A lot of cattle ranches exist in states where winter comes early and stays well into the spring, meaning that many calves will be born while there’s still snow on the ground and temperatures are dangerously low.
So it turns out ear muffs for calves to stop them getting frostbite are a real thing… pic.twitter.com/KiiAbTaRYV
— Cans Moleman (@ThisFarmingMan_) June 25, 2019
According to Dr. W. Dee Whittier, calves are particularly susceptible to the cold, and the frostbite that can happen as a result.
“Newborn calves are most at risk because they are wet and because they have a large surface area in relation to their total body mass. Calves are not fully capable of maintaining temperature the first several hours of life. Newborn calves have a circulatory system that is less able to respond to cold changes as compared to more mature animals.”
Posted by Triple P Farm on Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Farmers know that losing cattle – especially brand new ones – isn’t kind, nor is it profitable.
Here’s the ever famous calf Star, rocking her moo muffs pic.twitter.com/POBNEL02Tb
— Work for Days Farm (@WFDF2016) January 18, 2018
Enter the earmuffs for calves trend, as useful as it is cute as it is ridiculous.
Posted by Triple P Farm on Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Thanks to @ThisFarmingMan_, we now have these pictures for posterity, and around 200k people online have already become obsessed.
— yeehawlex (@alexiRunke) June 26, 2019
Probably best not to look at any of these before you go out to grill a burger or a steak, though. They’re just too darn adorable to be dinner!
Ahh when you buy from AliExpress instead
pic.twitter.com/4dUazt3OAq
— Nuno Sousa | 누노 (@nunosowza) June 27, 2019
Or maybe you don’t care.
Probably depends on the steak.
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