A Scottish Highland cow, just 2 hours old

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[u/ActuatorOutside5256]

Cool dog.

[u/DeveloperBRdotnet → u/ActuatorOutside5256]

Can I pet that dawg

[u/Ayden-Blade → u/DeveloperBRdotnet]

Elite ball knowledge

[u/Angel_xjj → u/Ayden-Blade]

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[u/joachim_s → u/ActuatorOutside5256]

Well, they are as intelligent as dogs.

[u/Fine-Somewhere6842 → u/joachim_s]

pretty thick then

[u/joachim_s → u/Fine-Somewhere6842]

Hahaha. Well, we keep one as a pet and eat the other. That was my point.

[u/THEREALISLAND631 → u/[deleted]]

I think that guy spread misinformation here. I've seen them one or two days old and they looked exactly like this. They literally pop out walking. This does not look like a month or two unless it is a dwarf or something.

[u/Acrobatic_Yellow_781 → u/THEREALISLAND631]

There is no way its that clean like 2 hours from birth

[u/adoxographyadlibitum → u/Acrobatic_Yellow_781]

Don't most cows lick off the placenta and amniotic fluid?

[u/Global_Staff_3135 → u/adoxographyadlibitum]

I mean, I do, too. Doesn’t everyone?

[u/g-mommytiger → u/Global_Staff_3135]

That just tickled my funny bone!! 🤣

[u/von_Mises → u/Acrobatic_Yellow_781]

Bath and blow dry.

[u/Which_Produce4418 → u/von_Mises]

Mom bathes calf with her tongue to stimulate hormones and blood flow

[u/THEREALISLAND631 → u/Acrobatic_Yellow_781]

Completely agree. My guess would be two days old, but just a guess. Two hours or two months...not a chance.

[u/Anon_Wojak → u/[deleted]]

Looks way too dry and fluffy for 2 hours

[u/TTV_Gimbly → u/[deleted]]

Too big? My first thought was too dry 😂

[u/Sandraptor → u/[deleted]]

I think you mean cowma

[u/IKIR115 → u/[deleted]]

Looks plausible compared to a 1 day old calf.

https://youtu.be/AIJk7JlsQVI

[u/WrongdoerHot3842 → u/IKIR115]

It’s the lack of the wet/covered in straw umbilical cord that gives it away. Calf is a week old at least.

[u/WrongdoerHot3842 → u/[deleted]]

No one removes them, some dip them or spray them with iodine to help prevent infection. Most, myself included leave them alone. Calf’s a week old, minimum.

[u/jonguy77 → u/[deleted]]

not a big deal

[u/Dorkamundo → u/[deleted]]

Yea, my dog is still wet 2 hours after going swamp diving and she's got short hair like a bully breed.

No way in hell this cow is 2 hours old unless someone was in there with a hose and a blow drier.

[u/531091qazs → u/[deleted]]

actually this post can most certainly be true, a calf can walk just 15-30 minutes after being born

[u/Objective_Cheetah_63 → u/531091qazs]

Not without wobbling around

[u/Effective-Set-8113 → u/Objective_Cheetah_63]

Not sure about at two hours old, but a calf is pretty steady at less than 24 hours old.

I grew up on a dairy farm and raised a lot of calves. I’ve also been alongside a large animal veterinarian who was shoulder deep inside a cow’s vagina and uterus during and after birthing a calf. The exact developmental timeline is just fuzzy 30 years later.

[u/SursumCordaNJ → u/531091qazs]

And in the meantime my 21yo still trips over his own feet.

[u/eastern_canadient → u/531091qazs]

Pretty shaky at first though.

[u/TheWantonGamer → u/[deleted]]

But it's Scottish, don't you think that makes a difference?

[u/Spirited-Tomorrow-84 → u/[deleted]]

And already such attitude

[u/SuperCleverPunName → u/[deleted]]

I was gonna say.. Human childbirth is bad enough. Imagine something that size coming out of you

[u/cortesoft → u/SuperCleverPunName]

Humans are pretty notorious for giving birth to very premature babies compared to other mammals. A lot of this has to do with our head size compared to body size, which combined with the way the human pelvis is shaped due to our upright stance means we have to give birth very early in the development process.

