@tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 month agoIf we could communicate with animals, how would we fuck it up?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square26arrow-up154cross-posted to: asklemmy@lemmy.world
arrow-up154imageIf we could communicate with animals, how would we fuck it up?lemmy.ml@tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 month agomessage-square26cross-posted to: asklemmy@lemmy.world
minus-square@Dutczar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink22•1 month agoConsidering that negotiating with livestock would be a hassle, probably just pretend we can’t understand them
minus-squareDemelinkfedilink14•1 month ago…while still listening to everything they say in order to control them more efficiently.
minus-square@joelfromaus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 month agoSounds like a good premise for a scifi story.
minus-square@x00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 month agoIt’s not like we can’t understand the screams and cries from livestock right now already…
minus-square@Dutczar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink4•edit-21 month agoYeah, but the living ones are not asking “hooman, what happened to Stacy?”
minus-square@x00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 month agoCows are known to cry and wail when their calves are taken and killed.
minus-square@Dutczar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink4•1 month agoTIL, I thought we usually kill the older animals first.
minus-square@x00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 month agoDairy cows are impregnated around 7 times so they can be milked. Most of their calves are used for 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.
Cruel
the vast majority of calves do not become veal