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Toilet-trained cows go to ‘MooLoo’ to lower waste emissions
- herodotus 5y agoI would like to nominate this research for an Ignoble Prize.
- vxNsr 5y agoEven for dairy cows this seems like a lot of work
- rtkwe 5y agoPerhaps they can learn the behavior from other cows or at least make it easier and if it sticks dairy cows live around 20 years so if there are incentives to train them (fees for run off maybe or just direct benefits to the operator) it could really be worth it.
- asicsp 5y agoDupe "Researchers successfully potty-train cows": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28514695 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28514695
- OneEyedRobot 5y agoHuh. Brilliant. I would think that the main selling point, besides clean-up issues, is to break some kind of parasite cycle.
- cuttlefisch 5y agoOr, you know, decrease animal agriculture