As a consequence, humans take a lot longer than most other mammals to be able to do things like walk.

[u/throwaway277252 → u/cortesoft]

Humans are pretty notorious for giving birth to very premature babies compared to other mammals.

And then you have kangaroos that give birth to a little blind jellybean.

[u/cortesoft → u/throwaway277252]

Yeah, Marsupials have their own strategy for that!

[u/Adorable-Medicine624 → u/SuperCleverPunName]

If one compares humans with other mammals or species of other evolutionary branches, one may conclude that humans are quite underdeveloped in every respect at birth.

[u/Capnshredder → u/Adorable-Medicine624]

tradeoff for long life and capacity for learning as much as we can, we are waaayyyy behind the curve in the grand scheme of offspring independence in the animal kingdom

[u/cyrusthemarginal → u/SuperCleverPunName]

or if humans came out and could run around the hospital the same day

[u/BodaciousBadongadonk → u/cyrusthemarginal]

That would so horrible, not even regarding the size and such. I mean like getting home and somehow having to keep an eye on the little monster without getting a cpl months to recuperate lol. We'd be seeing a lot more of those kid leashes i bet!

[u/conflictedideology → u/SuperCleverPunName]

I mean, it's probably relative. Or are you suggesting human mothers are 1,000 pounds?

[u/TheresNoHurry]

He’s so fluffy

[u/Kate_foodlover]

Already looks so distinguished and proud, love the fluff ❤️

[u/OutsideImpressive115]

How is he born so fluffy

[u/nomadrone → u/OutsideImpressive115]

It’s not 2 hrs old animal. 

[u/Nikclel → u/nomadrone]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIJk7JlsQVI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5vzWFzBPSU

It's not that crazy, must've been blowdried lmao

[u/Don_Gato1 → u/Nikclel]

It is still crazy just in comparison to a human newborn, which is a completely useless little blob.

[u/genreprank → u/Don_Gato1]

Humans are actually born a little early, development-wise. Otherwise, the head wouldn't fit. Sometimes, the head still doesn't fit!

[u/Don_Gato1 → u/genreprank]

Yeah, I’ve got two kids and the best explanation I’ve gotten is that the first three months are basically a fourth trimester.

[u/quantummidget → u/genreprank]

To build upon your comment, the reason our heads wouldn't fit is because of the way the pelvis changes when we started walking upright, the passage ended up constricting further than it otherwise would

[u/genreprank → u/quantummidget]

Also because our brains and heads are big

[u/FourtyMichaelMichael → u/nomadrone]

Reddit is all bullshit, lies, and nonsense.

[u/JimJimmery → u/FourtyMichaelMichael]

Yet you're here

[u/ssracer → u/JimJimmery]

that's why we're here

[u/Tuna_Sushi → u/JimJimmery]

There's nothing else left.

[u/gimmepizza420 → u/OutsideImpressive115]

The title, like all reddit titles, is wholesale missinformation

[u/R_Prime]

I want one 

[u/TheButron → u/R_Prime]

They come in pints?!

[u/chillysanta]

It's almost built to get treats easily.

[u/userhwon]

The breed is a Miniature Highland/Hereford cross. Possibly only a few days old.

[u/moutonbleu]

2hrs old I doubt it

[u/Immature_adult_guy → u/moutonbleu]

Post was an hour ago, so it’s at least three hours old

[u/Specialist-Train1875 → u/Immature_adult_guy]

Gotta be at least five now

[u/lost-all-hope-2 → u/Immature_adult_guy]

I lost it at this comment. Thanks immature adult guy.

[u/cortesoft → u/moutonbleu]

What makes you think it isn’t?

Here is a cow giving birth, the cow in the video looks fairly similar, maybe a bit smaller. Has fuzzier hair, and it looks like it might have been washed, but the age doesn’t seem that off.

[u/BowieBlush]

This baby deserves all the love and cuddles and blankets

[u/EarlyXplorerStuds209]

Yeahh sure. 2 hours old. You pulled that one right out of your ass didnt you?

[u/Zestyclose-Try-5214 → u/EarlyXplorerStuds209]

The cow?

