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Why don't they just breed cows that are more spherical, to maximize the volume-to-surface-area ratio?
by drcode 7y ago
Why don't they just breed cows that are more spherical, to maximize the volume-to-surface-area ratio?
- dsr_ 7y agoThey're in the middle of that process. https://www.beefmagazine.com/cow-calf/relationship-between-cow-size-production https://www.beefmagazine.com/cow-calf/relationship-between-c... "The amount of beef produced per cow has seen an 18% improvement over the past 20 years. The average cow size across all breeds is 1,390 lbs., with less than 100 lbs. separating the heaviest and lightest breeds."
- rs23296008n1 7y agoOr more wrinkly. Increased surface area compared to a sphere. It works on brain surface area. There's probably a tradeoff in the quality of the hide as a result of this however.
- taejo 7y agoThe goal is to get more beef and less leather.
- rags2riches 7y agoI imagine most uses call for flat leather rather than curved.
- mcv 7y agoSo you want to breed cube-shaped cows?
- rags2riches 7y agoIf the sphere-cow is big enough, the surface will be practically flat...