Ignoring the gigantic needle piercing its body, that pressure relief must feel amazing
this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2025
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It feels barely nothing for cows. A typical "syringe" for them looks like a freaking gun
I can't read pixelese, but I think that's an insemination device, not a syringe.
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Specifically, it occurs when the cows eat high volumes of clover or other nitrogen fixing plants (most legumes fall in to this category). Ruminants produce a lot of gas in their digestive process, because their stomachs are designed to ferment their food, allowing them to better access highly fibrous food sources like grass. Normally, they belch or fart the gas away, but in the case of nitrogen fixing clovers, they produce too much gas to be able to burp and fart away, and they end up with fatal bloating!
I remember learning this in school in rural Australia. The most amazing thing is that I still remember it :P
Stupid question, but could a similar thing happen to a human? I don’t belch/burp, and I can get insanely bloated. I should probably see a doctor to see if this is normal or if there’s a treatment, but it’s kind of embarrassing!
no such thing as embarrassing when dealing with medical problems, they've seen and heard everything and medical staff that at all makes you feel bad are incompetent and should get another job.
Any good medical worker is there to make you feel better, and will actively appreciate blunt honesty because it makes everything so much easier and treatments more effective.
Hey this was really cool of you to post and I appreciate it. Thank you!
It might be a rare condition called RCPD where a muscle in your esophagus is too strong. The treatments are a shot of Botox to weaken the muscle, or getting it cut a little bit if Botox doesn't work.
I have issues with it intermittently.
Holy shit this is 100% me! Holy shit it has a name!!! Thank you!!!!!!
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Oh, neat! Message received: if I eat enough beans, I can be my own creme brulee torch!
Wow, that would explain the mutilated cows that people think are aliens. Like lightning striking an explosive cow and boom ground beef.
Doesn't take a lightning strike. A cow dead for long enough may explode due to gas buildup. Conspiracy people gonna conspiracy tho
Lmao they literally flare off the cow??
So its... kinda like a tracheotomy, but for your gut, so... gastrotomy?
Ah, 'gastrostomy'.
A medically necessary, emergency fart valve.
Amazing.
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You just know there's some old vet that systematically lights up his cig on this every time he does it, all casual
Gee I somehow thought somebody shot a lil jet propelled blow dart lol
Cutting out the middle man to light your farts on fire.
thats a nice clean blue flame, looks like a burner on a gas stove
Since it comes out my butt, is it MEthane or BUTTane?
I appreciated the TIL by itself, but the video added a whole new dimension of "definitely, this is not what I was imagining".
Thank you!
Hey Angus, why is Hettie on fire?
Oh she just walked past Bessie.
Best to give Bessie a wide birth ey Angus.
That's right Maggie, when you see Bessie coming you better MOOOOOOve over.
Oh nice one Angus.
Thanks maggs that's why they call me the cow-median.
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Won't it get really hot after a while?
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