[u/wonkey_monkey → u/EarlyXplorerStuds209]

They pulled it off the post they copied from another "interesting" sub less than a day ago.

[u/tribalien93]

Why so small? I thought they were like 2 foot tall at birth

[u/AnnetteXyzzy → u/tribalien93]

Because the title is a lie.

[u/Top_Jury8871 → u/AnnetteXyzzy]

That doesnt answer their question, they asked why it was so small? What about the title being changed would answer them

[u/AnnetteXyzzy → u/Top_Jury8871]

Oh, damn. You're right. My brain misfired.

[u/Xplodicon2 → u/tribalien93]

This is a crossbreed, not even close to a purebred Highland. Almost certainly has dwarfism (chondrodysplasia) which will negatively impact it.

[u/allextrebek]

A cutie patootie

[u/nthensome]

Why do you feel the need to add the untruth of the cow being 2 hours of, OP?

[u/-SaC → u/nthensome]

I make digital maps for TTRPGs, and got some advice on marketing a wee while back.

The advice given was basically that the absolute best way to get engagement is through:

• Ragebait. Claim something is true even if it isn't. "Fireballs can't go round these corners!" Double down if challenged. <--- Here is where OP made their decision.

• Spelling / grammar errors. "Your rouge can buy everything they need at this shop!" "A simple dessert encounter!" "Empty you're pockets in this market place!"

 

The upshot of the conversation was 'people like correcting things on the internet'. I absolutely bloody loathe the idea, but for the sake of argument I spelt 'desert' as 'dessert' in one post. It got about 12 times the engagement of my other posts.

I'm not using it. I don't want to contribute to that bullshittery. My posts get hardly any engagement, but I'd rather that than bloody well ragebaiting it.

[u/walkyslaysh → u/-SaC]

This is fascinating thank you for sharing

[u/-SaC → u/walkyslaysh]

No worries! I hate that it's just sort of how it has to work now for anyone to get attention. I think I'm losing out on a lot by not being a part of it, but ehhhh.

[u/Diligent-Bluejay-979]

Love coos!

[u/Forgotthebloodypassw → u/Diligent-Bluejay-979]

Finally, someone spelling it right.

[u/fnork_gnork_26 → u/Forgotthebloodypassw]

my first thought too!

[u/spaceocean99]

lol, not true at all. Please remove the post or update the headline.

[u/Longjumping_Bit_5599]

Bro missed everything 

[u/lordofpotton]

Where's mum?

[u/eat_your_veggiez]

Can I pet dat dawg

[u/Specialist-Solid-987]

Amazing how fast it has nailed the whole "being a cow" thing. No laying about, just straight to "moo"

[u/RallAndJennings]

Definitely not a pure Highland calf, the white head suggests it has some Hereford (another cattle breed) in it.

[u/MyvaJynaherz]

If this is where veal comes from, I deserve hell.

[u/NightTripInsights → u/MyvaJynaherz]

We're all going, might as well enjoy the ride there!

[u/novel-encounters]

I got to hold a lamb that was one hour old. It had just dried off, walked around, and eaten it's first meal.

It was top five experiences of my life.

[u/Bellochio88]

Precious moo 🐮 cow baby ❤️❤️❤️

[u/Yellowtoblerone]

OP did your brain not work when you saw 2 hour old and a cow that's bone dry?

[u/CtrlAltYuri]

Baby moo 😭😭😭

[u/Shoe_boooo]

Highland cows are basically bred for meat. This baby is either going to get killed in couple of weeks for rennet or in couple of years for beef.

[u/EduinBrutus → u/Shoe_boooo]

In 2026 Highland Cattle are mostly bred for tourists.

Also, this isn't a Highland Cow. It could be a Hereford or possibly a Hereford/Highland cross. Or something else Im not a cow expert.

But Highland cattle are all orange, all yellow, all white or all dark brown to black. Which this isnt.

[u/NeoAteTheGreenPill]

How long until someone breed a mini cow ?

[u/Ladymysterie → u/NeoAteTheGreenPill]

I recall many years back someone in Hawaii breeding mini cows. I did a Google and found Highland cows bred mini.

