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Author Topic: Can cows see in the dark?  (Read 3885 times)

oor wullie

  • Joined Jun 2012
  • Strathnairn
Can cows see in the dark?
« on: January 22, 2015, 08:09:52 am »
As is says in the title.

Just one of the trivial things that often goes through my mind as I watch them........

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Can cows see in the dark?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2015, 08:59:40 am »
Whether they can see in pitch black, I don't know, but they can see well enough on a dark night to get around in the fields.  (Says she who has been led a right royal dance by a Jersey who didn't want to come in on the odd occasion... ;))

I often wonder about sheep, though - their eyes reflect, so they must be using the available light, but when feeding them in the dark they don't seem to be able to find the cake.   :thinking: :thinking:  :idea:  I guess that means their noses don't work in the dark!   :roflanim:
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