tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoIf we could communicate with animals, how would we fuck it up?imagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down11cross-posted to: asklemmy@lemmy.world
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageIf we could communicate with animals, how would we fuck it up?tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square18linkfedilinkcross-posted to: asklemmy@lemmy.world
minus-squareDutczar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoConsidering that negotiating with livestock would be a hassle, probably just pretend we can’t understand them
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIt’s not like we can’t understand the screams and cries from livestock right now already…
minus-squareDutczar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoYeah, but the living ones are not asking “hooman, what happened to Stacy?”
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoCows are known to cry and wail when their calves are taken and killed.
minus-squareDutczar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoTIL, I thought we usually kill the older animals first.
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days 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-up0arrow-down1·edit-21 day agothe vast majority of calves do not become veal
minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days ago…while still listening to everything they say in order to control them more efficiently.
minus-squarejoelfromaus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoSounds like a good premise for a scifi story.
Considering that negotiating with livestock would be a hassle, probably just pretend we can’t understand them
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
…while still listening to everything they say in order to control them more efficiently.
Sounds like a good premise for a scifi story.