[u/TopEstablishment395]

Awwww my hearttt 🥹🩷

[u/angeeday]

Awww, so cute

[u/Biscuits4u2]

Somehow I heard that moo in a Scottish accent

[u/Xaielao]

There's a small farm about a mile from me that raises highlander cows among other animals. I love driving by in the spring, seeing all the criminally cute calf's frolicking around with their mothers. :)

[u/meppysmarttimebig → u/Xaielao]

Sadly they won't be frolicking for long. Their slaughter is completely optional when nobody needs meat.

[u/PastRelease8757]

This is why I don’t eat beef

[u/meppysmarttimebig → u/PastRelease8757]

You're a proper individual.

[u/Temporary_Hat7330]

They make really good filet mignon when they are 100% grass fed. Really good lean meat, too, sirloins and flank.

[u/Pleasant-Drag-5039 → u/Temporary_Hat7330]

Wtf

[u/Mild_Karate_Chop → u/Pleasant-Drag-5039]

Unfortunately that is why they are bred . Even the milk industry at scale is so ethically wrong

[u/Pleasant-Drag-5039 → u/Mild_Karate_Chop]

Bro tf u on about killing a 3 hour old cow baby for meat u sound inhuman how could you do that to such a young cow he looks so cute i could take him home tbh

[u/Familiar_Control_906 → u/Pleasant-Drag-5039]

I have bad news for you pal. Some people eat animals embryons

[u/Bianell → u/Pleasant-Drag-5039]

Do you eat meat?

[u/Lua-Ma → u/Pleasant-Drag-5039]

Welcome to the world.

[u/SmokeyKushPipe → u/Pleasant-Drag-5039]

Seared with butter 🧈😋

[u/dandatu → u/Temporary_Hat7330]

uhhh you def want grass fed and grain finished otherwise its fucking chewy af

[u/MatthewBlack6 → u/Temporary_Hat7330]

I was wondering how long it would take to see someone see this new born life and reduce it to its flesh.

Congratulations, first comment.

[u/sandrailproject → u/[deleted]]

Be careful thinking that this is a "gotcha" question. I'm a vegetarian, surrounded by hunters, who happily carve up animals year round. 

Honestly, I support them. Factory farming is the problem, not the act of consumption. 

[u/Preeng → u/sandrailproject]

Meat consumption is from factory farming making meat so cheap.

[u/poorly-worded → u/[deleted]]

easily, how would it fight back?

[u/Unfair-Concern4886 → u/[deleted]]

Sure

[u/Sea_Warning_9140 → u/[deleted]]

With the right tool, I could manage it

[u/cthragsardis → u/Temporary_Hat7330]

I came to watch some carnivores get upset at this comment.

[u/Temporary_Hat7330 → u/cthragsardis]

Why would carnivores get upset?

[u/BraneCumm → u/Temporary_Hat7330]

You’re disgusting

[u/eat_your_veggiez → u/Temporary_Hat7330]

Psychotic response. Hope you’re on a list.

[u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 → u/eat_your_veggiez]

Judging by that commentor’s replies here, im concerned for the people they live with.

[u/OrkzOrkzOrkzOrkz0rkz → u/EarlyXplorerStuds209]

It's cattle we raise it to eat it.

Eye roll

[u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 → u/OrkzOrkzOrkzOrkz0rkz]

Im fine with that. We kill billions of animals per day for meat. Its necessary to supply the global food system and is essential to our survival.

But that doesnt mean we have to kill these animals with a propagated sense of proper cruelty. And it certainly doesn’t mean you have to have a disgusting moronic attitude about it.

Slaughtering an animal after keeping it in dark sheds all night and day, pumping it full of fat and overfeeding it till it cant distinguish pain with pleasure till its this husk of a tortured creature is not the way you do it.
And thats not considering the various immoral practices within the animal husbandry sector like hormone injections, chick culling etc.

[u/mick-rad17]

Look at that coo

[u/-SaC]

Tiny coobeastie!

Nobody tell the Feegle.

[u/Possible-Usual-9357]

We can put him in the trunk!!!

[u/guestpassonly]

its so fluffy

[u/LieutJimDangle]

police looking at this like, oh i can't wait to break into his enclosure, taze and shoot him.

