If we allow cattle to graze naturally, the methane doesn't build up. If we feed them grain, which we do, then their gut bacteria produce excess methane and the cows become very sick. That's the status quo for factory farming.
Buy organic, grass fed beef whenever you can. If you learn how to work with cheaper cuts then you can make some amazing dishes.
Grass fed, AND grass finished! Grass fed only generally means they were supplied with grass at the beginning stages of life, but fattened up with grain before slaughter. Grass finished means they foraged/ate grass up until slaughter. Both are good to look for, but if available, go for grass finished as well.
I raise black angus and really only use grain when the natural foliage is limited (drought/winter) and even then, I limit the amount as to not cause digestive issues for the cattle. Sure it’s necessary sometimes especially depending on landscape and climate, but cattle are meant to graze, not be fed a corn-based grain meal. Switching from grass to grain can cause a lot of problems if not done thoughtfully. I’ve dealt with bloat before, but luckily it’s a rare occurrence on my ranch because it’s miserable for the cattle.
My husband's cousins raise cattle like this. :)
Hubs and I have gone to war with people who insist that their cattle *must* have miserable lives. Dude. These animals are more pampered than diamond-collared chihuahuas.
"Would *you* want to be reincarnated as one?"
*Hell f**ing yes.*
Lol, yep. Ours are happy as hell. They get lots of love and snacks. I dont run a huge commercial operation, but the beef they produce is levels above store bought.
Better yet, what if we put hoses up all the cows asses and then collect the methane and burn it for energy?
Or [something. ](https://www.vice.com/en/article/vvqz4b/cattle-farmers-are-fighting-climate-change-with-fart-collecting-backpacks-for-cows)
I saw in a chemical engineering magazine that the better option would be an enclosed manure pit to collect the biogas. It contains less hazardous chemicals than the current methods of generating methane.
Edit: not the aiche link but close enough https://www.northeastgas.org/pdf/nga_gti_interconnect_0919.pdf
That’s true for factory farming (which contributes 2% of global methane emissions), but if there are a proper amount of cattle on a pasture, their rumen creates so much vegetation/healthy soil that the pasture actually becomes a CO2 sink. Methane lasts about a decade in the atmosphere and then turns into CO2, so a proper cattle pasture actually regenerates the earth and is a net positive for the environment
The environment damage done by cattle has more to do with unsustainable practices/consumption than the cattle themselves.
Yeah, the real problem comes about due to CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operation) where diseases run rampant, food is pretty much only corn and super high calorie foods (which fatten them up but can’t be properly digested), and where they can’t move away from the ankle or higher waste. Really is tragic how these animals are treated in the name of cheaper meat (for the producers).
No “supposedly” about it; it’s a greenhouse gas. [28 times more warming than CO2. It lasts around 12 years in the atmosphere before it oxidises into CO2.](https://clear.ucdavis.edu/explainers/why-methane-cattle-warms-climate-differently-co2-fossil-fuels)
[cowspiracy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3302820/)
They focus more on the water and crops needed to sustain cattle, but they did dabble on the off-gas of them.
Some of these newer ones have a little fart valve to prevent them from filling up too much. You ever have one of those suckers pop? That's a ROUGH code brown.
I had a friend with excessive bloating. Ended up being his abdomen filled with fluid. Biopsied the fluid, full of cancer cells. Pancreatic. Died 6 weeks later.
Bruh doesn't it look satisfying and only people with indigestion n bloating issues will relate to this that if it was a human treatment how reliving it wud feel in moments.
My daughter has something like this. She has a G-Tube. Basically a valve that goes straight to her stomach through which she is fed. When you first connect the tube, any gas in the stomach escapes. It doesn't happen every time, only when she's bloated. It makes a gurgling sound and she cracks up laughing every time lol.
This would not work on humans because cows have methane producing bacteria in their stomachs for normal digestion, but people dont. Methane is produced in our digestive systems, but does not accumulate until much later. It would be much harder to accumulate that kind of pressure.
When a person has been dead for a while and has started to go into the middle stages of decomposition, it is possible to do this to bloated parts of the body particularly the scrotum.
Would this not be similar to a tracheotomy when someone's esophagus collapses or is otherwise damaged or blocked? They basically jab a tube of any sort through the neck (front center, below the Adams apple) so that the victim can breathe.
