In celebration of April Fool's Day: Cows with Guns

[Jack Rabbit]

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[oldandhappy]

1. Love it!!

Freedom for cows!!

[ciaobaby]

2. Well that just made my day ! Thanks

[Auggie]

3. Jury results:

On Fri Apr 1, 2016, 10:15 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

In celebration of April Fool's Day: Cows with Guns
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017348524

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

This post belongs in the gungeon.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Fri Apr 1, 2016, 10:29 PM, and the Jury voted 0-7 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Good grief ... it's a VIDEO!
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[fullautohotdog]

7. Someobody's got a bit too much time on their hands... n/t

[pablo_marmol]

8. Looks like the jury handed the alerter a sphincter loosening wrench. NT

[elljay]

4. Moosic to my ears! nt

[Old Crow]

5. "He?" Cows are she's. What am I missing? (N/T)

[Jack Rabbit]

6. The Bull?

At least the word bovine was heard in the video.

[Old Crow]

9. Moo!

Actually, I find the topic of domesticated animal genders (if that's the correct term) interesting. Unless people have grown up on a farm, they usually have no idea how much human intereference occurs in the sex lives of domesticated animals (particularly when it comes to the males). Examples:

Female bovine = heifer/cow
Male bovine = bull
Neutered male bovine (snip, snip!) = steer

Female horse = mare
Male horse = stallion
Neutered male horse = gelding

Female chicken = hen
Male chicken = rooster
Neutered male chicken = capon

Female pig = sow
Male pig = boar
Neutered male pig = barrow

Female sheep = ewe
Male sheep = ram
Neutered male sheep = wether

Et cetera, et cetera.

[KT2000]

11. OK - good info but

are sheep the same as lambs? Or are lambs young sheep? I always thought sheep was the plural but apparently not.

[Old Crow]

12. Lambs are young sheep. As far as *sheep* goes...

it's similar to deer--used for both singular and plural. (Which raises another question: Why are words that are the same in the singular and the plural so often names of animals, such as deer, moose, sheep, swine, and bison? I have no idea. )

On a much darker note, it's worth mentioning that when humans have been treated as domesticated animals--that is, in slave-holding societies--this practice of neutering males was applied to them, as well.

Female human: woman
Male human: man
Neutered male human: eunuch

The world, and human history in particular, is pretty bizarre.

[KT2000]

13. thank you!

I lived in the country 30 years and have surely mixed up my names all this time.

Bizarre is right - still don't know why groups of crows are called a murder!

[KT2000]

10. That's great!

Chickens in copters - really free range.

[packman]

14. Love this video

Still makes me laugh.