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u/evasandor 8d ago
I was reading an article about water buffaloes in a farming magazine. I mentioned to my mom that the article said children are often put in charge of water buffaloes, as they are very gentle... and my mom said "wow! That's true! My first pet was a water buffalo!".
Apparently she got a little buffalo calf for her 7th birthday. (This was in Eastern Europe, not Asia) I was surprised to hear such an immediate confirmation of the article.
So never be surprised to see a water buffalo with a young owner. They go together.
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u/YeahNahMateAy 7d ago
OK that's fucking wild. In other parts of the world, water buffaloes are more feared than large cats because of their agression towards humans.
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u/evasandor 7d ago edited 7d ago
I think you're thinking of Cape Buffalo (Africa). Those are a different animal and legit scary. Cape Buffaloes, as I understand it, won't stop attacking just because you're dead!
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u/shyguyy68 8d ago
We're all worried that the girl would get trampled on ,but he's gentle as
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u/TheAserghui 8d ago
Naw this video's a repost. Ain't nothin' but a chill woman with her hooved buddy. Also they got a social media account, iirc
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u/Somethingeasylease 8d ago
What’s her social?
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u/Ziggy-T 8d ago
Her sister is posting for a while on the instagram because Chen herself is currently pregnant it seems.
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u/JeffysChewToy 8d ago
Cows are very gentle pets
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u/5-MethylCytosine 8d ago
That’s not a cow
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u/emerald_days 8d ago
It’s a carabao, also known familiarly as water buffalo
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u/LaoBa 8d ago
They are pretty gentle too.
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u/hoopstick 8d ago
Not to be confused with the Cape Buffalo, which will fuck you up and then wait ten years to fuck your kids up too.
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u/YouMustveDroppedThis 8d ago
people forget we human for millenias can only managed to tame few animals. they have to be gentle. like horse vs. zebra
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u/widdrjb 8d ago
There are only 14 species that can be domesticated.
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u/OliLeeLee36 8d ago edited 8d ago
Dogs, Cats, Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Pigs, Horses, Donkeys, Camels, Water buffalo, Chickens, Turkeys, Pigeons, Rabbits, Ferrets, Honey bees, Silkmoths, Yaks, Llamas, Alpacas, Reindeer... (no doubt I've missed a few)
edit: my mama
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u/EnoughNow2024 8d ago
Whenever people say this I wonder if they've actually been around cows.
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u/i7-4790Que 8d ago edited 8d ago
so you haven't been.
There's a huge difference between a cow somebody spent a lot of time with since they were young. And a cow that only interacts with people getting within ~20 feet of them at best for most of theirs. The ones with an already mean/wild mother tend to be the same way, those are the ones that will kill you when the calf is a newborn. While ones around a mild mannered mother usually have similar temperaments.
Different breeds have different general temperaments as well. But even a black/red angus can behave a lot like an oversized labrador if somebody spent a lot of time with it and it came from an already mild mannered cow.
And that's including fully grown bulls.
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u/Cynical_Nobody 8d ago
I mean, im not a cowboy but my mom was a rancher. Ide say horses are close enough, and ive been bit, kicked and stepped on by my own horse so I dont see anything wrong with caution around large animals. Even if they are domesticated and your pet.
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u/Specialist_Sport4460 8d ago
I'd still be worried to be honest. This thing can be extremely friendly but also seriously fuck you up with one move even if it doesn't mean to.
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u/Carrot42 8d ago
Yeah, I keep getting these shorts in my feed from a farmer with a big bull called Rufus, and in a video I watched yesterday, Rufus was like trying to brush up against him, and the farmer kept moving around a tree to make sure he had a barrier between them. He said something like "Rufus isnt mean, but if I get between him and this tree, he would squish me like a grape. He wouldnt mean to, and he wouldnt understand what happened. He'd just know that I didnt make it."
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u/Setisthename 8d ago
"The gentle bull, not the vicious one, most often kills or maims his keeper."
