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The first things that come to mind when thinking about cute animals are dogs or cats. Then you may remember bunnies and hamsters, but cows wouldn’t be at the top of the list. And it’s a shame because they have the most adorable faces too.
Most of us would think that cows are kept in homes just for milk or meat, but they can be great pets too, filling the owner’s heart with joy and love. Bored Panda acknowledges their beauty and went on the internet to compile this list for you to learn what lovely animals cows can be.
For even more cuteness overload, check out our gallery of baby Highland cattle calves and see why these tiny cows are stealing hearts everywhere.
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Fluffiest Cow
Cows were one of the first animals to be domesticated. The process started more than 10,500 years ago and they were used for meat and milk, while their skin, hair, horns and bones were also used for clothing and everyday tools. Since the beginning, cows were a valuable animal for humans. Scientists say that they were used as currency as early as 9,000 BC and they could be called one of the first forms of money.
After all these years, the animal still is a very big part of people’s diet, but what has changed is that more people have become emotionally attached to them and started keeping them as pets.
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May I Offer You A Picture Of A Cute Cow During These Trying Times
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Fluffy Scottish Highland Calf
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Smol Moo
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago (edited)
Loving smol moo. What you're seeing on their forhead is what you get.
Cows actually are gentle and friendly, so it is no wonder they have become pets. And after seeing these photos, you’ll realize that their appearance is also really adorable.
However, they're not that easy to keep as they are definitely not apartment-friendly and they need more care than a cat or a dog. The obvious thing is that they need land to graze and you have to think about where would you put them in winter if it gets cold where you live. And if they get sick, you need a specialized veterinarian because not all of them know how to treat every domestic animal.
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This Is Willow, A Premature Longhorn Calf. She Has Been Raised By Dogs And Thinks She Is One
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Dogs Love Cows Sometimes
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Cows Will Be Your Friend If You Treat Them Nicely
If you are financially able and can provide a cow with a comfortable home, you will get a really good friend. They‘ve been with humans for thousands of years and that means they have learned to socialize. Moreover, they are not as stupid as they may seem. They want to play with you and they are possible to train. For example, you can teach them to turn in a circle or lie down.
It’s not a coincidence that in some religions, a cow is seen as something comparable to a lamb of god. For many Hindus, cows are sacred animals because they are depicted as companions of certain gods.
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Cow Puppy
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A Boy And His Cow Napping At The Goshen Fair
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Cow Posing With Their Buddy
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A Baby Cow With A Bum Heart And A Head Heart
From afar, cows can seem scary because they are big animals that have horns and if you’re not familiar with their personality, you might be afraid they could get angry very easily or start attacking you unexpectedly.
But that’s not the case and they are actually very lovely creatures, as it can be felt looking at the pictures. Which ones of these are your favorite? Would you like to have a cow as a pet or do you have one and would like to share your experience owning one? Share all your thoughts in the comments!
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Happy Little Christmas Moo
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A Friend Of Mine Sent Me This Picture, And I Thought It Deserves To Be Posted
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This Is Aretha, A Rescue Cow. She Groomed My Legs With Her Tongue Then Fell Asleep. She’s A Good Girl
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
Cows know when they've come to a safe and caring place. They too give us their gratitude, just like any other animal we rescue. Dogs, cats, horses, cows.... and sadly there's an "And so on, and so on..."
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My Grand-Nephew Meeting A Calf For The First Time
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This Little Calf Is Wearing Earmuffs To Prevent Frostbite
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My Grandpa Isn't Able To Take Care Of His Cows Anymore So I Started Helping Last Fall. Honestly They Scared Me A Little At First. Now I've Gotten Super Attached To Them
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
What a wonderful and loving thing to do for your grandfather. He loves his cows.
