7 Wild Facts About Cows You Should Know | Compilation

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[@brookewatson1541]

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[@sudhanshurastogi1502]

you know humans also produce methane ... 2. the most abundant species of animals are those who we eat like chicken ...so instead of going vegan lets go back to eating whatever we can and farming it ...this would insure a more balanced type of evolution ...simply put vigan is a way to hell !!

[@currysues]

Do we need to eat less meat? or just eat less beef? Or just eat less ruminants.

[@someguy2135]

@@currysues Good question! If you don't go vegan, the most effective way to be a "flexitarian" aka "reducitarian" for the environment is to boycott beef and dairy. On the other hand, going vegan is the single most effective way for each of us to minimize our environmental footprint. "According to the most comprehensive analysis of farming’s impact on the planet, plant-based food is most effective at combatting climate change. Oxford University researcher Joseph Poore, who led the study, said adopting a vegan diet is “the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth.” “A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use. It is far bigger than cutting down on your flights or buying an electric car,” he explained, which would only reduce greenhouse gas. Avoiding consumption of animal products delivers far better environmental benefits than trying to purchase sustainable meat and dairy,” he added.”. -Joseph Poore, Environmental Science Researcher, University of Oxford. Joseph Poore switched to a plant based diet after seeing the results of the study. Links at my channel under "About.

[@someguy2135]

@@currysues Sheep are also ruminants, but most people don't eat much lamb or mutton. Boycotting all ruminant products, including wool, would be a good idea, in any case.

[@lloyddragon2036]

huh who could've known forcing cows into cannibalism wouldn't go well

[@danielm5535]

I’m surprised there wasn’t mention of Kuru- a disease in cannibalistic tribes in Papua-New Guinea- also a degenerative prion disease.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Cattle, like other grazers, WILL eat meat, like little baby birds or whatnot that they find, when they have the chance to take a chomp of one. Wild grazers like deer do the same thing.

[@Slop_Dogg]

@@MaryAnnNytowl right, but you can see how that’s different from eating ground up other cows right lol

[@TelephonePlays]

@@danielm5535 don't prions come from eating brains? Coincidence, most cannibals enjoy brains

[@olafelsberry420]

Now if we could only do that with humans?

[@motionless_horizon]

A fun prion disease in humans is called Fatal Familial Insomnia, which causes the person to gradually develop insomnia, then hallucinations, loss of motor function, unable to eat, etc. Until they die within 6-36 months after onset of symptoms because of heart failure or infection because of sleep deprivation. Very rare, but it passes down in an autosomal dominant pattern, meaning if you have a parent with it and get the mutated gene, you will have it too

[@planerdude88]

Yeah it's awesome

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

Time to wish this on my worst enemy.

[@pepisman]

I thought it was Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, but the more you learn.

[@kkja85]

Cow don’t eat grass instead it spins its tongue around the grass.

[@motionless_horizon]

@@pepisman that is another prion disease in humans, but FFI is genetic instead of (mainly, some cases of spontaneous CFJ have happened) coming from contaminated meat

[@TehPwnerer]

The ability to be able to digest insoluble fiber and recover glucose would be a massive evolutionary & evolutionary step forward

[@MichelleEvans_CatLady]

This is bringing me back to my animal science degree I specialised in ruminant production

[@b0rder.-991]

What do you do now?

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

That is so cool!!

[@FupaDoncic]

Steaming pile is definitely a saying made by cattle. People around the world dry cow dungs and use them as charcoal around the world

[@samsonsoturian6013]

These days they're mostly used as fertilizer.

[@juanjoyaborja.3054]

Especially in Northern India. You can find entire piles of cow dung cakes on the sides of roads.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

They were used a whole lot on the prairie before we plopped non-native trees all over the place, there, for wood to burn.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

@@MaryAnnNytowl there's more trees and vegitation and animals where I live now than compared to 200 years ago. Originally this was open grasslands with some buffalo. Organized cultivation does wonders.