- 'Helpful Information for Dairymen', The Farmer (1927)
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u/Specialist_Sport4460 8d ago
I used to go out with the daughter of a dairy farmer and she was talking about how every now and then a farmer in the area would be killed by a bull. What surprised me at the time was discovering that it usually wouldn't be aggression but mostly young bulls being overly playful.
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u/galdalfstormcrow 8d ago
My landlord said I can’t have a water buffalo in my apartment 😞
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u/WatZegtZe 8d ago
In the Netherlands we can't have Russian dwarf hamsters but we can have a water buffalo as pet.
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u/Vinqvnox69 8d ago
How heartless can a person be? like WATER BUFFALO seriously??!, it's common in apartments even i have one. don't worry sweetie he's a bitch.
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u/Pulse_Amp_Mod 8d ago
You can eat sugar cane raw? I saw them in the grocery store in the produce section and wondered what people did with them. I’m going to have to try it
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u/Heavy_Record8704 8d ago
Yes. Common in asia. You bite it, crush it with your teeth, drink the juice and spit out the crushed chunks
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u/KingOfDyslexia 8d ago
In my hometown in the Philippines, large trucks carrying sugar canes pass by near our place. When i was a kid, we used to wait by the road and wave at them if we can see them approaching. They slow down or just stop for a bit then throw us lots of them.
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u/hoopstick 8d ago
I've seen videos of sugar cane trucks (don't know where, exactly) that get stopped by elephants, and they don't let them through until they pay the toll. It's really cool, but probably annoying for the drivers.
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u/himejirocks 8d ago
In Louisiana we would chase the trucks piled high as they drove under the low hanging trees to grab the cane that got pushed off. Good times.
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u/blender4life 8d ago
I would love every second of it if I were a driver, even if it happened every day
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u/Which-Acanthaceae613 8d ago edited 8d ago
Here in South Africa too. Honestly wild to me that people question this. We've even got these guys at markets that will mill the cane and you get INCRDEDIBLY sweet juice from them. Even more surprised to learn that people in other countries don't get sugar from sugar cane thought it was everywhere
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u/uconnboston 8d ago
That’s in Southeast Asia too. It’s a street cart with a grinding crank. You run the sugar cane through the grinder to get the liquid and you add little oranges in for a better taste. Used to be served in plastic bags with ice.
nước mía.
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u/newtoabunchofstuff 8d ago
They did this in the Philippines as well. Chilled sugar cane from a cooler, run through a press and mixed with a bit of calamansi juice. Incredibly refreshing.
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u/Keyframe 8d ago
That's one thing I was always curious to try out. By all accounts it's majestic. We get sugar from sugar beets. Can't do shit with that.
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u/Which-Acanthaceae613 8d ago
I actually would like to get my hands on a sugar beet and try and airfry it. I get some Japanese sweet potatoes here and they're amazing if you just poke a few holes in and bake them. I imagine a sugar beet would be even sweeter if it's a stand in for sugar cane.
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u/lih9 8d ago
Is it bad for your teeth or not really? What is the consistency like?
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u/Heavy_Record8704 8d ago
Occasionally, no biggie. Its not a daily thing. If you do it often then yes, it is hard on your teeth. Sugar is never good for your teeth and these have high concentrations. Consistency- i dunno whats the best way to describe it. Maybe thick wafers that dont crumble but release lot of sugar water when crushed. I am doing a bad job of describing it lol
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u/hsholmes0 8d ago
the texture is like when you already chewed tf out of popsicle sticks from cheap ice cream stores, but the popsicle stick itself has sweet sugar water in it and doesn't taste like wood
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u/WomenRepulsor 8d ago
It isn't bad unless you are eating is just before bedtime. On the contrary, some adults here in India suggest to give young children sugarcane, so that they have proper teeth alignment because of having to chew and tear through a hard surface. They say it helps develop jaw muscles.
The consistency is almost like water. You wouldn't feel it any different than drinking a very sweet water. The part that is spit out has a spongy fibrous structure.