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Nosey Cow Undoubtedly Stole The Show At The County Fairgrounds. Not Everyone’s Into Cows, But She Was A Beauty With The Softest Ears
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Here's A Baby Cow 15 Seconds Before Licking My Phone
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Let’s Take A Moment To Appreciate This Lovely Cow
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Flower Girl
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Fluffy Holiday Cow Spreading Cheer
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The Sun Makes Dancer Happy
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Cow And Hedgehog
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Two Precious Girls
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Meet Moonpie, The Cow That Thinks She's A Dog
She was spotted at a livestock auction house, got rescued and was taken to Rocky Ridge Refuge Sanctuary. As the weather was really bad and she was too small to be outside with the other cows. Moonpie stayed in her human mom’s bedroom and eventually befriended her canine companions. They clean her face, the way her mother would have. They love to do that. They were all thrilled to see her. However, Moonpie is particulary fond of a deaf bull terrier Spackle.
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My Nephew Met A Baby Cow And Decided To Brush It
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Fluffy Cows
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Dog Enjoying A “Cow Lick"
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Woke Up To A Surprise This Morning! My Cow Hashbrown Had A Tater Tot
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A Miniature Cow
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Cody Looks Like A Giant
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Cute Baby Cow Marley Rose
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Had To Keep Her Warm
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Cow Friends At The Virginia State Fair
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Smoochie For The Doggo
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Wholesome Moo-Ment
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We Had A Baby On Sunday. Meet Waffles
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Baby Cow I Saw Today With A Love Heart On Her Head
Barbara Hudson 3 years ago
Was nice until I saw the chain around her leg. Not good, not needed.
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Throwback To Baby James First Birthday
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First, We Load The Dishwasher, Then We Feed The Cows. We Do It This Way Every Morning. Doing Dishes Has Never Appeared More Riveting
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Checking On The New Baby
When Adam picked her up she let out a scream and 25 angry momma cows came charging down the hill towards us. They were ready to kill whatever was bothering that baby, thankfully they calmed down once they saw us.
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Baby Highland Cow In The Mountains Of Colorado
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I Can’t Decide On The Name
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Marshmallow And Bean
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Now I Want A Cow Pillow Too
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Having A Nap On The Ride Home
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Mini Cows
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I Saw A Cute Cow! I Thought It Would Work Well As A Wholesome Meme
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The Life Of A Barn Cat
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Any Love For This Adorable Highland Cattle Calf?
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Hercules
#58
Here Is A Cow Enjoying A Nice Bath. That’s All
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
"I don't understand why some dogs freak out about having a bath. This is such a relaxing hot tub. Just wish they had the swirls."
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This Little Cutie Was Only 3 Weeks Old
#62
My Friend Told Me You Like Cute Animals. Meet My Mini Highland Cow, Buckley
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Baby Cows Are Adorable
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One Of My Dad's Cows Just Had A Calf On St. Paddy's Day
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My Friend Got A New Cow. She Has A Bit Of An Under Bite
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I Think Cows Are Underrated In The Cute Department
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Baby Highland Cows
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My Dog Met A Cow Today
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Cow Excited To Be In A Picture
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People Are Very Often Asking Can Highlanders See Through Their Hair. I Believe That They See Just Fine, At Least When They Want To See
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Can There Be Anything More Touching
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Not Another Cowlick!
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Indy Doesn’t Let Me Touch Her, But Is Always Super Keen To Pose For Photos And Hang Out With Me. Maybe She Will Become Friendly One Day
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The Faces Lucy Made When I Came To Take Her Home From The Pasture
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One Of The Main Reasons I Went Vegan Is Because I Walk My Dog In A Cow Field Every Day. Here’s A New Born Pic. Sooooo Cute
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Calf, Just A Few Days Old, Seeing What I Was Up To
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Visited My Friend's Sheep Farm On The Weekend. This Is Him And His Pet Highland, Cedar. She Was Like A Big Dog
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Delilah And Reba
Delilah usually runs away from the pigs.. but this time she was laying down and Reba came over and laid right under her head. Delilah didn’t seem to mind, even gave her a couple of licks.
