People think cows are quiet gentle creatures without realizing they are so large and strong they could kill you entirely by accident. One toss of their head and you can go flying.

>>212772440 (OP)
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>>212772440 (OP)
that's because westerner's experience with cows has been defined by modern dairy breeds which have been intensively selected for calm character for pretty much a century at this point
it's not like in the past where people grew up with semi wild heritage breed herds roaming the plains
i work dairy cows and you can pretty much grab them by the horns and slap them randomly, they won't react much

>>212772463
While generally docile, cows can be dangerous and can cause serious injury or even death. According to Heifer International, cows, especially when protective of their calves, can trample, gore, or crush people. Only 23,000 cow attacks in 2024 according to a CNN study. However cows will rarely attack small children in an attempt to kill them.6687 children died of cow attacks in 20216 according to a Harvard study. Attacks are often triggered.

>>212772609
>20216
We can still prevent that from happening

>>212772440 (OP)
I'm well aware m8, I'm literally on the way to a doctor right now because my knee got kicked by a steer 2 days ago and it's still hurting like a bitch and I'm fairly sure I got crippled for life lmao
I work as a stockman ('cowboy') so it was bound to happen one day. At least I chopped his balls off after he kicked me, kek

>>212772540
Angus are pretty chill as well desu, if anything it's annoying when they're too calm and won't fucking move through the yards when you need them to, so then you gotta get out the jigger and zap them to get a move on.
That said, it was an Angus Weaner/Mickey who kicked me, so I guess I undermined myself there

>>212772836
cows generally kick randomly when people are or aren't there, you have to always be careful about that, but yea it happens, just like them stepping on your foot
only really scary stories i've heard were from greedy mfs who crossbreed with charolais for extra gains lol

>>212772440 (OP)
Share your injury and cattle shenanigan tales, Anons
I'll start
>Kicked in the kneecap while penning up Weaners
>Angry cow charged me and nearly killed me- I managed to hop on the fence on time but she still got my right leg mashallah nothing broken
>Fat cunt got stuck in the weaner race once so we had to tie a cord around her and then yank her out with a truck, she got pissed and immediately began charging the Jackeroos (i.e me and my mates) as soon as she got out of the race
>Feral little Steer killed himself by charging at us in the pens, missing, and ramming his head straight into a metal beam
>One Jackeroo lost control and rammed his dirtbike (pic related is what we usually look like at work) straight into a Bull, luckily bull got scared and ran away
>Boss got his dirtbike stuck on a log when a Bull was getting ready to charge him, barely dodged the charge by doing a last minute donut with his bike and fucking right off
>One of the younger and less experienced cattle dogs began savaging and trying to kill a calf during a muster, dog proceeded to get trampled on and turned into a pancake

>>212772921
>only really scary stories i've heard were from greedy mfs who crossbreed with charolais for extra gains lol
kek guess whose boss did just that
Over here we mostly got Droughtmasters (Australian breed), Angus and ofc Charolais, but the meanest cunts of them all are usually the purer Zebu/Brahmin derivatives

>>212772440 (OP)
Internationally?

>>212773550
yes in my country and in your country across the planet earth culturally and politically internationally speaking

>>212773550
It's a very /int/pilled industry, we got Brazilian celebrity bullriders, Argentine assados, American and Mexican cowboys, Aussie stockmen, breeds from India to England etc., Jap Wagyus, etc.

>>212774101
>politically
To /pol/ you go, buddy

>>212774164
You got me distracted at the riding Brazilian bulls thing

>>212772440 (OP)

When I /out/ I have to cross cow fields sometimes, I'm never really relaxed with these niggas. When I try to pet them they shit themselves though

I used to work on a ranch and we had to move a baby cow from one pen to another. Mind you I was like 240 lbs at the time, I used to throw hundred lbs bales of hay like they were water balloons.
Anyway, I got the calf by the rope but she didn't want to go. So I was pulling the rope and I might as well been trying to pull an F-150. So I got her around the neck and was trying to pull her out but she swung her neck the other direction and almost sent me flying. Son of a bitch was STRONG
We eventually got her where she was supposed to go, but it took forever

>>212772440 (OP)
Cows are one of the most docile animals on earth, you’re retarded. My little brother went missing for 5 hours when I was a kid and they found him in a cow pasture sitting next to a lying cow with a bunch of other cows licking him and grazing around him. The police said he was laughing and having the time of his life.

>>212774963
Yeah a stubborn weaner can be a real cunt, we had 5 men manhandle one into a pen when it refused to budge. 99% of the time they're easy to scare into place though.
>>212774977
Yeah they're friendly but if you scare one and get kicked you'll be in for a world of pain, the biggest danger really is frightening them and triggering a flight or fight response

Modern (first world)cow breeds have been selected over many years to be as gentle and kind hearted as possible. Unless you provoke a cow the odds of it chimping out at you are very, very low. They are very friendly creatures and deserve love and respect

>>212772440 (OP)
cows often go in the forest i occasionally walk my dog in. they dont look that tough i could probably 1v1 them but i bet they would run away or gang up on me if i tried

just don't provoke them first and you are safe

>>212772440 (OP)
Thanks for the insight.

>>212773225
>Cow jumps (and destroys) corral
>Have to run after it
>Manage to corner and lasso
>Tie the rope to a post
>Cow starts running the opposite way and almost decapitates me

>>212777566
Kek you one upped me, I never lassoed any cattle myself, it's an insecurity of mine ngl
Did you guys have wooden corrals there? I think pretty much every set of yards (what we call the corrals) in Australia are steel nowadays.