[@joshschmidt4546]

its common with sheep poo too. in Mongolia they use mostly that for fuel, its called peat. At least in rural places which is most of the country its common, but a little in the cities as well.

[@chrismcgowan5180]

Interesting that Sci-show didnt make a video on the cognitive or emotion capacity of Cows, i'd like to get to 'know' them

[@88smileandnod]

fun fact, cows have best friends! And take turns babysitting calves

[@chrismcgowan5180]

@@88smileandnod Wow, thats a video I would watch @scishow

[@garden.of.thistles]

Cows are amazingly empathetic and social creatures, I would be much more interested in learning about their natural behaviors instead of the nightmare we've created through factory farming them

[@Lionesse-z41553]

I love cows. I would definitely watch that video!

[@Noukz37]

I just ranted out in a comment here about this... I'm glad there are others who see the issues presented here. 🙏🏻

[@MrMockingbird1313]

Hey Hank, Here is a subject idea. I received a few 1lb packages of ground bison from a food pantry. Ground bison is the best meat I have ever eaten. Supposedily it is much easy to produce. The bison eat much less forage. Their weight gain to time ratio is supposed to be much better than beef. All I know, the meat tastes great. Glad your health is continues improving. Be well.

[@OorahhColeman]

This may have been the kinkiest sci show notification I've seen

[@AnnoyingNewslettersPage6]

We have such sights to show moo.

[@emilyauld8622]

I think that says more about you than scishow...

[@kalxi1724]

Accidentally clicking on this video and then only reading the title and this comment was very, very confusing

[@jordanp5469]

You might just be an oddball

[@samuilzaychev9636]

@@kalxi1724 i did the same and yes, I agree😵‍💫

[@Kane42069]

the fact that they used breathalyzers on cows cracked me up

[@suchasweety138]

Okay.. odd question... How do they measure the methane a particular cow produces to determine which cows to be bred to create less methane? Currently I'm imagining a methane meter hanging at the base of the tail 😅

[@matthewcalifana488]

I can imagine talking cows / No i was not speeding , but maybe try using my methane to power the tractor & cars and trucks now leave us alone so we can fart in peace .

[@tristinsperry5171]

Well, the methane is mainly in burps. Hence, the breathalyzer used to measure greenhouse gas emissions. Only nitrous dioxide was mentioned to be heavy in the stool

[@sarah.s.flanagan]

They say in the video that methane production was measured with breathalyzers

[@PROFESSIONALCRASHOUT]

That's interesting. I wonder if they can just put animals in a room and measure the air

[@Zeplin02]

I work in am ifectious disease lab and vCJD is no joke. Its tested using Ceribral spinal fluid (CSF) Those samples have to be kept inside of a bio bag covered with warnings, and only opned undernead a vented hood. You have to change gloves immidiatly after handling the samples. Its the most dangerous thing I deal with. We probably only see about 10 tests a year for CJD, but cannot stress constantly the importance of handling them with care.

[@Lambsical]

this could not be more convenient, just got into watching people trim hooves like 2 days ago

[@rachelann9362]

I knew one of those few people that died of CJD while he station in Europe at one point. It was such a sad, and utterly devastating way to go. There’s absolutely nothing you can do to slow it down, at best you can treat some symptoms and keep people as comfortable as possible. He died in 2016. He had an awareness of what was happening for quite a long time. He couldn’t talk anymore, but he would make little gestures like to express his disgust over a high bill or to show agreement.

[@elizamccroskey1708]

How horrible. I’m glad things were changed fairly quickly to keep that from happening to more people.

[@masterimbecile]

I am deeply moo-ved by this video.

[@kelvisaisawesome]

Evile.

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

😂😂😂 love your comment and brilliance!

[@victorb145]

To easy to be funny but ok.

[@luster5497]

When the video ended and he reminded you about the mad cow diseases in the first, shocked me because I forgot about it when he said BBQ.