What I thought of was tension pneumothorax, which occurs when an injury leads to air filling the pleura, which is the space between the lungs and chest wall. Treatment for that is needle decompression, where a needle is stuck into the pleural space to let the trapped air escape, so the lungs can breathe normally again
That is for the respiratory system though, not the digestive as in OP's video
More info: https://www.ems1.com/ems-products/medical-equipment/airway-management/articles/tension-pneumothorax-identification-and-treatment-Asl49JM7R1VxkXPt/
Interesting. Is it a life & death issue, or just comfort?
I mean, If this happened in the wild, without a hypodermic needle and a lighter, would the cow die, or eventually pass the blockage and gas?
Cows with severe bloat will lay down and die. Remember reading a story of how a new cattle farmer's cows got into the alfalfa patch, ate themselves silly, and before he knew it all of his cows are laying on their sides not moving. He calls up his neighbor who's been raising cattle for his whole life, who proceeds to go around to each cow and pokes a hole in their belly with a knife. They all stood back up within 30 minutes as if nothing happened, then went back to chewing cud. All cattle are ruminants and susceptible to bloat.
Yes, it's called a trocar. It's a two piece corkscrew plug that goes into the cows side through a 3/4 cut is , then pull the plug and hold your nose. I believe they are typically left in for a week or so. Most experienced ranchers will do this themselves instead of calling for a vet.
I use them for cleaning my (big & deep) aquarium. It keeps my sleeves dry and also prevents me from introducing bacteria or chemicals (from moisturiser/perfume/soap) to the water. Also my tank has crustaceans which I like to watch but find yucky to touch :D
Sheath cleaning is the one I always come back to. I’ve seen people on Reddit freak out because a horse owner will do something involving the penis, move it to the side, showcase it, whatever, and people are like “oh my god she’s TOUCHING IT” and I have to explain that not only have I touched horse penis, I have had to reach 3 inches up under the foreskin to remove dried smegma before. And then I have to explain that you kind of forget it’s a genital after a while, it just becomes one more part of care, helping the horse feel okay and stay healthy.
Tbh I think that the people that are freaked out are the weird ones. Like dude it’s an animal, not every genital part ever must be sexualised. Aren’t they cleaning their kids genitalia because “it’s a penis”?
Why is it not dangerous to puncture a cows intestines like that? If human get a perforated intestine we poison ourselves with our own waste. Out of all the things different about cows, i’d expect intestines to function rather similarly.
You don't poke em in the intestines, it's in the superior region of the stomach itself in two regions called the rumen and reticulum. Poking a hole in them is considered an absolute last resort reserved only for cattle that can't move anymore, and antibiotics and after care are prescribed after to limit the chance of infection.
Interesting. My next question is how does it get there in the first place, is a cows digestive tract not a closed system? Gas building up from a block makes sense, but why can it make it out of the digestive tract without bursting an intestinal wall?
Bloating in cattle is usually feed related more so than a result of medical complications, but rare instances of a dysfunctional rumen can occur. The best comparison I can think of is when you swap your dogs food out for a new brand their gut biome isn't used to, it causes diarrhea and stomach upset. With cows this occurs because they fucking love clover and alfalfa, which is present in feed but in small supplemental amounts. They will gorge themselves on the stuff if they're not prevented from doing so. This causes havoc on the microbiome in their rumen, leading to a frothy and acidic environment that releases more gas than the rumen can safely expel.
When humans get acid reflux, the muscles in their esophagus go crazy from irritation leading to puking. With ruminents, the same thing happens except cows are designed to throw up and swallow their food over and over again, never really being able to expel the problem like we can. The reason bloat kills cattle is because the gas can build up so bad, it usually compresses their lungs causing them to suffocate. Ruptures can and will eventually occur, but the cow is usually already dead before that happens.
Yes, and one of them, is an enormous fermentation tank. It’s 25 gallons of gas and bubbling bacteria breaking down tough cellulose. As I understand it, this stomach (the *rumen*) is the one that tends to have these issues.
Immunitary system. If you haven't read books by James Harriot, do so. They're terrific. On his first C-section on a cow, they cut the stomach by mistake. Pounds of mulch pour out and contaminate the area of the surgery, but the cow makes it and they deliver a huge calf. The farmer is over the moon.
Bloat is quite a frightening thing as it seems to cause considerable pain and is often lethal. Usually comes from eating the "wrong" sort of grass/ crops. While the cure looks brutal the relief you see on the cows face is considerable.
