Cows can swim

[mnmtranching]

Real WELL :shock:

Moving cow/calves to pasture I got a couple pairs mixed up. I have a lake 1/4 mile wide separating pastures. Anyway didn't take long to notice a problem, cow on one side bellering at her calf on the other. It's happened before, I will corral the cow, bring her back. But first I got a couple more loads to haul. I was dropping of the second load and going after the cow. She is in the water and heading out. NO WAY she's not going to try it. She does and doesn't look back. I would have bet at that time I would have a drowned cow to haul out of the lake. A neighbor lady passing on the road to the East stops and watches, and commented later that she thought for sure some sort of monster. Black cow with only nose eyes and ears above water. She didn't miss a stroke, got up on the bank let her calf nurse, then started grazing.

 

[Jogeephus]

That would have been something to see. So I will deduce that lakeside weaning is not a viable option. :lol:

 

[Beefy]

fyi, day-old calves are pretty good swimmers as well.

 

[cattleluvr18]

duh cattle can swim. havnt ya'll watch any western movies??

 

[dun]

What surprised me was seeing elephants swimming

 

[mnmtranching]

duh cattle can swim. havnt ya'll watch any western movies??

Yeah that's what my Wife said. But this was 1/4 mile of deep water.

 

[cattleluvr18]

duh cattle can swim. havnt ya'll watch any western movies??

Yeah that's what my Wife said. But this was 1/4 mile of deep water.

i guess that is a little bit different. huh??

 

[denoginnizer]

What surprised me was seeing elephants swimming

Ease up on the whisky bottle :lol:

 

[TxCoUnTrYbOy]

Arent people like the only things that have to be taught how to swim? Ive always heard that every animal can swim naturally, but people have to be taught.

 

[Alice]

Arent people like the only things that have to be taught how to swim? Ive always heard that every animal can swim naturally, but people have to be taught.

That's what my daddy told me...and that's what I've always thought to be true...

Alice

 

[cattleluvr18]

Arent people like the only things that have to be taught how to swim? Ive always heard that every animal can swim naturally, but people have to be taught.

not surprising...

 

[dun]

Arent people like the only things that have to be taught how to swim? Ive always heard that every animal can swim naturally, but people have to be taught.

Is that like only human animlas can blush, or have a need to?

dun

 

[novatech]

While doing some work on a local ranch I see the owners cattle swim out to graze some sort of aquatic plant that grows there. Once they started they go in dailey and eat it like candy. They have eaten eveything close in and are now floating around eating the stuff in deeper water. Looks like a bunch of black blimps floating around.

 

[mnmtranching]

Arent people like the only things that have to be taught how to swim? Ive always heard that every animal can swim naturally, but people have to be taught.

Is that like only human animlas can blush, or have a need to?

dun

How can we tell if an animal is blushing? most are hairy. :shock:

As far as humans being taught to swim, Humans also don't have instincts, do we :?: Look at all the 8) instincts animals have. :help:

 

[mdmdogs3]

baby humans can swim - look at all of the infant swimming classes that they hold

it takes our brains to tell us that swimming isn't something that we can do without someone showing us how

 

[Keren]

You know the thing I love about how elephants swim? The way they use their trunk as a snorkel!

Arent people like the only things that have to be taught how to swim? Ive always heard that every animal can swim naturally, but people have to be taught.

Thats really interesting and thought provoking. I'd never heard it before, but it kinda makes sense. But I had a pet duck once that couldn't swim to save his life.

As far as humans being taught to swim, Humans also don't have instincts, do we Look at all the instincts animals have.

Now, I don't know about that. I reckon I've got pretty good instincts, and they've got me out of a couple of tight spots, too.

But, yeah, of course cows can swim. Haven't you seen the old plunge dips? Absolute best way to dip animals. Pity they wont let us use them anymore.

 

[Txwalt]

I know some monkeys cannot swim.

Walt

 

[mnmtranching]

You know the thing I love about how elephants swim? The way they use their trunk as a snorkel!

Arent people like the only things that have to be taught how to swim? Ive always heard that every animal can swim naturally, but people have to be taught.

Thats really interesting and thought provoking. I'd never heard it before, but it kinda makes sense. But I had a pet duck once that couldn't swim to save his life.

As far as humans being taught to swim, Humans also don't have instincts, do we Look at all the instincts animals have.

Now, I don't know about that. I reckon I've got pretty good instincts, and they've got me out of a couple of tight spots, too.

But, yeah, of course cows can swim. Haven't you seen the old plunge dips? Absolute best way to dip animals. Pity they wont let us use them anymore.

Yeah your right, but still those dip tanks weren't 1/4 mile wide. :shock:

 

[mnmtranching]

Karen, that reminds me. I bought these ducks a while back a dozen. They were called Black Swedish. They positively could not swim, I'm not kidding, had a perfect little pond they sank like rocks. :shock: :roll: I had several drowned before I locked them up and they were adults.

Side note; Chickens can't swim.

Here's a pic of the route the cow took, straight across.

 

[mdmdogs3]

Here's a pic of the route the cow took, straight across.

Dang :shock: :shock: :shock: