MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Lightning struck only once – but 52 cows are dead at an Uruguayan ranch. The newspaper El Pais reports that the cows had pressed against a wire fence during a storm when the lightning bolt struck in the northern state of San Jose.
A photograph released by the San Jose Police Department shows the black and brown cows lying dead in a long row.
The newspaper said Friday that veterinarians at the scene confirmed the cause of the deaths, which happened Wednesday. The veterinarians told the newspaper that cows often crowd around fences to seek protection during storms.
Meteorologist Fernando Torena told the newspaper he wasn’t surprised that a single lightning bolt killed so many cows. But he called it “very bad luck.”
Are you thinking what I’m thinking?
That all depends. What are you thinking?
I’m thinking the beef is probably rare.
Ground beef.
I think so, but where are we going to find a boat big enough for all of us? *narf*
See herd mentality can get you killed.
If you are thinking this is a good example of why California’s proposition 2, as promoted by the Ellen Society, would tether and cage farmers into restrictive legal space, making the their animals be allowed to roam, as shown in the example of cows hit by lightning, instead of leaving things as they are where farmers keep their animals warm and dry in the storm, covered in confined spaces, claimed by some Ellen Societies to be “inhumane”, so that the animals are mandated to be “free range” and end up dead, yes, I’m thinking what you are thinking, VOTE NO ON PROP 2.
I’m sure PETA will protest the presence of lightning.
#6. I was thinking more along the lines of a giant BBQ.
And that’s how you deal with feminists.
CUBRACABRA!
Based on an earlier post your probably thinking we could take out the senators for all “52” states with one lightning bolt.
#10 – That’s “chupacabra,” d00d. And “cabra” is goat, not cow.
That’ll teach them!
I was thinking “toga, Toga, TOGA!!!”
With mass quantities of beer.
I dunno. Whaddya thinkin’?
Aliens. That’s all I’m saying.
We had 10 cows killed by lighting over the summer this year.
Conspiracy theorists will debate this for years… was it lightning, mass suicide or mass murder?
#3 – Special Ed – Ground beef.
LOL
I’m thinking sometimes it pays to build a shed so they can take shelter
I’m thinking, “Boy cows are sure butt stupid!” But perhaps not as stupid as farmers who don’t ground their fences, every fifty yards or so. That fence appears to be as cheap as could be made. So I guess giving the cows something non-conductive to lean up against, was not in the budget.
deowll I’m thinking sometimes it pays to build a shed so they can take shelter
Not if your insurance covers lightening strikes….
52 cows
52 cards in a deck
52 weeks in a year
52 Iran hostages
It all means something! Don’t it! Don’t it!!!
(obscure Eddy Murphy SNL reference)
Cheap ass farmer. With large livestock don’t they almost always use an electric fence.
That way 2 tons of beef don’t press against
it and easily knock it down. And as an unexpected side benefit , none of the cows
would be touching the wire when the lightning hit it.
I’m thinking those little tins of corned beef will be less expensive soon.
#4, good one!
“I think so Brain, but me and pippi longstocking? What would the children look like?” 🙂