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u/Fancy_Elk565 8d ago
It’s like biting a wet stick and you get juicy sugar water as a result but because it’s a stick you just chew till the flavor stops then spit it out
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u/Nanokillaz 8d ago
I love chewing on sugar cane raw, used to do it all the time as a kid
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u/SisterInRedFur 8d ago
I’m Asian and I’ve tried it with my front teeth, it feels like my front teeth are getting more advanced and of course it’s not good. You’d better chew it with your other teeth
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u/Jungledick69-494 8d ago edited 8d ago
Yeah, you can. And if you have a press you can squeeze it and get all the juice out.
I grew up in Trinidad and Tobago where we use sugar cane to make rum. Behind our schools there were fields of it, and during our soccer games we would trespass and steal a few stalks.
The thing is, the land is either government owned or privately owned. And some of the farmers who can't afford tractors use these breed of bulls to haul the cane out of the fields. They keep the bulls tied up in the field like guard dogs. If they see you dragging stalks, they will chase you. Happened to us a few times. We joke about it today. One of my schoolmates lost his sneakers running from a bull through a swampy patch.
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u/Lopsided-Ad7725 8d ago
In Mexican culture during winter, they boil it in a big pot with other fruits to make a hot, thick tea
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u/SpiritualSpectre 8d ago
Im from India and eating sugarcane raw is pretty common here. I thought it was common around the world.
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u/YouMustveDroppedThis 8d ago
tropical and subtropical countries, yes. And i thought getting coconut straight from the tree in your yard and drink it is normal too.
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u/swaggerin_buffoonery 8d ago edited 8d ago
Remove the brown or green hard outer covering and you have the exposed whitish yellow stick inside. You chew on the stick and suck up all the juice and then spit out the crushed bits. Do not ingest the chewed up stuff. Similar to chewing gum.
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u/OverallMembership709 8d ago edited 8d ago
you can buy sticks of it (peeled and chopped to certain lengths), then chew and suck on its juices (spit out the chunk after). some stores have a crusher specifically for canes and juices come out at one end then served with ice. the juice is very sweet and really delicious. some even mix lemon juice, ginger or whatever to balnce its sweetness.
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u/fermbetterthanfire 8d ago
Cubans live off of that. My grand father always had sugar cane with him.
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u/PariahFish 8d ago
She's pregnant now so her sister has taken over the channel, it's just as great!
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u/Particular-Notice444 8d ago
I'm not afraid to say that I was afraid at a point that he might run her over.
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u/OldArtichoke433 8d ago
Ohio -United States checking in here… never ever did I know chewing raw sugar cane is a thing.
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u/SFLoridan 8d ago edited 8d ago
OMG - and here I never thought anyone would be unaware of it, or not having experienced it
I'm from India, and chewing sugarcane like this is one of life's best experiences - true example of 'sweet is the reward of hard work'!
Tearing off the peel with your teeth is hard work (and dentists nowadays warn against it), but man, when you chew the insides of it, that is so good.
Nowadays we use a knife to strip the outside shell/peel, and supermarkets also sell just the inside part cut to bite sized pieces.
And I have to say this - the couple of times I tried it with cane in Florida, it was not as sweet. Indian cane is far sweeter. Not sure of the reasons.
Edit: I came back to add, Sugarcane juice is another fantastic product of cane: a direct hit of sugar to your palate that in the right conditions (on a hot, dry summer day, for example) is orgasmic. It's sold all over India and the Caribbean, and is worth experiencing at least once (and then you're hooked)!
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u/tikketyboo 8d ago
When I visited west Africa, the sugarcane was a great treat as well. The imported cane in the UK was dried out and bland. So disappointing.
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u/selfinflatedforeskin 8d ago
Wait ‘til you eat a proper banana，not a Cavendish picked weeks before ripe.
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u/polarbigi 8d ago
Eating raw sugar cane is second only to my grandfather cutting it up for me so I could eat it when I was smaller...
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u/CyberNinja23 8d ago
I think tastebuds are more sensitive and compacted together as a kid
Or as an adult I became more bitter and sugar doesnt taste as sweet.