[@kelvisaisawesome]

Duuude. 😂

[@j.bailey5619]

the fact that there have only been 4 cases reported in the U.S. is insane and it has to be an underestimate, I didn't even know it was such a contained problem! My great uncle died that way, so it's weird to think: was he one of the 4? Or was his unreported? What happened there?

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Well, if it was on his death certificate, it would be reported.

[@samanthadill13]

Vcjd is not the only type of cjd. If i remember correctly what i had to learn about it when i started working in surgery is that the type just indicates the method of contraction so the video is probably saying that 4 people died from variant cjd which is cjd of unknown origin. He very well could have had cjd but not been part of this 4

[@caspenbee]

The connecting bits between these segments are a little deranged 😂 keep up the great work!

[@kimberlypatton205]

You forgot to mention the technique of “silkening” - or marinating in a water/ baking soda mixture-for tenderizing. It works SO well, as many Oriental chefs can attest. But is the “salt” science similar for how silkening your meat works so well?

[@mattlapointe-smith6257]

I was born in England in 1981 which involved a blood transfusion cause I was a C-section. I've lived in the US since 1983 but still can't donate blood because I could be a secret mad cow. And also I like to kiss other men but that's neither here nor there.

[@kelvisaisawesome]

The emotional roller coaster. I think I know and understand you better than I do myself

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

Bahaha 😂 I love this thread. Much love and support to you, friends.

[@charleswalters5284]

Wasn't that whole thing caused by a mandate to pour stuff called phosmet on all the cows in england ?

[@WildlifeWarrior-yd1fq]

I think you like to do a little more than just kiss

[@TelafiestaSecretMenu]

Wonderfully articulated

[@caradanellemcclintock8178]

Id be interested In looking at the specs for ostrich farming we get ostrich meat in the stores here in South Africa and it tastes almost the same as beef

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

Whoa, that's very interesting! I never knew that. Are ostriches herbivores or carnivores? Muslims can only eat herbivores, so I'm asking to know if I could try ostrich meat. 😅 This means that Muslims don't eat things like shark, snake, and alligator, like some cultures do.

[@caradanellemcclintock8178]

@@rawdaaljawhary4174 As far as I know ostriches are like most birds that eat grains and bugs Im not sure if that counts since chickens and turkeys eat bugs too. Muslims are a huge part of the population in South Africa to so foods are usually marked as Halal or not Halal I will check next time Im at the shop Id be interested to know myself.

[@caradanellemcclintock8178]

@@rawdaaljawhary4174 So I found out it is actually labled as Halal at least here in this country it should be safe for you to try. It is a bit leaner than beef so you might want to add a bit of additional fat to keep it juicy if your making burgers or something like that but it is great in pasta sauces if you didn't know it was ostrich you'd be hard pressed to find a difference in flavour.

[@caradanellemcclintock8178]

Just to update on the situation I actuality checked the ostrich meat on a shopping trip recently and it is marked as Halal so It is safe for you to eat

[@angel96benitez]

Many people have said this I'm sure I know I'm not the only one but kinda sounds like cows could breath frie, just give it a lighter and boom dragon-cow... or cow-dragon

[@silverhranch]

He forgot that hydroxyl radicals hanging out in the atmosphere neutralizes the methane that cattle emit. The beauty of the full circle of life!

[@gamesman0118]

Or that methane is heavier than air and the soil can absorb it.

[@DrBear-rk4qb]

Do you think climate scientists studying the issue just forgot to take that into account? Do you believe you're more knowledgeable on this issue than they are? And how can you be sure there are enough hydroxyl radicals to neutralize methane from 80 billion land animals we kill every year? Just curious.

[@silverhranch]

@@gamesman0118 Some may but hydroxyl radicals are everywhere when sunlight/UV rays hit water vaper they are created. It can happens pretty fast depending on weather conditions and complex molecules like methane or other pollutants get change into simple ones compounds or even elements.

