7 Wild Facts About Cows You Should Know | Compilation

You may already know a few things about cows, but did you know that cow burps can affect the weather? Learn all about these 7 fun cow facts with Stefan Chin in this new episode of SciShow! Let's mOOOOOve!

Hosted by: Stefan Chin

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Original Episodes:
We May Have Solved Our Burping Cows Problem
Why Can't You Digest Grass?
The Secret Ingredient in Ruminant Spit
What Happened to Mad Cow Disease?
How We Eradicated Cattle Plague
Searing Meat Is A Delicious Lie
5 Science-Backed Barbecue Tips

[lloyddragon]

huh who could've known forcing cows into cannibalism wouldn't go well

[motionless_horizon]

A fun prion disease in humans is called Fatal Familial Insomnia, which causes the person to gradually develop insomnia, then hallucinations, loss of motor function, unable to eat, etc. Until they die within 6-36 months after onset of symptoms because of heart failure or infection because of sleep deprivation. Very rare, but it passes down in an autosomal dominant pattern, meaning if you have a parent with it and get the mutated gene, you will have it too

[TehPwnerer]

The ability to be able to digest insoluble fiber and recover glucose would be a massive evolutionary & evolutionary step forward

[mattlapointe-smith]

I was born in England in 1981 which involved a blood transfusion cause I was a C-section. I've lived in the US since 1983 but still can't donate blood because I could be a secret mad cow. And also I like to kiss other men but that's neither here nor there.

[OorahhColeman]

This may have been the kinkiest sci show notification I've seen

[chrismcgowan]

Interesting that Sci-show didnt make a video on the cognitive or emotion capacity of Cows, i'd like to get to 'know' them

[FupaDoncic]

Steaming pile is definitely a saying made by cattle. People around the world dry cow dungs and use them as charcoal around the world

[MrMockingbird]

Hey Hank, Here is a subject idea. I received a few 1lb packages of ground bison from a food pantry. Ground bison is the best meat I have ever eaten. Supposedily it is much easy to produce. The bison eat much less forage. Their weight gain to time ratio is supposed to be much better than beef. All I know, the meat tastes great. Glad your health is continues improving. Be well.

[MichelleEvans_CatLady]

This is bringing me back to my animal science degree I specialised in ruminant production

[Kane]

the fact that they used breathalyzers on cows cracked me up

[suchasweety]

Okay.. odd question... How do they measure the methane a particular cow produces to determine which cows to be bred to create less methane?

Currently I'm imagining a methane meter hanging at the base of the tail 😅

[victorhmaya]

Why are you explaining me that I can't eat grass? I'll eat grass if I want too, you not my dad

[silverhranch]

He forgot that hydroxyl radicals hanging out in the atmosphere neutralizes the methane that cattle emit. The beauty of the full circle of life!

[Zeplin]

I work in am ifectious disease lab and vCJD is no joke. Its tested using Ceribral spinal fluid (CSF) Those samples have to be kept inside of a bio bag covered with warnings, and only opned undernead a vented hood. You have to change gloves immidiatly after handling the samples. Its the most dangerous thing I deal with. We probably only see about 10 tests a year for CJD, but cannot stress constantly the importance of handling them with care.

[kristen]

I'm a dairy cow nutritionist and the methane story is terribly incomplete.

Methane is a green house gas, yes, but it only stays in the environment for 10 years compared to CO2 that stays for over 100 years. Dairy farmers have been breeding cows for efficiency for years and our national herd size has decreased from 100 million in the early 1900s to only 9 million. So the methane contribution from dairy cows has already decreased by over 90% and we are producing more milk and meat! While, the CO2 produced from the first cars is still in the atmosphere...

There has also been great technology invented to capture the methane gasses from cow manure and convert it to energy for dairy farms. There are some dairies that have completely converted to this bio-fuel and no longer using any fossil fuels for vehicles and facilities. This further reduces the methane contribution of the national dairy herd!

For more information I would recommend reading articles by Dr. Mitloehner from UC Davis that studies green house gasses

[caradanellemcclintock]

Id be interested In looking at the specs for ostrich farming we get ostrich meat in the stores here in South Africa and it tastes almost the same as beef

[dragonskunkstudio]

They will eat seaweed so you make the cows eat in the ocean and we can call them sea cows.

[dbxvhero]

A wise man once said: *_"Touch the cow. Do it now."_* 🐄

[nadenhwa]

What's truly disturbing is why did we humans feed cows, which are natural herbivores, meat?! (Not to mention of their own kind). Cows aren't even omnivores like chicken. They shouldn't be fed animal products

[j.bailey]

the fact that there have only been 4 cases reported in the U.S. is insane and it has to be an underestimate, I didn't even know it was such a contained problem! My great uncle died that way, so it's weird to think: was he one of the 4? Or was his unreported? What happened there?