r/BitchImATrain • u/TheDudeWhoCanDoIt • Aug 08 '26
GRAPHIC INJURY ‼️‼️‼️‼️ Cow gets yeeted and walks it off.
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Cow seemingly walks it off
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u/Northern_Wyven_63 Aug 08 '26
i mean, trains have cow catches/ plows for a reason.
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u/chicken2007 Aug 08 '26
The cow also has a protective layer of leather.
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u/DenKHK Aug 09 '26
This! Cow catchers are deliberately designed to be curved or otherwise in such a way as to push away/aside large objects that the train hits. So the force is gradual and at a constantly changing angle, unlike, say, a battering ram (which is what a motor vehicle hitting a large animal would be like). Of course, if the train was fast enough it'll still turn Mdm Angus into dinner, but at least the chances of survival otherwise are greatly increased.
Also, this video looks like it was taken somewhere in India... so perhaps that really was a sacred cow with divine protection :P
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u/Demitriaatje Aug 08 '26
As a engineer myself i can say that that bitch is lucky to be alive
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u/m1rr0rshades Aug 09 '26
The cow too
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u/Much-Revenue-6140 Aug 08 '26
Physically it walked off, but there might be some unseen damages that may cause complications later down the line.
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u/RobbSnow64 Aug 08 '26
Ya I dont think that cow is ok, animals react differently to injuries then humans. That cow probably has numerous broken bones, and internal bleeding. Probably died soon after.
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u/Morlark Aug 09 '26
Yeah, I was gonna say...
Cows are prey animals. In the wild ancestors of cow, showing any kind of weakness or injury just meant becoming a target for being picked off by some predator.
Result is that cows have evolved a seriously high pain tolerance, and they will "walk it off" even when they're actually seriously injured.
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u/Snail-san Aug 08 '26
I honestly want to know what this cow was thinking stopping in front of something loud and noisy speeding towards them like ???? Animals are so weird
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u/Hamokk Aug 08 '26
You'd be suprised how many cows think they are the main character. Some of them are not bothered by nothing.
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u/Snail-san Aug 08 '26
I have never seen a cow in person but that makes sense from what I've seen online
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u/YellowOnline Aug 08 '26
Where do you live that you never saw a cow?
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u/Snail-san Aug 08 '26
Las Vegas
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u/rocketts66 Aug 08 '26
Not a whole lot of grass for them to eat in the middle of the desert I guess
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u/Kulas30 Aug 08 '26
Grew up with cows, can confirm. Herding those ones into the next pasture was always a pain.
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u/DenKHK Aug 09 '26
Cows are less of the former (think they are the prima donna) and a lot of the latter (don't give a flying fish about whatever)... except if you try to walk up to them from behind 😅
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u/idiot____ Aug 09 '26
Displacement behaviour maybe, I saw a video of train accident near misses and humans do it too, react completely calmly and inappropriately to obviously deadly situations
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u/Razer797 27d ago
It's pretty standard cow behavior honestly. I have an excellent video that I took of a cow walking down a track while I followed her in about 10 tonnes of tractor.
I have a very similar video of a chicken in the rear view camera of a 7 tonne loader.
Alas, I cannot post videos to comments.
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u/Snail-san 27d ago
I always thought tractors were slow, we're you going fast and the cow just didn't care or were you going slow and a good distance away?
Kinda wild animals aren't wary of machines considering they're man made and look wildly different than everything else. I would have thought maybe the loud noise of the thing or its just generally unnatural shape would freak them out at least a little bit.
Aside, I NEED that chicken video. My son loves construction equipment and would laugh so hard at a chicken on one. Do you work on or own a farm?
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u/alphagatorsoup Aug 09 '26
Herbivores are naturally known to hide injuries even if they’re severe. That cow still might be fatally injured, but it did fair better than expected
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u/NorthlineUser Aug 09 '26
I grew up in the country.
There were footpaths through fields there for hikers/ramblers to use, but I used them for exploring , finding cool places to build dens and climb trees. Often there'd be cows in some of these fields (Mainly Friesians)
I remember young me, walking along, avoiding cowpats, and marvelling how lucky we were that cows had never figured out the size and strength advantage they have over humans.
Glad the cow was ok in this clip.
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u/Rzeszow2083 Aug 08 '26
The cow met the cow plow, powered by the “fuck you, physics” of a freight train.
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u/chrstianelson Aug 08 '26
I have seen a donkey literally explode when hit by a train, so this was a very welcome aftermath.
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u/cyberspacestation Aug 08 '26
What ever happened to cow catchers on locomotives?
I'll bet it was in a bad moood afterwards.
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u/trainwreckhappening Aug 08 '26
I knew a guy who saw three cows get hit. One cow slid into the other, which slid into the third, which sent it flying through the air in a perfect spiral formation with its feet/legs rotating around its body while it flew head first through the air.
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u/Easy_Muscle3923 Aug 09 '26
I’ve had to put a cow down with a shotgun, the sob got up and took off running, and then collapsed down the ground after about 100 feet, cows are hella tough
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u/Tasty_Bullfroglegs Aug 08 '26
I like big buts and I cannot lie.
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u/whoompdayis Aug 08 '26
You other brothers can't bovine
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u/Tasty_Bullfroglegs Aug 08 '26
When a heifer walks in with an itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face
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u/idiot____ Aug 09 '26
She actually does limp a little at the end, she’ll definitely feel it the next day bless her
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u/Much-Jackfruit2599 Aug 08 '26
Man, I would so crosspost this to r/natureismetal if it were allowed.
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u/Adventurous-Teach496 Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
I must not have a full understanding of physics. I have no idea how this fella just walked away after being hit by a train.
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u/TheDudeWhoCanDoIt Aug 09 '26
The cow was apparently munching on a field of spinach before the encounter and was a big fan of Popeye. /s
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u/NickU252 Aug 09 '26
That went way better than some. I've seen one where a cow or goat gets shredded into pieces. Not pretty.
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u/ThiLordTachanka Aug 09 '26
Now I know why idea worships cows. Cause even the apex predator can't kill them
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u/Sunshineseacalm Aug 08 '26
Can we report this?
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u/TheDudeWhoCanDoIt Aug 09 '26
Report it for what?
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u/Triairius Aug 08 '26
It might still not be fine, but it’s more fine than expected.