[@silverhranch]

@@DrBear-rk4qb Not sure what's going on exactly but corruption is pretty bad these days. Hydroxyl radicals are nothing new and they are one way our air is cleaned or complex molecules like methane and pollutants are "recycled". You think all this toxic stuff that gets spewed into the air just hangs out or collects somewhere?? NO, It gets changed into more simple molecules or even elements by ozone an hydroxyl radicals. In chemistry nothing new is ever created or lost. Different elements come together to form a different unique structure called molecules. Then they can be disassembled by other molecules called ozone and hydroxyl radicals so that process can start agan!

[@Tinky1rs]

@@gamesman0118 methane is mixed into air, it doesn't really fall down when it's "dissolved" like that.

[@victorhmaya9536]

Why are you explaining me that I can't eat grass? I'll eat grass if I want too, you not my dad

[@hemberger91]

One thing that could help with the cows. Make the feed lots cleaner. If you live near a feedlot you know the smell and the mess.

[@landofevolution9757]

Cows eat grass.

[@dbxvhero9006]

A wise man once said: *_"Touch the cow. Do it now."_* 🐄

[@forshizzlemywizzle]

I can’t believe you missed the chance to call this the “cowmpilation”

[@rogerszmodis]

All our cows are 100% cow-fed for that double-cow juiced in goodness.

[@kristen5607]

I'm a dairy cow nutritionist and the methane story is terribly incomplete. Methane is a green house gas, yes, but it only stays in the environment for 10 years compared to CO2 that stays for over 100 years. Dairy farmers have been breeding cows for efficiency for years and our national herd size has decreased from 100 million in the early 1900s to only 9 million. So the methane contribution from dairy cows has already decreased by over 90% and we are producing more milk and meat! While, the CO2 produced from the first cars is still in the atmosphere... There has also been great technology invented to capture the methane gasses from cow manure and convert it to energy for dairy farms. There are some dairies that have completely converted to this bio-fuel and no longer using any fossil fuels for vehicles and facilities. This further reduces the methane contribution of the national dairy herd! For more information I would recommend reading articles by Dr. Mitloehner from UC Davis that studies green house gasses

[@lavona8204]

How interesting, thank you

[@jennifercarriger6168]

I could be wrong, but hasn’t Japan had seaweed farms for awhile now?

[@someguy2135]

Not just Japan! Korea is a major exporter of edible seaweed like Nori which is used as a snack or in sushi.

[@westzed23]

In Scotland, and I think Ireland as well, there are sheep farmers on small islands that feed their sheep seaweed that is tossed onto the beaches by winds and the tide. They charge higher for these sheep because the seaweed improves the flavour. Exclusive restaurants bid to get the best sheep.

[@WildlifeWarrior-yd1fq]

Not on a large scale that could feed the cows of the world

[@dragonskunkstudio7582]

They will eat seaweed so you make the cows eat in the ocean and we can call them sea cows.

[@cass8353]

expected more about actual cows and how they live and interact socially):

[@altosack]

This is _Sci_ show, and behavioral “sciences” are really in their infancy as far as science goes. I’m not disparaging them, and yes, I realize they’re making great strides of late, but that start has been recent; they were hampered by a lot of hypothesizing into theories without enough data to back it up for many decades.

[@crapstirrer]

I'm a simple person. I see inside out cows, I click.

[@maggielovestoads]

Wow I really went through my entire chemistry of food class thinking it was pronounced “mail-erd” reaction… granted the professor was from the Boston area😂

[@amandagardiner6065]

Seaweed farms double benefit and been an idea for a while due to seaweeds ability to remove large amounts of carbon and put out lots of oxygen. Double whammy maybe?

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

BOGO? Two birds with one stone? Yeah, something like that.

[@nadenhwa]

What's truly disturbing is why did we humans feed cows, which are natural herbivores, meat?! (Not to mention of their own kind). Cows aren't even omnivores like chicken. They shouldn't be fed animal products

[@babecat2000]

Cows have eaten meat on their own. Weird

[@rydaddy2867]

Whitetail deer will occasionally eat meat...birds, small mammals...no one is exactly sure what dietary deficiency drives them to do this.

