A cow in Australia is almost as tall as Michael Jordan and his size actually saved his life

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  • VanEyck
    VanEyck Posts: 171
    I'm still trying to figure out how this cow saved Michael Jordan...
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    VanEyck said:
    I'm still trying to figure out how this cow saved Michael Jordan...
    LMAO me too
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    I think McDonald's should buy the cow and release a limited time burger called the McKnicker. "not too big for our crispers!"
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    I just clicked on the article for the first time. I had just assumed that this cow was spared because of warm-and-fuzzy feelings about his appearance; maybe he was a tourist attraction or something. 

    Nope. He was just too big to fit in the processing equipment. 

    And they say size doesn’t matter. 
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    I wonder if that cow is aware of how much bigger he is than the others? 

    Just like, whenever I see a corgi I wonder if it’s envious of the dogs with the normal legs. 
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  • VanEyck
    VanEyck Posts: 171
    oftenreading said:
    I wonder if that cow is aware of how much bigger he is than the others? 

    Just like, whenever I see a corgi I wonder if it’s envious of the dogs with the normal legs. 
    But then you have to wonder if Corgis know that the Queen Of England ranks them at #1...
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    VanEyck said:
    oftenreading said: 
    I wonder if that cow is aware of how much bigger he is than the others? 

    Just like, whenever I see a corgi I wonder if it’s envious of the dogs with the normal legs. 
    But then you have to wonder if Corgis know that the Queen Of England ranks them at #1...
    I don't think that's much comfort when you are walking around on those little stumps.
    Also, the Queen of England is wrong lol

    Corgis are the worst!  I've never heard a more shrill (and frequent) bark than a Corgi.  
    Unfortunately, we have family members who have Corgis.  Little freaks.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,678
    tbergs said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    cincybearcat said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    PJ_Soul said:
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    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I'm glad he's being put to pasture instead of slaughtered. That's nice.
    (no cow deserves to be slaughtered)
    Yup just bible toting white guys.
    White guys? That guy was Asian.
    I think Cincy was referencing the guy who died on that island.
    Yes, so am I. That guy wasn't white, lol.
    Hahaha fair enough, I let what I normally read here creep into my writing.  Let's be honest though, everyone would be even more ok with it if he was white ;)
    If "everyone" includes me, that isn't true at all.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    We breed them big down under....
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    brianlux said:
    Hi! said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    The 7-year-old Holstein-Friesian is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 3,086 pounds. For reference, the average Holstein-Friesian dairy cow typically stands at 4 feet 10 inches and weighs 1,500 pounds, making Kickers a rather large outlier.
    Jordan is at least 6'6".
    I think they meant the cow is as looooooong as Jordan.
    The height of the cow is 6' 4". Jordan is 2 inches taller.
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    We breed them big down under....

    oftenreading said:
    I just clicked on the article for the first time. I had just assumed that this cow was spared because of warm-and-fuzzy feelings about his appearance; maybe he was a tourist attraction or something. 

    Nope. He was just too big to fit in the processing equipment. 

    And they say size doesn’t matter. 
    You guys must use like super steroids on your cows...lol
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Just nice clean air, good quality grass lol
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Just nice clean air, good quality grass lol
    lol
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Supersized steer in Steinbach a big attraction at Kismet Creek Farm
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  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Imagine the size of the brisket you could get off of that thing!  In general, though, the larger the size, the worse the quality of meat in cattle.  We like to butcher ours when they are roughly 800-1200 lbs.  
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,474
    edited November 2018
    PJPOWER said:
    Imagine the size of the brisket you could get off of that thing!  In general, though, the larger the size, the worse the quality of meat in cattle.  We like to butcher ours when they are roughly 800-1200 lbs.  
    https://www.lifehack.org/357486/science-says-vegetarians-are-more-intelligent-and-empathetic
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    PJPOWER said:
    Imagine the size of the brisket you could get off of that thing!  In general, though, the larger the size, the worse the quality of meat in cattle.  We like to butcher ours when they are roughly 800-1200 lbs.  

    I've heard that before.   I was thinking Ribs, Steak and Burgers...


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  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited November 2018
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJPOWER said:
    Imagine the size of the brisket you could get off of that thing!  In general, though, the larger the size, the worse the quality of meat in cattle.  We like to butcher ours when they are roughly 800-1200 lbs.  
    https://www.lifehack.org/357486/science-says-vegetarians-are-more-intelligent-and-empathetic
    So what’s your excuse?  And you may find this interesting as well:

    “Interestingly, the strong association between childhood intelligence and adult vegetarianism is not replicated in the US.  Vegetarians in early adulthood do have significantly higher childhood intelligence in junior high and high school, but the difference is not large (101.5 vs. 99.3).  And it is only significant among women (101.4 vs. 98.5), not among men (101.7 vs. 100.1).”
    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/201005/why-vegetarians-are-more-intelligent-meat-eaters
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  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Meltdown99 said:
    PJPOWER said:
    Imagine the size of the brisket you could get off of that thing!  In general, though, the larger the size, the worse the quality of meat in cattle.  We like to butcher ours when they are roughly 800-1200 lbs.  

    I've heard that before.   I was thinking Ribs, Steak and Burgers...


    Yeah, ribeye would be massive!
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    PJPOWER said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    PJPOWER said:
    Imagine the size of the brisket you could get off of that thing!  In general, though, the larger the size, the worse the quality of meat in cattle.  We like to butcher ours when they are roughly 800-1200 lbs.  

    I've heard that before.   I was thinking Ribs, Steak and Burgers...


    Yeah, ribeye would be massive!
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