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Is it generally safe to walk through a field of cows?
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This is really good advice for basically every animal with hooves. They mostly have a blind spot directly behind, like horses:
If you walk up behind them inside that blind spot and then move out to either side and suddenly appear in their vision, they'll react defensively, usually by trying to kick you with their hind legs.
Basically if you can't see the animal's eyes then assume it can't see you, and stay out of kicking range.
was kicked in the head like this once. Flew a meter into the wall
I was too. I surbibed with tribial blain dablage.
Nah, I got kicked in the ribs. Hurts like a motherfucker.
+1 on this. Hiker+Trail-Runner here. So I sometimes encounter cows on high mountain passes where taking a detour can mean hours of delay. But after getting kicked like that once, I am very careful around herds, esp. when they have young ones / horns (as they often do grassing on mountains) / bulls in the mix.
What they say for horses is that if you're going to walk behind one, stay just behind it. That way if it does decide to kick you, the legs won't be able to build up momentum and will be mostly vertical before hitting you. Under no circumstance walk 1-2m behind it, you can die if it hits you in the head.
Apply at your own risk to cows.