I live on a farm and have studied agricultural science. Plenty of cattle, both male and female have horns before they are polled as mentioned above, this cow obviously was not. Both genders of some breeds e.g. Aberdeen Angus are born naturally polled and thus never grow horns.
If this was a bull or even bullock (castrated male) it would have a sheath in the middle of it’s belly, a sheath as I’m sure you know if you’ve worked on a farm is a tassle like appendage that is a few inches long on the underbelly of male cattle. The sheath is the area in which the bull’s penis retracts when not erect. Cows such as the one above, being female, obviously do not have this, all bulls do…because all bulls have a penis.
No worries, there are more pics if you follow the link. Definitely a female. :) There are many of types of cows in the world that all have horns, male or female.
Excellent, thanks for the reminder to follow the link. Luckily, there are udders.
I was being cheeky with the horns comment, but the lack of a visible udder in the picture on 22words had me concerned. :-)
How did the kid figure that out in the first place?
again, following the link explains, lol. He saw it’s calf do it and copy-catted.
The poor child is very resourceful, which could be the difference between life and death in Cambodia. I don’t even know why this is remarkable. It’s ok to squirt milk into a pail then give it to him, but gross if the pail is not there? Come on people. Tj needs to visit a few other farms and see other breeds of cattle, in some breeds both genders have horns as others stated also.
“Tj needs to visit a few other farms and see other breeds of cattle, in some breeds both genders have horns as others stated also.”
MJ needs to read up a couple posts and see that TJ was being cheeky about the horns comment.
Yes, I know there are other breed of bovines in the world. I’m even open to other breeds of bovine in the universe off of Earth.
Again, horns + lack of visible udder = bull (usually, in all breeds everywhere).
I was going by the assumption that the word “cow” was used uniformly to refer to both a male or female bovine. I was also taking into context the use of the word “troubling” and the phrase stating the grandfather pulled the child away. This could lead one to conclude there were other issues of concern. Obviously, if one would follow the link they would then see the udder and all doubt could be erased from one’s cranium.
why am I explaining myself? I have no idea.
I got your back, TJ. I thought your comment was funny, and definitely troubling to consider it NOT being a female!
In many states this young boy would be arrested for drinking “contraband”, unfortunately raw milk is considered one of the most dangerous items that people can consume by the United States government. Truthfully, raw milk is one of the most nutritious food items we could ever drink. Check out the documentary Farmageddon.
The casein (animal fat) in all dairy products is unhealthy no matter how you spin the coin, raw or processed- Milk was developed within the body of the mother cow for one purpose: to make her infant animal grow into a heavy, muscular, mature animal in a relatively short amount of time. Her calf. So it is horrifying to me, third world country or no, to see a human child hanging off the udder of this cow. If the people here really educated themselves about the properties of dairy and it’s affect on the human body, pushing themselves beyond the closely cherished ideas that society and tradition have instilled, they would clearly see this telling picture of how far the human race still has to go.
The cow’s thinking: “This doesn’t look like my baby!”
For all your obvious “learnin’”, you must have missed the lesson on when to use “affect” – verb and “effect” – noun!!! Otherwise, an interesting post.