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<blockquote data-quote="Little Cow" data-source="post: 1584030" data-attributes="member: 5507"><p>I'm sorry about your bull. That is interesting that the buzzards won't eat the carcass. Maybe it just takes longer to smell rotten? The burnt smell might cover up the rot smell they are seeking? There is always a reason why with animals. Their senses are so much more acute. </p><p></p><p>I think lightning is the biggest killer of cattle at pasture in my state. </p><p></p><p>I lost one of my best cows to a strike. I guess I was lucky she was the only one under that tree that was hit. I know of other people who lost an entire herd, sheltering in the same spot, from a single strike. When I found Bonny, we called a neighbor with a back hoe and buried her, the same day, not to far from where she was hit. The weirdest thing was that no cattle would graze under that tree after that. The grass was eaten down everywhere else, but grew tall under that tree. Where she was buried, they walked all over and grazed fine, but they seemed to remember the place where she was struck. The tree, an old live oak, had a scar, but survived. Maybe because the energy from the strike went into Bonny.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Little Cow, post: 1584030, member: 5507"] I'm sorry about your bull. That is interesting that the buzzards won't eat the carcass. Maybe it just takes longer to smell rotten? The burnt smell might cover up the rot smell they are seeking? There is always a reason why with animals. Their senses are so much more acute. I think lightning is the biggest killer of cattle at pasture in my state. I lost one of my best cows to a strike. I guess I was lucky she was the only one under that tree that was hit. I know of other people who lost an entire herd, sheltering in the same spot, from a single strike. When I found Bonny, we called a neighbor with a back hoe and buried her, the same day, not to far from where she was hit. The weirdest thing was that no cattle would graze under that tree after that. The grass was eaten down everywhere else, but grew tall under that tree. Where she was buried, they walked all over and grazed fine, but they seemed to remember the place where she was struck. The tree, an old live oak, had a scar, but survived. Maybe because the energy from the strike went into Bonny. [/QUOTE]
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