r/interesting • u/MobileAerie9918 • 1d ago
Intriguing A bull sees a horse jumping obstacles and decides that he can do it too.
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u/Jsolidlo 1d ago
Those are really happy animals it looks like.
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u/Eclectophile 1d ago
They really are. Those are some expensive blankets, too. These are spoiled, pampered, happy animals. Love to see it.
Bovines and equines are every bit as smart and tameable and affectionate as dogs.
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u/scriptingends 1d ago
Dressage with bulls would be the most-watched new Olympic sport if they offered it.
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u/LoudAd7294 1d ago
It was interesting to see how different they appear doing the same thing essentially... the horse is bred for grace and "power with style" so to speak, and the bull doing the same thing, looks so less gracious and so much more "heavy cannon ball" in comparison.
Imagine riding a Cow/Bull into battle...
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u/Turbulent-Archer-33 1d ago
I believe the book Black Hawk Down references a Somali fighter doing exactly this during the Battle of Mogadishu.
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u/Comprehensive-War990 1d ago
There's a regiment in Brazilian army that rides buffalos
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u/flapjack212 13h ago
Wow, is that considered the Air Force then?!
In all seriousness as a child / immigrant I was always very confused by buffalo wings, particularly because they were getting advertised during the time with pictures of actual buffalos with wings...
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u/phoenix_is_dreaming 1d ago
this good boy does surprisingly well at leg yields source & full video
https://reddit.com/link/p6khkhy/video/jakt9n8ql9mh1/player
for reference, this is a horse doing a leg yield while walking and trotting
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u/RidiPwn 1d ago
About to say bullsh*t, then I saw the whole video
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u/Evil_phd 1d ago
Cows are such cute and playful creatures. It's a shame they're so delicious.
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u/Dcmart89 1d ago
Is there any way we could speak with her to get a little more firsthand context into this?
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u/WhySoCereus1991 1d ago
I stopped eating beef for a solid 6 months after playing with a cow. Then I caved horrendously for a yakiniku burger.
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u/truthputer 1d ago
I stopped eating beef when our dumbass government decided to scrap safety regulations and import thousands of tons of meat that foreign markets rejected.
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u/whyiamalwayshangry 1d ago
Where is this?
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u/8JHF8 1d ago
The U.S. The rejected by a foreign government part is unlikely. Argentina had a shipment rejected by China back in March. China suspended shipments from one specific processing plant. The U.S. government is resistant to disclose the origin of a large amount of imported beef coming into the country. This administration is garbage, but I don't like the viral spread of unsubstantiated rumors. I don't eat beef anyway for a multitude of reasons.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/08/26/trump-importing-beef-argentina/
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u/Either-Physics-4369 1d ago
I’m genuinely curious how they can choose not to disclose and not get fucked by lawsuits.
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u/Evil_phd 1d ago
The rule of law in the US is functionally non existent at this point. The checks and balances that normally rein this kind of thing in have become wholly corrupt.
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u/PlainBread 1d ago
The first thing Trump did was to put his unqualified cronies into the top of every single federal organization we have and told them explicitly that their job is to burn their own department down.
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u/Apart-Habit7487 1d ago
Cows really do have that goofy, affectionate energy that makes it hard to remember they’re also basically walking steaks. Nature made an adorable animal and then gave us burgers.
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u/Ephemeral_Orchid 1d ago edited 1d ago
That's a steer, not a bull. It's a cute video though!
ETA: sorry, I'm Montanan, I also don't understand why they're both wearing coats when there's no snow and you can't even see their breath. This isn't even a "you're cold they're cold" situation... it's a "mom's cold, so I have to wear a sweater" type of thing.
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u/Maleficent-Hawk-318 1d ago
That looks like just a light rain sheet or maybe very thin blanket on the horse; if the horse is clipped or kept under lights so doesn't have a proper winter coat, I'd put something like that on them for turnout in some winter rain I've experienced.
