Posted on 12/16/2014 9:57:35 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Researchers have recorded and analysed the ways cows communicate with their young, to translate the meanings behind the "moos".
They identified two distinctly different call sounds that cows make to their calves, depending on whether they are nearby or separated.
They also identified a call calves make to their mothers when they want to start suckling milk.
The cows were studied at a farm in Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.
The team from the University of Nottingham and Queen Mary University of London spent ten months digitally recording the cow sounds, then a year analysing them using computers.
Dr Mónica Padilla de la Torre, who led the project, said: "The research shows for the first time that mother-offspring cattle calls are individualised - each calf and cow have a characteristic and exclusive call of their own.
"Acoustic analysis also reveals that certain information is conveyed within the calf calls - age, but not gender."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
How Mooooooving...........let’s milk it for all it’s worth..................
All creatures. So lovely.
Next they will be researching why grass grows.
Sometimes a moo is just a moo.
Some cows language has already been translated.................
....couldn’t let it alone could you.....*~*chuckling....
We are NOT amooosed.
In Latin, the phonic sound “Moo” roughly corresponded to the interjection “Hmmmmmm...”
Works for me. These cows are thought Latin speakers.
A 10 month study, I bet anybody who raise cows could have told you this and much more in 2 minutes, if anyone bothered to ask.
Indeed. Any farm kid can call in the cows by imitating a hungry calf.
It is reVEALed that we all have a STEAK in this research.
CC
I knew some of the vocalizations of cows - they do have a nuanced vocabulary. Cows are, basically, very emotional creatures, and can be highly expressive at times.
And cows can understand a surprisingly wide range of human vocabulary as well. They know right away when they are getting scolded. Sometimes they just don’t care.
It took them 2 years to study this on the taxpayers’ dime when ranchers have known this for eons.
No waste of money there!
These are only English cows. We must also know if cows in Spain moo mainly in the plain. And if they are different moos because they are Spainish.
Didn’t Temple Grandin make note of this years ago?
But what about American Cows? The don’t speak High English. The last time I heard a cow speak High English was ‘ Let’s MOOOOOOVE.’
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