MOTHER COW PROVES ANIMALS LOVE, THINK & ACT

[LiberalElite]

http://www.globalanimal.org/2012/04/13/cow-proves-animals-love-think-and-act/71867/

(TOUCHING TALE) A dairy cow made the tough choice to hide one of her calves after giving birth to twins. As her fifth birth, the cow remembered her previous agony and knew that both of her babies would be taken away, unless she tried to save one. The intelligence and care displayed by this mothering cow is both heartbreaking and breathtaking. Read this touching tale, told by a veterinarian, about an amazing display of motherly love that proves animals love and feel. — Global Animal

[Omaha Steve]

1. Thanks for posting

[hedda_foil]

2. Stunning

The complexity of her plan, which she must have thought out virtually on the fly, is just stunning. And the perfect execution of her deception ... my God, bringing one of her babies in sacrifice to the farmer, and hiding the other in the woods beyond her pasture. In a human, her behavior would have been called brilliant and heroic. It's heartbreaking.

[mackerel]

3. In the comment section someone posted "Nature is cruel but we don't have to be"

a quote from Temple Grandin.

[1monster]

4. Having been ivolved with animals all my life, I become more and more convinced

That animals, even what we consider to be lower levels, such as reptiles, are every bit as cognizant and self aware as humans. If they act differently than humans, then that is simply because they have different needs and desires than we do; not because they do not have thinking and reasoning abilities. Animals have proved over and over again that they have empathy and the ability to love...and those are among the highest of human behaviors.