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Big Boy Eric On His Birthday
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Idk If I’m The Only One, But I Really Like Cows. I Think They’re Cute
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1 Day Old Calf
Camille Sinanan 2 years ago
I must take a break my brain is being overloaded but i shall be back
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Cute Bison Calf Getting Some Love From Mother
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Moo!
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Happy 7th Birthday To My Favourite Cow Ever, Brown Sugar
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A Friend Of Mine Took Pictures Of Her Photogenic Cow
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Grace Was Ready For The Rain!
This was going to be her Halloween costume but she ended up needing it with the weather today.
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Um, Excuse Me But Do You Have Any Cow Treats In Here?
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James With His Buggy Full Of Goodies On Our Shopping Trip
Crazy Meerkat Lady 3 years ago
Where on earth do you live that you can take your cow shopping with you???? My bags are packed, let me know where to go!
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Story Time With My Cow
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I Don’t Think Any Of Roberto’s “Hats” Fit Him Anymore
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Bart Sees You There... Scrolling... Not Giving Him Pats And Milk
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Harley Quinn, The Highland Cow Calf. All Dressed Up For Christmas
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Here's A Pic Of My Cow With Bunny Ears
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Baby James The Jedi Is Ready To Fight His Next Battle
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My Sister's New Calf, Her Name Is Moo
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Look How Photogenic Our Cute Little Calf Is
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My Scottish Highland Show Calves From A Few Years Ago. They Are Probably 3 Months Old In This Photo. Sedona And Phoenix
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Just Two Furry Calfs. That's It
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He's A Different Kind Of Cute, But Meet Silas, My Girlfriend's Scottish Highland Cow
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Is This The Right Window For Cookies And Chin Scritches?
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This Sweet Girl Came To My College Campus And Was So Relaxed As I Was Petting Her
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Photogenic Cow At The Local Humane Society
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Cuteness Overload
About the eartags. In Finland (and many other countries) all cattle must be tagged with two eartags, it is a law. No matter the use of a cow, it has to have a tag in both of its ears with indentification number. If it falls in some point of a cows life, a new tag must be put on. We also have to inform every birth, every death, every change to this bovine register where they keep track on every cow in Finland, for example because of food safety and various other things. Tags look very big for the calves , but they grow quickly and in adults you don't really see them because of the fluffy hair. The tags are quickly put in to the ears and is just like to put a ear piercing for human, hurts only for a second and is soon over.
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Sometimes You Just Need To Lay Your Head Down And Watch The World Moo
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Cute Jumping Baby Highland Cow On The Road
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This Handsome Guy Had Some Cute Pictures Taken This Morning
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This Girl Is Stunning! A Pretty Champagne Colored Highland/Beltie Cross
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Could This Duo Be Any Cuter
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Human Mom Says I’m About To Experience My First Winter. She Says White Stuff Might Even Fall From The Sky, Which I Guess Is A Lot Like The Wet Stuff But Colder.
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Artsy Bookworm 4 years ago
There's a surprising amount of cows with hearts on their heads. Not that I mind😊
Heather Lambie 4 years ago (edited)
Now everyone remember these cute docile faces the next time you go to the grocery store, and choose NOT to go down the meat aisle!!!
TJ Anderson 3 years ago
Isn't it funny how people will talk about how beautiful these animals are... until you suggest they stop eating them.
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Erik Ivan 4 years ago
So my parents had a small dairy farm in the north of Sweden. Cows can be super dangerous, specially if they want to cuddle. Becuase it is half of a tonne coming, and it is not a given thing that the cow understand that. I knew a guy who died becuase of that. Most dangerous is it if you fall over and has nothing to fend off the cows with. Again - not because they want to hurt you, but because they don't always understand how big and heavy they are. As an example, if a cow by accident steps on your foot - and you don't have steel capped shoes - the foot can be crushed. I know people who have a limp for life because of that. It can be even worse if you get into a field with cows you don't know. If they think you are threatening them or their super cute baby cows, they can attack. And you stand no chanse what so ever against an angry cow. Every year, there are people who get hurt because they climb over a fence to try to cuddle with a calf.