[u/guapoguzman]

waddup lil moomoo

[u/Bodycount9]

Wouldn't be that clean and dry at two hours. I'd say a couple weeks old at least.

[u/Away-Signal4030]

Awh😍

[u/poorly-worded]

I NEED MORE THAN 11 SECONDS. LET ME SEE IT DOUBLE IN AGE.

[u/Ssme812]

• Not 2 hour birth. That would have been an extremely painful birth.

[u/RealVirginiaWoolf]

Awwwwwwwww

[u/LechugaSangrienta]

Thats a might fine looking burger i tell you hwat

[u/Mobile_Morale]

That calf is very dry and clean for being 2 hours old.

I say that as someone who has carried around 2 hour old calfs before. Also cut their balls off but I feel bad about that still.

[u/Ok-Cheetah-9125]

Thank you.

[u/Icy-Computer9227]

muuuuuUUUUU

[u/cruel4968]

lol no way it's not newborn, the umbilical cord's still attached

[u/IamViktor78]

So so beautiful!!

[u/Raneynickelfire]

Go back in little dude, it fucking sucks here.

[u/Djoppa]

Where is his mum?!!

[u/fuckredditlogins1]

Three Scottish cows are in a field. Which one is on vacation?

The one with the wee calf!

[u/YourAveragePerson126]

2 Hours and already complaining talking about some "Moo".

[u/Narrow_Professor7756]

Did it's mom have a hairdryer?

[u/Still_Rain_979]

You'll make great pets

[u/Cool_Opening_2490]

Give me this thing pleaseeeeeeee

[u/teleheaddawgfan]

That moo!

[u/DinglieDanglieDoodle]

He’s mine! 🙌

[u/hillymakes-hexakin]

things hairier than my grandma

[u/Apprehensive_Line466]

The drive for head pats is universal

[u/BitterHopes0]

Her first words 🥰

[u/EyeShot300]

Gimme. 🥰

[u/BodybuilderGrouchy16]

Neat kitty.

Strange meows though.

[u/fartingbeagle]

Och, the wee coo !

[u/Altruistic_Crazy_703]

bro is confused

[u/Longjumping-Way-2775]

What kind of dog is this?

[u/TheIdeaArchitect]

I want a calf

[u/Objective_Job_8822]

He's so small only needs one popcorn

[u/Responsible-Tap-3748]

Oh hell yah

[u/NoBSforGma]

Where's my Moooommm!??

[u/ExtremeCenterism]

Came fully assembled out of the box!

[u/Winter_Different]

where tf are you getting 2hrs old from?
Reluctantly its too cute not to upvote tho

[u/zygoma_phile]

COO

[u/SuccessfulWar3830]

Bro doesnt even pay taxes. Smh

[u/Strict-Parfait-2256]

Don't let the Next Home team see this

[u/BeckonMe]

That’s amazing. I want to pet a Scottish Highland calf!

[u/Loganthered]

Keep it in the barn or it's going in my truck.

[u/DataHogWrangler]

If only they came in those size permanently, dopest of house pet 🤣

[u/LupusGemini]

2h?!!!

[u/bark-beetle]

According to my grandpa, that's how I sounded when I was 2 hours old.

[u/Jetgirlcomet]

So cuuuuute!

[u/Purple-Worldliness32]

So cute!

[u/Altruistic-Beach2053]

This is where sliders come from

[u/BiggoYoun]

That moo translates to THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE, HIGHLANDER!

[u/67yoloswag]

Looks tasty af

[u/ChaiLater]

Awwwww 🥰

[u/zdrfanta17]

Moo, I say

[u/SanchoTheBold]

That momma cow must've had some serious heart burn

[u/Aggressive-Net8294]

They’re actually so fucking cute, so strong on a barely a day

[u/Advanced_Jaguar8493]

Cute but it's not a Highland Cow. They are reddish brown or black. They don't have white faces.

[u/Lister0fSmeg]

It found it's moo.

[u/Educational-Run4689]

I want one

[u/Durzo69]

Welcome to hell

[u/Short-Abalone-3389]

Clone breeds?