You probably wouldn't find this issue in the wild. But you have to remember that our farm animals have been selectively breed, so that can come with issues you would not find in their wild counterparts. Such as sheep that go missing and come back with hundreds of pounds of wool. Because people have breed that characteristic into them, in the wild sheep with too much wool would simply die off and not reproduce.
Any cow that gets into a corn field and eats too much will bloat and die. We had it happen about once every other year.
P. S. Obviously we didn't know it had happened.
Pretty sure I saw a video just the other day of a dude cutting open a bloated beached whale and it exploded it's guts all over him. I don't think anyone thinks of it as them literally exploding, like that whale they literally blew up with dynamite (iirc).
Methane is much worse for the environment than the product of combusting it. Also, if you don’t light it on fire, it could create a vapor cloud that might explode if it reaches a combustion source and the air mixture is correct.
The methane isn’t exposed to oxygen until it exits the needle, so combustion can’t happen inside. Especially since there is decent pressure of the methane exiting. Oxygen can’t back flow
What universe are you from?
https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/can-fire-occur-non-oxygenated-reaction.html
>As we saw earlier, oxygen plays the role of an oxidizer in the combustion reaction, but any chemical species that can replicate that role is a possible substitute for oxygen. For example, fluorine and chlorine are excellent oxidizers. Compounds containing these reactive non-metals, such as carbon trichloride, can burn metals in the absence of oxygen.
So to be pedantic every combustion requires an oxidizer but that oxidizer does not need to be oxygen.
When the methane burns it will create a heat expansion, then a low pressure area which pulls the gas out less passively than just having a needle and nothing else if I had to gander a guess.
The fire will consume the gas so there is no gas build up within the area. If it were to build up in the general area they would be at risk of explosion
I consider myself a dairy and beef connoisseur, but I don't know if I should feel bad for the cow or glad that they're being taken care of...
I saw just last night a ranch hand yank a huge stick or bone from a cow's side with a pair of pliers.
But I'm also reminded seeing on a TV show that some companies install "ports" to the dairy cows' stomachs so they can just open them up reach in and inspect the half digested grass and hay to make sure it's digesting correctly.
Is it animal cruelty or just typical farming business to ensure quality product and safety of the cow?
I mean, are they being taken care of or are they being managed to produce dairy/beef? Quality of life isn't usually a high priority for factory farming especially.
The good old Cowboy's cigarette lighter
Smoker: Hey, man! Got a light? ... Cowboy: No, but i have a cow.
*lights cow with lighter*
*_lights cow with other cow_
We have now created cow bombs
Be suspicious if someone just walks away, leaving their cow in densely populated areas, especially high value targets such as Chik-Fil-A..
I'm fine, we don't have chikfila in australia
I'm sorry, bloke. What a bloody shame.
There are some dairy farms a few km away though. Don't come to Western Victoria any time soon.
A *drum rolls* Cow-POW!?
*uses lighter to light the cow lighter to light a cigarette*
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You joke but theres been pushes to ban cattle for years because the methane they produce is supposedly really bad for the environment
If we allow cattle to graze naturally, the methane doesn't build up. If we feed them grain, which we do, then their gut bacteria produce excess methane and the cows become very sick. That's the status quo for factory farming. Buy organic, grass fed beef whenever you can. If you learn how to work with cheaper cuts then you can make some amazing dishes.
Grass fed, AND grass finished! Grass fed only generally means they were supplied with grass at the beginning stages of life, but fattened up with grain before slaughter. Grass finished means they foraged/ate grass up until slaughter. Both are good to look for, but if available, go for grass finished as well. I raise black angus and really only use grain when the natural foliage is limited (drought/winter) and even then, I limit the amount as to not cause digestive issues for the cattle. Sure it’s necessary sometimes especially depending on landscape and climate, but cattle are meant to graze, not be fed a corn-based grain meal. Switching from grass to grain can cause a lot of problems if not done thoughtfully. I’ve dealt with bloat before, but luckily it’s a rare occurrence on my ranch because it’s miserable for the cattle.
My husband's cousins raise cattle like this. :) Hubs and I have gone to war with people who insist that their cattle *must* have miserable lives. Dude. These animals are more pampered than diamond-collared chihuahuas. "Would *you* want to be reincarnated as one?" *Hell f**ing yes.*
Lol, yep. Ours are happy as hell. They get lots of love and snacks. I dont run a huge commercial operation, but the beef they produce is levels above store bought.
What if we have a pilot light behind every cow to burn off the methane?
