Cows are "excited by intellectual challenges"

Sponge Bob

More Cow science.

Researchers at the University Of Bristol have done more research on the complex beast that is the Cow. They found that :

Cows within a herd form friendship groups of between two and four animals with whom they spend most of their time, often grooming and licking each other. They will also dislike other cows, and can bear grudges for months or years

Interesting Herd dynamic that , reminds one of certain Boards Mods . Another similarity between those particular Mods and Cows is that they

become excited by solving intellectual challenges

Follow on research was mooted.

Christine Nicol, professor of animal welfare at Britain's Bristol University, said even chickens might have to be treated as individuals with needs and problems.

I'm in the wrong business , time to retrain. Story

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12390397-13762,00.html

RE*AC*TOR

you are my new hero.

SantaHoe

So d'you reckon since they enjoy "solving intellectual challenges" that they'll soon figure out how to escape from the food chain, convert the world to vegitarian then seize control of local governments.

University Of Bristol

I thought it'd be Oxford (ultra-hyper groan)

Mossy Monk

why doesnt this surprise me

galactus

This is something that Gary Larson has been researching for years.

http://www.newmanveterinary.com/images/GaryLarsonCows1.gif

theCzar

somehow i'm not worried.

But if we can launch a global campaign to make vegetarians the enemy of right thinking folk, i'm on board