[@Insertia_Nameia]

It's for generally for the iron, calcium, salts, and protein. Many herbivores are known to do this on occasion and on opportunity. Cows, deer, elk, chimps. Gorillas, and many more. They're very easy ways to get those and other nutrients. Especially salts and iron. Remember that stuff isn't so common in the wild unless you eat meat. And not all natural water sources have a high enough calcium and iron in it to prevent a deficiency from happening in all animals. (Hard water is horrible for your plumbing but actually very good for you. Same with the sulfur in it as well.) Salts are an essential electrolyte for just about all animals. You'll fide pretty quick if you eliminated 100% salt from your diet. (The problem is having too many added salts, but they're finding it might not be as bad as we first thought.)

[@francesbernard2445]

Good thing my aunt Rita was ordained to be our teacher on her parents farm soon enough.

[@MelodySnowflakeVA]

I made a mistake watching this while having dinner, I'm going to pause it now

[@darkwing3713]

You could substitute hydrogen sulfide producers for the methane producers. Hydrogen sulfide isn't a green house gas. There are some problems with it though. For one thing it will react with ozone - so you end up with pollution and a damaged ozone layer. The other problem is that those cow are going to be oh so stanky. The best thing to do is let them produce methane as much as they want - but collect it. If you mess with your cows' biome, you'll just make them sick. Just invent a methane collector and fasten it to them. They'll get used to it. And methane is just about the same as natural gas.

[@markmuller7962]

Combine that with animals welfare and you get a good motivation to reduce meat consumption

[@cartoonistanonymous]

If either one alone isn't enough, both together should be close

[@markmuller7962]

@naka How would you rate your knowledge of the history of sociology? Society changes and many things that were considered normal becomes bad behaviour or even taboos, that's the whole point of Personality Disorders. On the animal welfare, violence in general becomes more and more a taboo overtime which impacts the male role the most but also how we treat animals. One example of new taboos when it come to woman is having 5 or 10 children like in the old days. Disclaimer for the KZbin comment section: "Please be scientific in your answer and also tell me your age because I've just discovered that yesterday I was arguing with a 14 years old which is a aberrant waste of time for a 38 years old like me"

[@markmuller7962]

@naka You struggle so much to understand my points, you most be very very young. This conversation is over, you're muted

[@SilentRacer911]

Yay, the SciShow I have always wanted!!! 😂 Love you guys either way, informative episode!

[@annakatebertolet2703]

bro is looking all trimmed up and groomed. he upgraded himself.

[@jackprice4959]

I had a family member die of vCJD disease in the US and I don't think they picked it up overseas.

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

I'm sorry for your loss. I hope they didn't suffer too badly.

[@Leftatalbuquerque]

Meanwhile, millions of bison roamed North America for centuries and no one complained.

[@Jabberwockybird]

This. The climate change becuase of cows thing is so stupid.

[@Hi_Im_Akward]

The problem is how we farm them. Bison were part of the ecosystem. Farming practices completely disrupt this. So any emissions farmed cows produce effect the environment, while bison, apart of the ecosystem, would have their carbon and methane emissions cycling through the ecosystem and feeding microbiomes.

[@rickverhoef4688]

@@Hi_Im_Akward other then the farming practices. The forage (grass, alfalfa, corn ect.) is still harvested off the field fed to the cows and then the manure spread back on the field. Not the same cycle but basically very similar to what happened back then.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

They're bred for meat in certain parts of Kansas and Oklahoma these days. It's good meat.

[@DrBear-rk4qb]

We raise and kill 80 BILLION land animals every year. Do you understand the difference between millions and *80 billion* each year?

[@cursedGalataea]

GRASS👏 PUPPIES👏 that is all

[@nate.2.2]

Missed a golden opportunity for 'cowd' computing there

[@greenbean421]

seaweed farming is pretty neat

[@curiouscollective8572]

It's amazing how helping out the planet for the children is not enough incentive to do the right thing.