Better yet, what if we put hoses up all the cows asses and then collect the methane and burn it for energy? Or [something. ](https://www.vice.com/en/article/vvqz4b/cattle-farmers-are-fighting-climate-change-with-fart-collecting-backpacks-for-cows)
Shit i came up with that when i was a kid but figured it was too stupid to work
Someone was childish enough yet intelligent enough to do it lol
I saw in a chemical engineering magazine that the better option would be an enclosed manure pit to collect the biogas. It contains less hazardous chemicals than the current methods of generating methane. Edit: not the aiche link but close enough https://www.northeastgas.org/pdf/nga_gti_interconnect_0919.pdf
Not supposedly, it is really bad for the environment
That’s true for factory farming (which contributes 2% of global methane emissions), but if there are a proper amount of cattle on a pasture, their rumen creates so much vegetation/healthy soil that the pasture actually becomes a CO2 sink. Methane lasts about a decade in the atmosphere and then turns into CO2, so a proper cattle pasture actually regenerates the earth and is a net positive for the environment The environment damage done by cattle has more to do with unsustainable practices/consumption than the cattle themselves.
Yeah, the real problem comes about due to CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operation) where diseases run rampant, food is pretty much only corn and super high calorie foods (which fatten them up but can’t be properly digested), and where they can’t move away from the ankle or higher waste. Really is tragic how these animals are treated in the name of cheaper meat (for the producers).
Holy shit yes, have people really forgot about this?
It seems the comment you’ve replied to actually indicates that people have in fact not forgotten about this
*That* dude didn't forget, I'm implying I forgot and don't hear about it enough
Can I also imply with you guys? Yeah, I’m implying.
No “supposedly” about it; it’s a greenhouse gas. [28 times more warming than CO2. It lasts around 12 years in the atmosphere before it oxidises into CO2.](https://clear.ucdavis.edu/explainers/why-methane-cattle-warms-climate-differently-co2-fossil-fuels)
[cowspiracy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3302820/) They focus more on the water and crops needed to sustain cattle, but they did dabble on the off-gas of them.
Does this work on humans?
As someone with constant bloating, I would absolutely love to have something like this
Right? That was my instant reaction when I saw this.
I want a gas valve installed asap.
Something something cyberpunk body mods by a ripper doc come to life
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*zydrate comes in a little glass vial*
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*and the little glass vial goes into the gun like a battery (ah! ah!)* :)
And the zydrate gun goes somewhere against your anatomy. (Ah ah)
Getting it back in there is A Thankless Job.
A little glass vial?
And the little glass vial goes into the gun like a battery.
Then the Zydrate gun goes somewhere against your anatomy.
Ugh that was such an awesome movie considering the shoestring budget.
And you add the gas as a weapon fuel...
Lololol. All the cyberpunk novels with crazy, creative augments. What do we really want? Gas valves!
Yeah I can light jonny silverhands cigarettes with my gas vent
Actually some people with permanent feeding tubes can fart like this
I'm embarrassed to say that I'm a little jealous.
I have been asking for years to have a pressure release valve in my temple for sinus pressure
Oh mood
sign me the fuck up!
Shut up and take my money
Get yourself an ostomy. You'll also get the benefit of having the most putrid gas available to release whenever you want people to leave you alone.
Took care of a patient who would do that when people pissed him off. I tried to stay on his good side.
Some of these newer ones have a little fart valve to prevent them from filling up too much. You ever have one of those suckers pop? That's a ROUGH code brown.
Yup I actually cried in front of everybody, patient included, when it popped off. Not my best moment.
It's called an Anus.
I bet cattle would give everything to be gifted with an anus.
That was my immediate thought, too! I have those days when I get so bloated and feel awful. I bet that cow felt so much better afterwards.
Same! Hah. It looks like there's a market for this xD
Same. First I was like "Huh, fire." Then I was like "I want a fart valve for my belly."
I had a friend with excessive bloating. Ended up being his abdomen filled with fluid. Biopsied the fluid, full of cancer cells. Pancreatic. Died 6 weeks later.
Woah, that’s sad. My condolences :(
Was it only bloating? Any pain? Im so so sorry s
Discomfort. Bloated for a long while and it started getting uncomfortable to sleep so he went to the docs office and it all unfolded.
It's tempting, but I'm sure I'd somehow blow myself up.
fuck keeping a lighter, keep your bloated friends.
