tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoIf we could communicate with animals, how would we fuck it up?lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkIf we could communicate with animals, how would we fuck it up?lemmy.mltetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareDutczar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoConsidering that negotiating with livestock would be a hassle, probably just pretend we can’t understand them
minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months ago…while still listening to everything they say in order to control them more efficiently.
minus-squarejoelfromaus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSounds like a good premise for a scifi story.
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIt’s not like we can’t understand the screams and cries from livestock right now already…
minus-squareDutczar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agoYeah, but the living ones are not asking “hooman, what happened to Stacy?”
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoCows are known to cry and wail when their calves are taken and killed.
minus-squareDutczar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoTIL, I thought we usually kill the older animals first.
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoDairy cows are impregnated around 7 times so they can be milked. Most of their calves are used for veal.
minus-squareNSRXN@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agothe vast majority of calves do not become veal
Considering that negotiating with livestock would be a hassle, probably just pretend we can’t understand them
…while still listening to everything they say in order to control them more efficiently.
Sounds like a good premise for a scifi story.
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It’s not like we can’t understand the screams and cries from livestock right now already…
Yeah, but the living ones are not asking “hooman, what happened to Stacy?”
Cows are known to cry and wail when their calves are taken and killed.
TIL, I thought we usually kill the older animals first.
Dairy cows are impregnated around 7 times so they can be milked. Most of their calves are used for veal.
the vast majority of calves do not become veal