[@natorsi]

Any updates on the science of pre-digesting cellulose with cellulase to allow humans to eat grass?

[@x_apollyon2822]

I wish this video was timestamped :c

[@Nazuiko]

There happens to be a giant cluster of seaweed in the southern atlantic that needs disposed... And cows that eat seaweed are more green... two problems fixed at once?

[@maryknudson9265]

In summary: " don't eat graaaaaass. don't eat grass. Don't "

[@razberrie27]

MOOOOO!!!!!!

[@sarah.s.flanagan]

Curious about the assertion that most cows eat grass as I'm under the impression that most factory-farm beef is being raised on corn (which isn't great, to be clear)

[@archangel996]

gonna start saying, "best part? no goats necessary!" in my day-to-day life

[@stanleydenning]

OMG. Not three minutes before watching this video, I was looking out my window at the cows in the pasture... There are about twenty cows out there. They are all grazing and they are all facing the same direction. West. It's 7:15 Pm. Why do they always face in the same direction? Answer that.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Maybe they see something interesting, maybe they just came from the direction their butts are facing.

[@noonespecial9233]

Random guess- maybe they're facing the wind to avoid flies?

[@dwaynewilliams3077]

They are praying 🙏 🤲 🕌

[@brandonadkins9435]

Another hypothesis: Temperature regulation on different sides of their body.

[@kristywellman8488]

I’m doing newspaper and I wanna read about cows

[@Bildgesmythe]

What impact did bison have in the past? They had vast herds.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Not only what Dropkick said, but the number of buffalo at their height was less than a third of the cattle we have _in stockyards, in the continental US alone._ The vastly different numbers, the vastly different ecosystems (we don't _have_ those tallgrass prairies any more), and the vastly different biologies of the two critters all need to be in the equation. They simply weren't anywhere near as bad for the atmosphere as the cattle are, now. Plus the fact that we already, not even counting the cattle, pump an unimaginably large amount of methane into the air in other ways, too, so what the cattle do are amplified by what else we are doing, while the bison weren't competing against humans for worst worldwide polluter back then.

[@barbaragarner9192]

My biggest question what does the seaweed milk taste like from those cows, because we had a dairy years ago, so I know what raw milk tastes like, pastured is milk is not the same it tastes water down. Will I want more sushi with seaweed milk?

[@ronha9181]

Well, soymilk taste very different than regular dairy milk. But, soymilk regularly contains some ginger flavour.

[@MazeMaker4Life]

I assume it'd* be salty

[@noonespecial9233]

I wondered the same thing! I guess since it's such a small amount it might not be enough to come through? Can we make actual strawberry milk by feeding cows tons of strawberries?? The real questions

[@barbaragarner9192]

@@noonespecial9233 some people thought chocolate milk came from brown cows, I still laugh at people who have no idea were milk or their food comes from

[@b0rder.-991]

@@barbaragarner9192 Americans still think that 🤣

[@a_e_hilton]

If cows were a country, I would want to go there

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Countries don't normally randomly choose to trample people, usually. Not all of them are Switzerland. Many of them are more like Russia, China, or Iran.

[@IRMacGuyver]

When I grow up I want to go to Bovine University.

[@shutupsprinkles]

6:05 Hank: DON’T EAT GRASS!!!! DON’T. EAT. DON’T EAT GRASS

[@LIVE781REDRUM]

I cant wait for our robot overlords

[@colleenkochman9656]

how will eating the seaweed affect the cow's nutrition? how will changing their gut microbes affect their nutrition? How will these changes affect the meat and therefore the consumers?