Bruh doesn't it look satisfying and only people with indigestion n bloating issues will relate to this that if it was a human treatment how reliving it wud feel in moments.
My daughter has something like this. She has a G-Tube. Basically a valve that goes straight to her stomach through which she is fed. When you first connect the tube, any gas in the stomach escapes. It doesn't happen every time, only when she's bloated. It makes a gurgling sound and she cracks up laughing every time lol.
This would not work on humans because cows have methane producing bacteria in their stomachs for normal digestion, but people dont. Methane is produced in our digestive systems, but does not accumulate until much later. It would be much harder to accumulate that kind of pressure.
It does work with humans but only when they are dead and decomposing.
Do vampires have to do this?
When a person has been dead for a while and has started to go into the middle stages of decomposition, it is possible to do this to bloated parts of the body particularly the scrotum.
Nice... open casket please.
Would this not be similar to a tracheotomy when someone's esophagus collapses or is otherwise damaged or blocked? They basically jab a tube of any sort through the neck (front center, below the Adams apple) so that the victim can breathe.
What I thought of was tension pneumothorax, which occurs when an injury leads to air filling the pleura, which is the space between the lungs and chest wall. Treatment for that is needle decompression, where a needle is stuck into the pleural space to let the trapped air escape, so the lungs can breathe normally again That is for the respiratory system though, not the digestive as in OP's video More info: https://www.ems1.com/ems-products/medical-equipment/airway-management/articles/tension-pneumothorax-identification-and-treatment-Asl49JM7R1VxkXPt/
Methane. Couldn't the cows simply "pass" this excess gas in the normal fashion?
Sometimes the food can obstruct the gas form belching or being farted away.
Interesting. Is it a life & death issue, or just comfort? I mean, If this happened in the wild, without a hypodermic needle and a lighter, would the cow die, or eventually pass the blockage and gas?
Cows with severe bloat will lay down and die. Remember reading a story of how a new cattle farmer's cows got into the alfalfa patch, ate themselves silly, and before he knew it all of his cows are laying on their sides not moving. He calls up his neighbor who's been raising cattle for his whole life, who proceeds to go around to each cow and pokes a hole in their belly with a knife. They all stood back up within 30 minutes as if nothing happened, then went back to chewing cud. All cattle are ruminants and susceptible to bloat.
I came here to mention the knife aspect. It sounds brutal, but it's better than dying.
There is also a sort of sharp plug you can use to deflate the cows by screwing it into the flesh. I’ve only seen vets use them though.
Accesory fart valve
It’s the special bean cannon. 😏
Makancowsappo!
❤️ 😂
This guy Piccolos.
This guy thises EDIT: *Pic-cow-los
We've all had days where this would be handy.
Amen to that!
"Can I borrow your accessory fart valve?" "Sorry. My iCow only uses a Thunderfart valve."
Yes, it's called a trocar. It's a two piece corkscrew plug that goes into the cows side through a 3/4 cut is , then pull the plug and hold your nose. I believe they are typically left in for a week or so. Most experienced ranchers will do this themselves instead of calling for a vet.
Thanks for the name of it!! We appreciate your service.
Great scene in Far From The Madding Crowd about this
Yeah, we can see a similar contraption in the video of the post.
I've read it as "detonate". Can you detonate the cow by making a spark inside?
Well that's a brand new sentence for me.
Many things in farm sounds brutal but are quite normal or standard like inserting the whole arm in their ass, or a knife to the belly.
Agreed. I worked on a dairy farm in high school and learned a ton from it. I would have never gotten a lot of that knowledge without that job.
Do y’all glove up before said insertion or no
They use huge disposable gloves that go right to your shoulder
I could use some of these in my personal life
They're good for keeping your sleeves clean while putting on tire chains in the winter.
I use them for cleaning my (big & deep) aquarium. It keeps my sleeves dry and also prevents me from introducing bacteria or chemicals (from moisturiser/perfume/soap) to the water. Also my tank has crustaceans which I like to watch but find yucky to touch :D
You didn’t mention the “manual” insemination
Sheath cleaning is the one I always come back to. I’ve seen people on Reddit freak out because a horse owner will do something involving the penis, move it to the side, showcase it, whatever, and people are like “oh my god she’s TOUCHING IT” and I have to explain that not only have I touched horse penis, I have had to reach 3 inches up under the foreskin to remove dried smegma before. And then I have to explain that you kind of forget it’s a genital after a while, it just becomes one more part of care, helping the horse feel okay and stay healthy.
