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<blockquote data-quote="TREY-L" data-source="post: 484120" data-attributes="member: 6073"><p>I tend to agree with Dun on this. If you notice, very small calves (just a few days old) will start to taste everything. Just last night while I was putting out hay, I parked the tractor and cut it off so I could walk around and look everybody over real good. I watched a calf lick the bottom step of my tractor for several minutes, this calf is only 5 days old. </p><p></p><p>I think cows are continually learning about their environment through trial and error, and also learn from each other. Ok, the trial and error part, many animals can learn in this way, but to learn from each other represents the use of a whole different set of cognitive skills seen in higher forms of life, including man. </p><p>I am of the opinion that cattle are a whole lot smarter than we give them credit for.</p><p></p><p>But then again there are those "special" "challenged" cows that I'm just not sure about, some are just dumb, or maybe they are so smart they are just fooling me into thinking that they are dumb, so I'll keep giving them range cubes to try to train them to do what I want them to do, and have figured out that if they get trained the range cubes will stop......yea thats it, thats the ticket. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Trey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TREY-L, post: 484120, member: 6073"] I tend to agree with Dun on this. If you notice, very small calves (just a few days old) will start to taste everything. Just last night while I was putting out hay, I parked the tractor and cut it off so I could walk around and look everybody over real good. I watched a calf lick the bottom step of my tractor for several minutes, this calf is only 5 days old. I think cows are continually learning about their environment through trial and error, and also learn from each other. Ok, the trial and error part, many animals can learn in this way, but to learn from each other represents the use of a whole different set of cognitive skills seen in higher forms of life, including man. I am of the opinion that cattle are a whole lot smarter than we give them credit for. But then again there are those "special" "challenged" cows that I'm just not sure about, some are just dumb, or maybe they are so smart they are just fooling me into thinking that they are dumb, so I'll keep giving them range cubes to try to train them to do what I want them to do, and have figured out that if they get trained the range cubes will stop......yea thats it, thats the ticket. :) Trey [/QUOTE]
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