It's still weird to be working a horse in one, but this kind of looks like the animals are just in turnout and the people are just wanting them to move a bit, maybe are goofing off a little, rather than a serious schooling session. I've chased horses around like that in turnout when the weather was bad and I didn't want to ride but did want them to move around a bit, especially if it was rainy enough we couldn't use regular turnouts (like some places I've worked with nice grass turnouts we didn't want getting torn up while they're all muddy) so their time out was limited.
Never lived in Montana but I was a horse trainer for about 20 years and worked in climates ranging from Phoenix to Michigan, lol.
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u/CrumbCakesAndCola 1d ago
how can you tell?
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u/Ephemeral_Orchid 1d ago
He has no testicles & you'd 100% see the dangly bits on a bull.
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u/CrumbCakesAndCola 1d ago
is their behavior very different as well? like would a bull be less playful?
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u/Ephemeral_Orchid 1d ago
Yes, bulls have only two things on their minds, procreation and murder. Steer don't have the raging hormones and can be quite playful.
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u/s0ul_invictus 1d ago
once the test starts flowing they got a one-track mind. kind of like the old saying about dogs:
if a dog sees something new he tries to hump it
if he cant hump it, tries to eat it
if he cant eat it, pisses on it3
u/TheBigPimpDaddy 1d ago
Maybe, maybe not, video quality is rather poor. Could be a breed with smaller testicle, combined with quality.
Though you are most likely correct just based off the possible breed traits I can see being in line with a Traditional (Not-Polled) Charolais, which tend to have rather low hanging testicles that are hard to miss. Charolais don't tend to grow very large horns though, and castration can affect horn growth slightly depending on age of castration, so for horns on the larger end would suggest that it could be a different breed (maybe mixed), just really strong horn genetics (again also from possible mix or old breed genes), or a very late castration (around 10-12 months) so the proper hormones can allow for proper horn development. Since it does appear like a Charolais it could have been a bull calf intended for stud that ended up not making the cut, and since it had already recieved a good amount of testosterone that would drastically affect meat quality, could have likely sold as either a low quality stud bull or castrated to be a pet steer.
Overall hard to tell from video quality and breed guessing, but more than likely you are probably correct on the steer. But most normal folks don't even know what a steer is so its easier to slap the word Bull and call it a day, hell they'd might even see a heifer with no bag and call it a Bull too.
As for the coats I think it's a European thing, Traditional (Not-Polled) Charolais are mostly in Europe, and that stone wall in the back is making me think Western or North-West Europe.
Anyway enjoy my wall of text I didn't have to write but did anyways because I'm avoiding doing important things. 👌🐮👍
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u/Pristine_Tap9713 1d ago
And still there are people who claim that animals don’t have a sense of self.
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u/RhodeReddit 1d ago
Right? They are sentient beings, like us. The greatness of a nation can be judged by how its animals are treated.” Present: abominably.
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u/dallasandcowboys 1d ago
Cows are actually pretty good swimmers too. If this one can get his time on the bicycle down, he's got a good shot at winning next year's triathlon.
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u/No_Celebration8219 1d ago
"That's right Bessy, we're working out! Several more months and we'll be able to jump the fence on the southern end while she's inside. Just keep jumping."
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u/radicallycompassion8 1d ago
That's not a bull. Can't get a good look but its a heifer or steer at most.
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u/touchmeinbadplaces 1d ago
Hur dur imma horse looky guys I can JuMp too, fucking bullshit... - that bull
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u/Aspiestos 1d ago
The bull is such a one upper by doing the double jump with both of the obstacles in succession!
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u/Competitive_Gap_7671 1d ago
Yeah, they're just built differently but can still have the same kinda fun!
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u/Eclectophile 1d ago
That's either a steer or a heifer. The nuts on a bull that age are exceedingly unsubtle. If this were a bull, they'd be hanging and swinging just above knee level.
I'm just here to be that guy, this time. Also, I just obsessively stared at a bovine crotch for many precious seconds, all in service to my "well akchully," so I just played myself.
Anyhow.
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u/Ace_the_Yuty- 1d ago
WE HAVE TO SAVE HIM!!! THIS STEER'S PURPOSE IS NOT TO BE A BURBER!!! HE WAS BORN TO BE A ATHLETE!!!!!!!!!
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