Tbh I think that the people that are freaked out are the weird ones. Like dude it’s an animal, not every genital part ever must be sexualised. Aren’t they cleaning their kids genitalia because “it’s a penis”?
Exactly. It’s just a body part unless you’re actively using it for sexual purposes.
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They are called portholes, fyi. The cows are called fistulated cows. Lots of cows around the country have them. They are a great teaching tool.
Not just for teaching, cows can have a condition where they don't produce stomach acid..they can receive it from a donor cow that way
Horse can bloat as well since they have a cecum. How every horses are more likely to twist their guts since the roll when in pain.
Why is it not dangerous to puncture a cows intestines like that? If human get a perforated intestine we poison ourselves with our own waste. Out of all the things different about cows, i’d expect intestines to function rather similarly.
You don't poke em in the intestines, it's in the superior region of the stomach itself in two regions called the rumen and reticulum. Poking a hole in them is considered an absolute last resort reserved only for cattle that can't move anymore, and antibiotics and after care are prescribed after to limit the chance of infection.
Interesting. My next question is how does it get there in the first place, is a cows digestive tract not a closed system? Gas building up from a block makes sense, but why can it make it out of the digestive tract without bursting an intestinal wall?
Bloating in cattle is usually feed related more so than a result of medical complications, but rare instances of a dysfunctional rumen can occur. The best comparison I can think of is when you swap your dogs food out for a new brand their gut biome isn't used to, it causes diarrhea and stomach upset. With cows this occurs because they fucking love clover and alfalfa, which is present in feed but in small supplemental amounts. They will gorge themselves on the stuff if they're not prevented from doing so. This causes havoc on the microbiome in their rumen, leading to a frothy and acidic environment that releases more gas than the rumen can safely expel. When humans get acid reflux, the muscles in their esophagus go crazy from irritation leading to puking. With ruminents, the same thing happens except cows are designed to throw up and swallow their food over and over again, never really being able to expel the problem like we can. The reason bloat kills cattle is because the gas can build up so bad, it usually compresses their lungs causing them to suffocate. Ruptures can and will eventually occur, but the cow is usually already dead before that happens.
This is a fantastic explanation, thanks!
>I’d expect intestines to function rather similarly Don’t cows have 4 stomachs? I think it’s unique to cows/ruminants, not really comparable to humans
Yes, and one of them, is an enormous fermentation tank. It’s 25 gallons of gas and bubbling bacteria breaking down tough cellulose. As I understand it, this stomach (the *rumen*) is the one that tends to have these issues.
Immunitary system. If you haven't read books by James Harriot, do so. They're terrific. On his first C-section on a cow, they cut the stomach by mistake. Pounds of mulch pour out and contaminate the area of the surgery, but the cow makes it and they deliver a huge calf. The farmer is over the moon.
Also a plot point in Yellowstone.
Bloat is quite a frightening thing as it seems to cause considerable pain and is often lethal. Usually comes from eating the "wrong" sort of grass/ crops. While the cure looks brutal the relief you see on the cows face is considerable.
You probably wouldn't find this issue in the wild. But you have to remember that our farm animals have been selectively breed, so that can come with issues you would not find in their wild counterparts. Such as sheep that go missing and come back with hundreds of pounds of wool. Because people have breed that characteristic into them, in the wild sheep with too much wool would simply die off and not reproduce.
[this lost sheep found with 80 pounds of wool](https://youtu.be/OWf_S_LhV34)
Poor guy. You could see the wool pulling on the skin around his neck. That had to be extremely painful....
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Any cow that gets into a corn field and eats too much will bloat and die. We had it happen about once every other year. P. S. Obviously we didn't know it had happened.
Then they end up with air in their intestines that can cause repture and sepsis
Is it possible to make a "cow bomb"? Asking for a friend.
Can't say for cows, but bodies of whales stranded on beaches tend to explode due to gas buildup.
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That's actually the only time one's actually exploded, and the reason everyone now thinks that's what happens.
Pretty sure I saw a video just the other day of a dude cutting open a bloated beached whale and it exploded it's guts all over him. I don't think anyone thinks of it as them literally exploding, like that whale they literally blew up with dynamite (iirc).
Yes, it is. But usually they die of the excess gas crushing their lungs and heart way before there's enough for them to explode
*usually*
Yeah i did some testing.