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u/theFields97 8d ago
My grandma's family used to grow sugarcane in the hills of Kentucky and would chew sugarcane. I have always wanted to try it
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u/Cumbablot 8d ago
Sugarcane also makes one hell of a vinegar. Filipino adobo doesn't hit quite right if you substitute the cane vinegar for something else.
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u/a7a8a6 8d ago
Reminded me of my childhood. The cut sugarcanes are pieces in plastic bags are sold on side carts and in juice shops.
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u/macarenamobster 7d ago
I tried it in Florida and no one told me you were supposed to spit it out so I just chewed and chewed until I gave up.
It wasn’t great… but it would probably have been better if I wasn’t trying to swallow it lol
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u/MrsCompootahScience 8d ago
In Mexico we cut it into chunks, put salt and lime on it (and sometimes chile), and sell it on the streets!
We also put it in ponche and you can chew on the cane when you’re done drinking the liquid.
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u/crazzymomma 8d ago
In Louisiana, we grew up chewing on sugarcane. It was a treat! Recently tried to get my grandkids to chew on it and all they said was, yuck and spit it out. I said it's sugar, what's wrong with you kids lol! Have a great day and get a stalk of sugar cane!
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u/CrystalDeanna 8d ago
As a Canadian-Jamaican, I spent my entire childhood chewing raw sugar cane 🙂↕️
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u/AnComApeMC69 8d ago
I live in Ohio now, but I lived in South Florida for 17 years and down there chewing sugar cane was a thing too.
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u/winglessflight97 8d ago
I currently live in SoFlo and chewing sugar cane is definitely still a thing.
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u/DevECoisas 8d ago
I'm from pernambuco (Brazil).Since we basicaly produce sugar canes, we have whole diners dedicated to it (sugarcane juice to be more precise). It's realy sweet 😋
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u/richardizard 8d ago
Yeah in the Dominican Republic they sell sugar canes in the street and restaurants. It's tastes nice but I could never actually chew them for too long.
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u/Willobtain 8d ago
My family is from Cuba they make Guarapo they run the canes through some juicer and then put it in ice with a little lime. 🤪
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u/RogueFox76 8d ago
I’m from Oregon, my dad brought me some from a trip as a treat. It was pretty good. I’ve also gotten small sticks of it in a mojito before. Yummy alcohol soaked sweetness to chew
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u/RealYogurtcloset1850 8d ago
Crazy.. I never thought about it that there are other countries where it's a completely new thing.
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u/Lemons-95 8d ago
It's amazing. Drinking the juice is kind of awful, but chewing it is great, tastes like raw sugar.
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u/Head_Assist2459 8d ago
Nah this is slander, sugarcane juice is absolutely heavenly
Of course it is also a very good way to actually go to heaven
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u/Hot-Replacement4228 8d ago
It is. Nature’s toothbrush.
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u/Tactikewl 8d ago
That’s neem. My grandfather worked on a sugarcane plantation in the West Indies. Regularly chewing sugar cane will erode your teeth.
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u/Many-Count-2369 8d ago
She has such a beautiful smile! That buffalo also looks like a Disney character lol
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u/OnlineDead 7d ago
Haven’t seen this clip in years! I wonder how these two beautiful souls are doing
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u/TemporaryCry9560 8d ago
Been on the Internet long enough to know 99% of reddit is just reposted shit from 1-20 years ago.
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u/TheHorseduck 8d ago
That rope through the nose looks fkn horrible. Makes me feel so uncomfortable
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u/Chaddilllac 8d ago
Him with his herd
“You smell that guys?”
“Is it rope!?”
“No, it’s never rope, stop guessing rope!”
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u/chintakoro 8d ago
probably as uncomfortable as nose rings are for those who wear em. but otherwise that looks like one happy ass bull.
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u/StaffVegetable8703 8d ago
Is there cartilage/a wall separating each side of the nostrils like humans or is it connected?
