#cows cows cows!

[lilspaceyboy]

hello!

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about me:

you can call me cosmo :]

when big, i’m an adult, but my little age is anywhere from about 2-5

i’m queer, and my pronouns are he/void/it

i’m also autistic :)

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interests:

space! this is my biggest special interest, so i talk about it a lot :]

cows :3 they’re another special interest of mine, particularly when i’m little!

video games :) i particularly love minecraft, stardew valley, and subnautica!

music :) my little and big music tastes differ a TON. when i’m small i love jack johnson, lullabies, and music from disney movies. when i’m big, i like rock and metal music like metallica and mcr

doctor who! i just recently watched all of nuwho and i’m obsessed :D

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i follow and like from @/imjustexistingtbh

unfortunately i’m not “out” to many people, so this sideblog stays secret

that being said, i don’t post any mature content on that blog, so if you wanna follow me there feel free :) (i do post a lot about horror podcast the magnus archives, though, so be careful)

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tags:

[#lil cosmo] is for when i’m teeny and rambling about stuff!

[#big cosmo] is for when i’m big- i don’t post much in that tag, but it’s still there

[#space!] is my space related tag! mainly for space agere things

[#cows cows cows!] is for, you guessed it, cows :)

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other stuff:

i love being called little one, bud, and kiddo! they make me so happy :D

i might be open to babysit a little if needed! i’ve done it a few times for a friend of mine, and it was super sweet :)

please dni if you post furry content :( i genuinely don’t have anything against furries but i have a severe phobia of mascots and so lots of furry stuff bothers me

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DNI:

NSFW, racist/sexist/queerphobic, TERFS, furries, pro-ED or SH, anti-agere, MAPs

[creelarke]

“How’s life?”

Me:

[bovineblogger]

trans person: im trans

society: ok

the magnificent african forest buffalo:

[meltknuckles]

a herd of dairy cow isopods grazing the great green meadow 🌱

[v-dump]

y'all missing the whole point of stardew valley. it's supposed to be slow paced. you're a farmer. crops do now grow instantly and you wont be making millions in a season. enjoy the fucking game, take your fucking time. take days off to just forage and talk to people. aren't yall tired of the grind from real life??? do you want to experience burnout in a farming game too??????

[great-and-small]

I can’t tell you how much I love this artwork from ancient Egypt (the Middle Kingdom). People have been raising cattle and practicing animal husbandry for so long, that there is something almost inherently human about this scene.

Everyone in the field of veterinary medicine or agriculture knows the feeling of staying up late with a laboring animal trying to make sure both mom and baby are okay. Delivering a calf is often physically and emotionally exhausting work that takes enormous patience and learned skill. It requires a unique balance of physical strength and gentleness to do correctly. There is no feeling quite like getting that baby out and everyone is okay. I’m certain ancient people must have felt the same way, and I wonder if the artist knew this feeling firsthand. I wonder if those humans depicted were people the artist knew, if the cow and calf maybe were as well.

[momopatchi]

misc art of my fursona // moomoopatchi.. save a horse... ride a cowboy

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[extrashortshorts]

Hehe, cow

[theslackerjack]

@bovineblogger

[tiger-grace]

headcanon that after Dick Grayson being Robin all of the batkids interchangeably use “holy ____ batman” even at the worst possible moments

Steph, staring down at Tim in the medbay cot: holy common cold, batman

Tim: please stop

Steph: holy spleenless sillybilly batman

Tim: steph please

Jason Todd on the floor, bruised and bloodied: dad?

(The timer ticks down to three seconds)

Jason: well holy shitballs batman I’m going to fucking di-

KABOOM

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[stargirlintodust]

[saritawolff]

Phew. This one took, uh… a bit longer than expected due to other projects both irl and art-wise, but it’s finally here. The long-awaited domestic animal infographic! Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough space to cover every single domestic animal (I’m so sorry, reindeer and koi, my beloveds) but I tried to include as many of the “major ones” as possible.

I made this chart in response to a lot of the misunderstandings I hear concerning domestic animals, so I hope it’s helpful!

Further information I didn’t have any room to add or expand on:

🐈 “Breed” and “species” are not synonyms! Breeds are specific to domesticated animals. A Bengal Tiger is a species of tiger. A Siamese is a breed of domestic cat.

🐀 Different colors are also not what makes a breed. A breed is determined by having genetics that are unique to that breed. So a “bluenose pitbull” is not a different breed from a “rednose pitbull”, but an American Pitbull Terrier is a different breed from an American Bully! Animals that have been domesticated for longer tend to have more seperate breeds as these differing genetics have had time to develop.

🐕 It takes hundreds of generations for an animal to become domesticated. While the “domesticated fox experiment” had interesting results, there were not enough generations involved for the foxes to become truly domesticated and their differences from wild foxes were more due to epigenetics (heritable traits that do not change the DNA sequence but rather activate or deactivate parts of it; owed to the specific circumstances of its parents’ behavior and environment.)

🐎 Wild animals that are raised in human care are not domesticated, but they can be considered “tamed.” This means that they still have all their wild instincts, but are less inclined to attack or be frightened of humans. A wild animal that lives in the wild but near human settlements and is less afraid of humans is considered “habituated.” Tamed and habituated animals are not any less dangerous than wild animals, and should still be treated with the same respect. Foxes, otters, raccoons, servals, caracals, bush babies, opossums, owls, monkeys, alligators, and other wild animals can be tamed or habituated, but they have not undergone hundreds of generations of domestication, so they are not domesticated animals.

🐄 Also, as seen above, these animals have all been domesticated for a reason, be it food, transport, pest control, or otherwise, at a time when less practical options existed. There is no benefit to domesticating other species in the modern day, so if you’ve got a hankering for keeping a wild animal as a pet, instead try to find the domestic equivalent of that wild animal! There are several dog breeds that look and behave like wolves or foxes, pigeons and chickens can make great pet birds and have hundreds of colorful fancy breeds, rats can be just as intelligent and social as a small monkey (and less expensive and dangerous to boot,) and ferrets are pretty darn close to minks and otters! There’s no need to keep a wolf in a house when our ancestors have already spent 20,000+ years to make them house-compatible.

🐖 This was stated in the infographic, but I feel like I must again reiterate that domestic animals do not belong in the wild, and often become invasive when feral. Their genetics have been specifically altered in such a way that they depend on humans for optimal health. We are their habitat. This is why you only really see feral pigeons in cities, and feral cats around settlements. They are specifically adapted to live with humans, so they stay even when unwanted. However, this does not mean they should live in a way that doesn’t put their health and comfort as a top priority! If we are their world, it is our duty to make it as good as possible. Please research any pet you get before bringing them home!