[@NeonCicada]

So, they're referring to the bromoform containing genus Asparagopsis. _(bromoform [CHBr3] is a halogen compound used to inhibit gastrointestinal methanogenesis [ CH4] in ruminants)_ *--* It shouldn't affect the cow's digestion or nutrition at all because CHBr3 works on CH4 by forming CO2 & CH4 doesn't actually facilitate any digestive action. 🌳🌳....🤿🐄..🤿🐄.🤿🐄....🌳🌳 *I know some people were concerned about CHBr3 getting into the bodily fluids of dairy cows (as that's how all CH4 analogues are excreted from the body) -- but, the amounts present in a cow's meat, milk, or blood would be MANY times bellow anything remotely dangerous; LD50 = 1.8g/kg.*

[@colleenkochman9656]

@@NeonCicada thanks! always good to learn something new "outside one's wheelhouse"

[@PenSlaps]

Cow king says Moo

[@victorianmagnet9308]

Cows and sheep have us... bleat. xD

[@yellowflowerorangeflower5706]

A cookie for the algorithm.

[@mx.pixiedowner4593]

Not particularly safe, but I much prefer the flavor of mostly raw steak

[@chequereturned]

Depressing how most of these were about eating them, not about the actual animals themselves.

[@thatonedog819]

Or just run th regeneratively. We don't have enough land suitable for crops for a vegan diet. Cows can run on land that isn't suitable. In addition, you can't run regeneratively without livestock. It's not possible.

[@edwardtu79themixedcontentctr]

Turns out, we do eat grass. Wheat, rice, oats, rye, corn and barley are all grasses, we just call them grains.

[@VictoriaEMeredith]

Yyyyyes, but we eat the seeds, not the stems and leaves (mostly).

[@edwardtu79themixedcontentctr]

@@VictoriaEMeredith I know that!

[@landofevolution9757]

Wheatgrass is a thing.

[@vivalabad6]

Yeah, and there's about 0 nutritional value for humans to do so.

[@Insertia_Nameia]

Yeah and we eat corn. But only the eat. We don't eat the "grass" parts of any of these foods. They're talking about eating the "grass" part. As in stems, leaves, and such. We can't digest that and would get sick and die if tried to live off it solely. We cant even fully digest the much easier to digest corn seeds.

[@chevtruck1000]

Anyone who says that there is a BBQ season shouldn't be trusted. It doesn't matter if it's August or February. A steak thrown on the grill is always better than one cooked in a pan.

[@speadskater]

So you're saying that we can make grass wine my peeing into a closed tank of grass?

[@ConLustig]

My teachers wife died of mad cow. Sort of a wild event in our town

[@janusatthegate6201]

Cattle. Bulls, too.

[@bluntforcetanya]

Meat is in fact a journal, I'm in my masters in exercise science and I have referenced a paper from it 🤙🏻

[@allythearts5439]

Yeah i never ate grass before 😂 i dont even think as a kid id have to go ask about that one 😂

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

I definitely tried it as a kid. Not terribly appetizing, very fibrous.

[@victorhmaya9536]

I'd like to meet these cool Scientist.

[@kelvisaisawesome]

Which ones?

[@victorhmaya9536]

@@kelvisaisawesome “cool scientist”

[@currysues]

Do we need to eat less meat? or just eat less beef? Or just eat less ruminants.

[@resourceress7]

Hankschannel: Zomg DON'T EAT GRASS!!1!!

[@purplealice]

How about harvesting grass, and even wood chips, and processing it with cellulase, and make human food out of it? World hunger, solved!

[@chrismcgowan5180]

A logically sound comment

[@htopherollem649]

just curious but how much methane is released from abandoned oil wells? I would wager that it was a larger amount than that released by cows

[@Epicdps]

Don't forget about methane produced by waste from chicken and pig farming, it's not just cows. Cesspools of animal feces just sitting around everywhere around the world

[@chrismcgowan5180]

Relevance?

[@raisedbynoodles]

Not to mention the methane reliesed from food waste.

