Oh man, cows are awesome. They're smart, lovable, and even playful. And when they reach a certain age, they're even edible. What's not to love?

For milk cattle, depending upon gender, that age may be sooner rather than later. cf milanesa/schnitzel/chicken fried steak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_schnitzel

Having heard stories of my homesteading great-grandparents being chased 'round and 'round their sod house by a steer while screaming at their significant other to "open the **ing door, for **'* sake!" I'm gonna stick with befriending crows.

(Cows give birth to steers, that's what not to like.)

yes, I'd rather befriend a cow than a crow. Who's going to do the blog post?

I was under the impression that, like chicken, cows became less edible as time passed?

I don't think his comment meant "edibility rises linearly with age." I think it meant "it reaches a peak" and implicitly "and then declines from there."

There's only one way to get to the bottom of this... we're going to have to have eat a lot of crows.

No arguments now, this is science damn it!

He said "cows" not "crows."

Although you can open up a new branch of Science.

Exactly.

Advice/Accounts on how to befriend crows has been submitted here in the past, but there hasn't been anything regarding cows, unfortunately.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

IMX cows (they are all domestic, locally) treat anyone with thumbs as a potential source of food.

They like licking hands and under-the-chin or cheek scritches; move slowly and talk, and if they're skeptical try crouching to make yourself smaller. (but don't make mothers suspect you're after their calves!)

Anyone know about bison?

Unless they're domestic bison, it's probably illegal to approach them. And unwise.

Oddly enough, cows seem to enjoy big band and jazz.

https://youtu.be/lXKDu6cdXLI

Now that's some cultured dairy!

Cows seem to be mesmerized by almost any sort of music.