Roxy Eastland 4 years ago
Yes, I was thinking that I hope no one decides it's a good idea to go into a random field and start picking up calves for photos, because a herd of cows defending their young could easily kill someone. Calves are adorable, no question, but get your pictures from a distance if you are not familiar to the cows. Even if they don't do anything aggressive it's still stressful for them.
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Thinker Dell 4 years ago
This is the post where I HAD to upvote each pic! I love, love, love cows and in a few years I want to have some onbmy own just to provide them with a good life!
Christina Uhlir 3 years ago
Up-votes for animals; down-vote for this fake post (except one entry) - it's all fun until "we" start harvesting, isn't it?
Tee Witt 4 years ago
I lived in the Scottish Highlands for many years, saw many Highland cattle but never saw the colour variations above. Highland ginger variations and occationally cream, but never grey, black or patched. Suppose American ones must be interbred to gain the colours so not pure Highland Cattle.
TheAnimalLady 3 years ago
How in the world would you know what we are surprised about? Don't you realize how many city slickers don't know what livestock looks like? I took my potbelly pig camping and people literally asked me what kind of DOG it was!?! I said "It's a pig" and they mis-heard it as "pug" and started arguing with me about it because "they know what pugs look like".
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Artsy Bookworm 4 years ago
There's a surprising amount of cows with hearts on their heads. Not that I mind😊
Heather Lambie 4 years ago (edited)
Now everyone remember these cute docile faces the next time you go to the grocery store, and choose NOT to go down the meat aisle!!!
TJ Anderson 3 years ago
Isn't it funny how people will talk about how beautiful these animals are... until you suggest they stop eating them.
Load More Replies... Erik Ivan 4 years ago
So my parents had a small dairy farm in the north of Sweden. Cows can be super dangerous, specially if they want to cuddle. Becuase it is half of a tonne coming, and it is not a given thing that the cow understand that. I knew a guy who died becuase of that. Most dangerous is it if you fall over and has nothing to fend off the cows with. Again - not because they want to hurt you, but because they don't always understand how big and heavy they are. As an example, if a cow by accident steps on your foot - and you don't have steel capped shoes - the foot can be crushed. I know people who have a limp for life because of that. It can be even worse if you get into a field with cows you don't know. If they think you are threatening them or their super cute baby cows, they can attack. And you stand no chanse what so ever against an angry cow. Every year, there are people who get hurt because they climb over a fence to try to cuddle with a calf.
Roxy Eastland 4 years ago
Yes, I was thinking that I hope no one decides it's a good idea to go into a random field and start picking up calves for photos, because a herd of cows defending their young could easily kill someone. Calves are adorable, no question, but get your pictures from a distance if you are not familiar to the cows. Even if they don't do anything aggressive it's still stressful for them.
Load More Replies... Thinker Dell 4 years ago
This is the post where I HAD to upvote each pic! I love, love, love cows and in a few years I want to have some onbmy own just to provide them with a good life!
Christina Uhlir 3 years ago
Up-votes for animals; down-vote for this fake post (except one entry) - it's all fun until "we" start harvesting, isn't it?
Tee Witt 4 years ago
I lived in the Scottish Highlands for many years, saw many Highland cattle but never saw the colour variations above. Highland ginger variations and occationally cream, but never grey, black or patched. Suppose American ones must be interbred to gain the colours so not pure Highland Cattle.
TheAnimalLady 3 years ago
How in the world would you know what we are surprised about? Don't you realize how many city slickers don't know what livestock looks like? I took my potbelly pig camping and people literally asked me what kind of DOG it was!?! I said "It's a pig" and they mis-heard it as "pug" and started arguing with me about it because "they know what pugs look like".
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