[@htopherollem649]

@@chrismcgowan5180 just trying to get a perspective on how large of a threat to climate change compared to other sources. In today's "climate " of alarmist news stories and p hacking (not to mention green washing) it can be difficult to know what causes to champion

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

@@htopherollem649 how about ALL of them are relevant? Because they are. ALL. Relevant. If your roof leaks in 4 or 5 spots, why call in the roofer to only repair one or maybe two of them? Edited to add, what you would "wager..." what citations do you have to back up that wager? 🤔 The fact is that we don't have nearly a billion abandoned oil wells that are belching out methane all day and night, every day, like we do cattle _just in the continental US alone._

[@jennytweet7602]

Don't eat grazss! Don't. Eat. Grazss!

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Field of cows doesn't look dirty to you? Do you have any idea what those smell like?

[@billgreen1861]

This episode was the longest I ever seen or at least it felt like it. Every time I thought it was over there was more. This could easily have been a three parter, 1st about cows, 2nd about mad cow disease and 3rd how to cook your beef. Goodnight Nurse !!!

[@rhoharane]

it's a recap episode. They were originally several episodes released a long time apart from each other. But since they were related, they combined them into one video in case some new subscribers haven't seen it yet and wanted something long to watch.

[@semaj_5022]

Yeah that's intentional. iys a compilation. The release them every now and then with older episodes on a topic plus sometimes one or two new ones all compiled together. It helps keep their upload schedule consistent and gives new viewers a chance to see older episodes they didn't catch.

[@billgreen1861]

@@rhoharane Thank you for the explanation, made me laugh ! You have a way with words. "...wanted something long to watch. " 😄

[@billgreen1861]

@@semaj_5022 thanks, now I know better. I hope ìt didn't upset the creators of the channel because that was not my intent. I think I was a bit tired also.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

@@billgreen1861 compilations ... are naturally like that. I mean, go watch some of Anton Petrov's compilations. They're _hours_ long.

[@charleswalters5284]

Don't grassfed cattle cause more methane eating bacteria in the soil? Doesn't grain diet cause cows to emit more methane?

[@limemime565]

Young people are more with veganism than you think. The European commission today is voting on shifting meat subsidies for alternative proteins. Give it 20 years and you'll see veganism rival carnism I guarantee it

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Nearly all vegans will admit to having recently ate meat. Nearly all vegans eventually become ex-vegans according to surveys by I forget who.

[@DrBear-rk4qb]

@@samsonsoturian6013 if you actually read the study, you'd recall that's primarily due to social pressures. As more people become vegan and more vegan options become available and veganism becomes more normalized though, it'll be be easier to stay vegan socially.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

@@DrBear-rk4qb except the problem that we're a predatory species and will always like meat.

[@limemime565]

@@samsonsoturian6013 lmao I forget who sounds like they know what they are talking about

[@babecat2000]

@@limemime565 get real vegan can make people sick it is not going to overtake eating meat.

[@numeristatech]

Brittany, France has major problems with seaweed washing up on shore, rotting and the H2S given off has killed in the past…. So harvest that instead and take care of 2 birds (cows?) with one stone?!

[@timothycampbell1107]

Please do some research on the biogenic carbon cycle

[@NavajoNinja]

More cows, less cars.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

I'm guessing on a year old vid about cows isn't the best place to ask, but how is prion disease diff from lewy body dementia is diff from cancer is diff from endometriosis? Like they're all cells misbehaving and multiplying far more than they should (and not where they should be)- just some aren't deadly.

[@DrBear-rk4qb]

Very happy to hear SciShow advocate eating more plant-based! Go vegan for the animals and for the climate! 💚

[@babecat2000]

No vegan can make people sick.

[@Teelirious]

So...seaweed is Beano?

[@keramiroberts6695]

Those poor cows having their moooood change

[@AutisticThinker]

Moo => Poo ;)

[@Timbeon]

Should've been titled Cow-pilation

[@amosanon3274]

And I thought they smelled bad on the outside!?!

[@Natedog-gd7ny]

the only video my girlfriend has ever wanted

[@kawawangkowboy9566]

Beer is made of barley... I digest grass all the time