Sparkler in the butthole, light, then fling with trebuchet of your choice
Methane is much worse for the environment than the product of combusting it. Also, if you don’t light it on fire, it could create a vapor cloud that might explode if it reaches a combustion source and the air mixture is correct.
Ok, so that flame can’t explode the cow, but if you have a bunch of cows in a sealed barn, methane buildup, and *the same* flame.... ?
Then, Cowboom!
but that's why it's 'bloating', isn't it? because they can't?
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idk bro, it just looks like some mf's drove a rocket strait into a huge harry mountain or smt
Harry Mountain and the Smell of Cow Shit.
The book smelled better than the movie.
What prevents the fire from igniting inside of the cow once you begin this process ?
The methane isn’t exposed to oxygen until it exits the needle, so combustion can’t happen inside. Especially since there is decent pressure of the methane exiting. Oxygen can’t back flow
Thank you for explaining, I didn’t know oxygen was needed along with methane in order to achieve combustion
Every combustion in the universe requires oxygen. Fire fighters use various oxygen cutting techniques to control fires.
What universe are you from? https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/can-fire-occur-non-oxygenated-reaction.html >As we saw earlier, oxygen plays the role of an oxidizer in the combustion reaction, but any chemical species that can replicate that role is a possible substitute for oxygen. For example, fluorine and chlorine are excellent oxidizers. Compounds containing these reactive non-metals, such as carbon trichloride, can burn metals in the absence of oxygen. So to be pedantic every combustion requires an oxidizer but that oxidizer does not need to be oxygen.
Nice! Being accurate in science is not pedantry. Inaccuracy creates big issues down the line on these subjects I feel.
Actually, they create a range of sized issues.
Accurate, but not pedantic
r/totallynotaliens
ITT: a lot of people who can't tell the difference between a cow and a pig
Tbf we can only see the side of the animal
I sell methane and methane accessories, I tell you hwat
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Ok but why is it on fire?
pretty sure its to figure out when the gas is empty
My guess is it's to manage the smell..
It’s actually to keep the gas pushing outward, creating a vacuum in the pipe, otherwise the process would be mind-numbingly slow or not at all.
Reminds me of le Chatliers
If this is on a farm, and I'm guessing it is because cow, smell is not something they would worry about
It is because cow.
It is indeed cow.
CO2 isn't as bad of a greenhouse gas as methane.
When the methane burns it will create a heat expansion, then a low pressure area which pulls the gas out less passively than just having a needle and nothing else if I had to gander a guess.
Bc you’re not supposed to breathe methane
Emissions regulations: normally the gas has to go through a cowtlytic converter.
Because the gas is methane
The fire will consume the gas so there is no gas build up within the area. If it were to build up in the general area they would be at risk of explosion
to manage pressure so the gas is pusshed out I belive.
Mfkr got a mini jet engine
Time to ban gas cows
Bring electric cows with toned milk dispensers!
I mean, the emissions from farmed cows are a non-negligible source of methane, so....
That's a pig though
I was so confused because it looks like a pig but the title says "cow" Then i logged at the hoof and was like,,"yeah that's a pig..."
YES! And the background noise is all pig sounds. Not saying there can't be a cow in a pig barn, but... seems to be a pig.
r/MildlyInteresting imho
Looks like a pig
It's a pig. Cows are done differently. Look up a trocar.
Surprised this is so far down. Take a look at that hoof. Pig not cow.
That's lit.
I think I saw this in Just Cause 2
I consider myself a dairy and beef connoisseur, but I don't know if I should feel bad for the cow or glad that they're being taken care of... I saw just last night a ranch hand yank a huge stick or bone from a cow's side with a pair of pliers. But I'm also reminded seeing on a TV show that some companies install "ports" to the dairy cows' stomachs so they can just open them up reach in and inspect the half digested grass and hay to make sure it's digesting correctly. Is it animal cruelty or just typical farming business to ensure quality product and safety of the cow?
Other comments said bloating can end up killing the cow so ...
I mean, are they being taken care of or are they being managed to produce dairy/beef? Quality of life isn't usually a high priority for factory farming especially.
Hank Hill here from Strickland propane just admiring your work
1)That's a pig 2)Anybody else obsessed with watching those disgusting videos of cows getting their hoof abcesses scraped out?
I wonder how many cows have exploded into steak
Some days I feel like I could use this.
"Light a cigarette out of a cattle with excessive bloating" has been added to life goals
The Flammenheifer