cows

It's not just humans who suffer from the cold; animals do too and these cows can get absolutely freezing in the winter. Farmers have come up with the perfect solution to keep their precious cows warm, by crocheting earmuffs, aka moo muffs, which protect the cow's ears from frostbite. Have you ever seen anything more wholesome in your life?!

When it comes to farm animals, no matter how cute they are, people don't try to save them as much, even when they clearly need help. Thankfully, there are places like the Shanti farm, who open their hearts to exactly these kinds of animals. They take in not only animals with difficult cases but also animals who others would normally not take at all, like disabled cats, horses that were thrown away after they were too tired or old to be ridden, hurt sheep, and the hero of our story today - a little 8-day-old baby calf. It was found near a calf who was on the brink of death, suckling on her dead mother's teat to survive.

"We give them hope and a respectable life," said a representative of Shanti farm to ICanHasCheezburger. "We let people meet them a fall in love with them, and we let the animals learn that they can trust and befriend humans."

Tohar the calf is one of their most amazing success stories. Read more about her below!

Of all the things to come out of this Valentines day, we sure as heck did not expect a viral thread about a cow chasing someone down the street. Still, we will accept this unexpected animal viral thread with open arms and simply assume that... maybe the cow just wanted you to be their valentine. 

Honestly, getting chased by a cow sounds terrifying, and we totally understand the intense panic that can be felt through these unintentionally hilarious tweets. Hey, if a cow started chasing us, we would have lost it too. Cows are normally totally loving friendly cuties, we assure you of that, but apparently, some animals just have a hilarious dark side sometimes. 

Everyone needs some love sometimes - people, animals - we all want love and affection. And sometimes, nature goes out of its way to give us some of that love we so desperately need. This time, nature has done it through one of our favorite animals - cows. 

Personally, we think not enough people appreciate how wholesome and amoosing cows can be, so we decided to take it upon ourselves and show you. We've seen cats who were blessed with hearts on their fur, and now we give you pictures of cows with hearts on their fur to appreciate as well. They're just so udderly adorable, and they need love just as much as everyone else.

There are moment in life when we realize that animals... animals are not that different than us. They communicate with each other, they show each other affection, they eat and sleep, and they also sit like us. Sometimes. Actually, it's kinda weird when they do that. In an hilarious way of course.

We know that dogs do it, and we've even seen cats sitting down on their booties like humans, possibly because of our influence on them as our pets, but cows and elephants? Now, that's something to laugh about while also being slightly confused. Why do they do that? We have no idea. But we love it. 

These cow memes are the definition of "moo..d."  

Did you know that cows actually cause more deaths than sharks? Yep. You read that correctly. According to an ABC News report that cited a 2012 study, it was discovered that cattle cause an average of 22 deaths per year! And sharks? They actually only kill about 6 people per year. Makes you feel a little bit different about these adorable fuzzy animals, eh? 

But not too different, we still love them and their giant spots. And because we love them, we wanted to shine a spotlight on these animals and honor them in the form of memes and tweets! If you're feeling that these memes didn't provide you with the satisfaction you need, perhaps you would enjoy some crabby memes instead?

Breaking tweets! Start your week with this week's freshest viral animal tweets and see which animals are making news. Laugh at the memes, have your heart melt from adorableness, and get inspired by some incredible photos. 

Week by week, we bring you the best of animal twitter, so if this week's tweets weren't enough, you can always check out last week's. 

We wish you a lovely day, and may you pet a cute cat this week!

Let's talk about cows for a moment. 

They're big, beautiful and outstanding in their field :)

And every year, on July 7th, the world celebrates their special appreciation day. 

Cow Appreciation Day is a day that has been designed to raise awareness about cows and appreciate everything that they do for us, humans.  

So, we thought to scroll down some adorable cat photos from the dedicated twitter page is a great way to celebrate all this cow goodness.   

Here's something different! You know that popular subreddit, "Explain It To Me Like I Have 5?" Well, this is sort of like that but better because it only involves one thing...

Cows. 

Imagine, things you were never quite sure about finally explained to you in a language you can comprehend, in terms of cows. Thankfully, NewsTalkZB had created such a thing and learning has never been easier! 

So buckle in, folks! And get ready to learn things you may or may have not known, all in terms of cows. 

We are all very much amoosed by this adorable twitter account that posts one funny cow photo every day just in order to make everyone happy and let us tell you, we are so much happier after we have scrolled down the page. You should try it too.  

A study published last month in Nature's Scientific Reports found that cows' "voices are individually distinct," and that "they're able to maintain these individual characteristics across the contexts". The research team hopes that "through gaining knowledge of these vocalizations, farmers will be able to tune into the emotional state of their cattle, improving animal welfare".  

It looks so unnatural and slightly uncomfortable to look at but we can't look away. In fact, we're kind of in love with these dog-sitting cows and wish to purchase our very own farm to witness this phenomenon first hand. 

These earmuffs may look adorable but they serve a very important purpose. The calves must be protected from the cold as it can lead to severe frostbite, hypothermia, and even death. These muffs help protect from the wind chill. 

According to Dr. W. Dee Whittier, Bovine Specialist at the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, wrote in a paper titled 'Calves and the Cold', "Frostbite is the damage to body tissues that occurs when these tissues freeze. The extremities are most at risk. Frozen ears and tails result in changes of cattle appearance but do not affect cattle performance significantly." 

Dr. Whittier continues, "Newborn calves are most at risk because they are wet and because they have a large surface area in relation to their total body mass. Calves are not fully capable of maintaining temperature the first several hours of life. Newborn calves have a circulatory system that is less able to respond to cold changes as compared to more mature animals."

Turns out, when it comes to detecting frostbite, if the ear-tips are frozen, there's a high chance that the feet are experiencing some damage as well. 

If that does occur, Dr. Whittier recommends to thaw the tissues as quickly as possible. And once the tissues are thawed, you must prevent re-freezing from occurring. Which means housing with heat for several days. Damaged tissues are more prone to re-freeze and can do so very easily. 

Rick Herrmann lives in Oregon and a few days ago, he gave a very wholesome sunset saxophone performance for a bunch of cows. yes, you heard that right. Herrmann started learning how to play the saxophone seven months ago, after years of longing. His wife had the brilliant idea to try out his new talent for a field of local cows. It was truly pretty magical, as you can see from the tweets by his daughter, Erin. What we have learned from this story is that even cows love "Careless Whisper".