The Good, the Bad and the Very Good Beaver
April 17, 2017 7:10 PM Subscribe
There is no way I can not an article entitled "A beaver herds 150 cattle on a ranch in Saskatchewan."
posted by drlith at 7:33 PM on April 17, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by drlith at 7:33 PM on April 17, 2017 [3 favorites]
Cows are lovely, endearing, stupid, stupid animals.
posted by not_the_water at 7:57 PM on April 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by not_the_water at 7:57 PM on April 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
I love this! What a great story.
"They're a curious bunch," [rancher Adrienne Ivey] said. "They're kind of like teenagers. And I think they were following this thing around because they couldn't figure out what the heck it was."
Of course this needs to be followed with the caveat posed in the following classic CBC interview: The Great Beaver Attack!
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 8:06 PM on April 17, 2017 [1 favorite]
"They're a curious bunch," [rancher Adrienne Ivey] said. "They're kind of like teenagers. And I think they were following this thing around because they couldn't figure out what the heck it was."
Of course this needs to be followed with the caveat posed in the following classic CBC interview: The Great Beaver Attack!
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 8:06 PM on April 17, 2017 [1 favorite]
To be fair, I would also be happily herded by a beaver.
posted by dinty_moore at 8:07 PM on April 17, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by dinty_moore at 8:07 PM on April 17, 2017 [1 favorite]
Also, would you say that beaver was . . . Busy?
posted by dinty_moore at 8:08 PM on April 17, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by dinty_moore at 8:08 PM on April 17, 2017 [3 favorites]
I figure the beaver said he was making a Timmies run and did anyone else want anything?
posted by angiep at 8:08 PM on April 17, 2017 [5 favorites]
posted by angiep at 8:08 PM on April 17, 2017 [5 favorites]
That beaver seemed to be somewhat conflicted by the whole experience, occasionally looking over his shoulder as if to say 'you still there? you...want something?' Either that or he was leading them on a break out, and one day the ranchers will turn up to find cows and beavers gone, vanished into the mysterious ether of Canada.
posted by lesbiassparrow at 8:24 PM on April 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by lesbiassparrow at 8:24 PM on April 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
Is there a non fb login way to see it? It sounds adorable, but being a secret agent, I clearly can't be on facebook.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 8:48 PM on April 17, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 8:48 PM on April 17, 2017 [1 favorite]
I read this as the cows being rather smart and inquisitive.
posted by stray at 9:06 PM on April 17, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by stray at 9:06 PM on April 17, 2017 [1 favorite]
They're inquisitive alright
posted by fshgrl at 11:38 PM on April 17, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by fshgrl at 11:38 PM on April 17, 2017 [3 favorites]
I'm not logged in to Facebook and I can see it, SecretAgentSockpuppet...for me it just goes to a page on the CBC website. I was able to play the video embedded on the CBC page.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 1:04 AM on April 18, 2017
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 1:04 AM on April 18, 2017
Cows are lovely, endearing, stupid, stupid animals.
I once worked on a dairy farm. The cows were fed in the milking station using individual feeders: you pulled on a string and the feeder delivered the exact, scientifically calculated, amount of pellets for each cow. One day a cow figured out that if she pulled on the string herself (using her mouth), the feeder turned into an all-you-can-eat buffet*, and soon enough several cows picked up the trick. Cows are smart as well as curious and inquisitive.
*These cows spent their day grazing, the pellets (actually a protein+mineral supplement bound with molasses) were like dessert to them
posted by elgilito at 2:32 AM on April 18, 2017 [6 favorites]
I once worked on a dairy farm. The cows were fed in the milking station using individual feeders: you pulled on a string and the feeder delivered the exact, scientifically calculated, amount of pellets for each cow. One day a cow figured out that if she pulled on the string herself (using her mouth), the feeder turned into an all-you-can-eat buffet*, and soon enough several cows picked up the trick. Cows are smart as well as curious and inquisitive.
*These cows spent their day grazing, the pellets (actually a protein+mineral supplement bound with molasses) were like dessert to them
posted by elgilito at 2:32 AM on April 18, 2017 [6 favorites]
Cows are curious for music (youtube link). Via previously on MF.
posted by jjj606 at 5:37 AM on April 18, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by jjj606 at 5:37 AM on April 18, 2017 [2 favorites]
I'm not logged in to Facebook and I can see it, SecretAgentSockpuppet...for me it just goes to a page on the CBC website. I was able to play the video embedded on the CBC page.
Not me. If I click on it to play, it goes to fb, and says I need to login. Not that important, though.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 4:56 PM on April 18, 2017
Not me. If I click on it to play, it goes to fb, and says I need to login. Not that important, though.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 4:56 PM on April 18, 2017
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