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u/vexillifer 8d ago
So, pinch your septum gently between your thumb and index finger. You’ll notice at the bottom there’s an area where the cartilage basically ends and it’s just a fleshy wall between the two nostrils. That’s where you (or a bull) get pierced. It doesn’t go through the cartilage at all
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u/rocka_rolla 8d ago
Only difference is that the bull didn't have a say if he wants that ring or not
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u/chintakoro 8d ago
domesticated or working animals have no say in anything. you think your dog/cat really wants to stay cooped up in a house? its a living hell for them and stunts their mental growth (thats why they act like puppies or kittens even in old age).
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u/timrobau 8d ago
that's for control , it hurts them when pulled otherwise it's like nose piercing for them .. farmers need them
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u/TheHorseduck 8d ago
That's what I thought. But still. I've actually never seen a cow or a bull with either a rope or a ring in their nose irl. Only seen em with tags on their ears
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u/pawala7 8d ago
Because people in the West don't ride them like horses. In many parts of Asia, they're basically living tractors.
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u/rocka_rolla 8d ago
Even in that case, there are less painful methods to control an animal though
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u/pawala7 8d ago
Probably, but this is the method farmers have used for maybe thousands of years. But I dunno, you might be the foremost expert in water buffalo riding and know of a cheaper and more effective way to drive a horned beast that's bigger and heavier than a fighting bull.
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u/No_Sentence_8055 8d ago
what you've seen are cows and bulls for food. this water buffalo helps around the farm.
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u/MiniMeowl 8d ago
Different types of cattle. The cows with ear tags do not do labour. These buffalo are used as labour to till the land or carry items. The farmer needs more control over their direction.
Originally it was to control large bulls hence the name bull nose ring. Humans have always found ways to best control animals.
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u/Dame_Niafer 8d ago
Water buffalo?
And why on earth are people fixated on the sugarcane when the real amazing thing is that multi-ton animal capering with joy at seeing that girl and sharing a treat with her?
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u/whatsnotgood 8d ago
My grandma side of the family were traditional Chinese farmers. They never eat beef.
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u/rf-elaine 8d ago
Serious question: how can we tell if videos like this are AI or not?
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u/Cabtalk 8d ago
Fair question. The only reason I know why it's not AI is because this video has been around for years, well before AI took off like is has recently. I always click it when I see it lol. The music may have been added in later. She has an account (on tiktok or another Asian platform, I forget which one) where she has been posting videos for years.
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u/ThisPlate333 8d ago
This video has been around for years.
The stupid music has been added to it since I last saw it though.
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u/Swegatronic 8d ago
Ai also struggles to keep it together for more than like 10 seconds so lots of jump cuts can eb a sign
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u/AppropriateMall2199 8d ago
Life is short and strange, do what you want to, we're all going out one way or another. 😂 PEACE ✌.
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u/KnifeKnut 7d ago
Sharing sugarcane with your pet water buffalo, one more reason to always carry a knife.
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u/GroundbreakingPin681 8d ago
https://reddit.com/link/petasnq/video/ez6pi6sfteuh1/player
Reminds me of this
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u/FeelingVanilla2594 8d ago
I feel like this girl lives in the same world the guy riding a bike with a cat on his back lives in.
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u/LordofAllReddit 2d ago
Comments confirmed we all out here living the same lives with different seasonings. Love to see it
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u/brightlights55 8d ago
That bull understands momentum?
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u/MyLastHopeReddit 8d ago
Naturally, given their considerable size, they must instinctively know how to avoid obstacles when running at full speed; otherwise, they would constantly crash.
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u/WonderfulGroup2978 8d ago
This videos years old. Girl happy. Cow happy. Viewer happy. What's not to like?
Also, sugar cane: delicious and stringy. Spit it out after it's lost its sugary goodness.
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u/ObjetVapeur 8d ago
damn I think I'm in love.
Not to mention the girl who looks like genuine fun too
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u/Void-Cooking_Berserk 8d ago
Getting a rope through its nostrils must be uncomfortable
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u/HauntingMemory7183 8d ago
My wife’s from Kauai so whenever we go back there, first thing she does is run off into the sugarcane fields and snag herself some treats!
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u/SubjectJournalist573 8d ago
Man... eating raw Sugar cane. Been a while since I last had it. Hurts a bit ngl.
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