more animals
I am a total sucker for baby animals of all kinds — okay, so not amphibians. I “aww” when I see puppies or kittens, always feel a tug toward any sign that says “free puppies” like I saw while driving through Texas last week, and I could spend a lot of time on Cute Overload if I let myself.
Today, in my freelance journalist persona, I went to a dairy farm in East Tennessee where they make their own cheese. They have 800 cows that get milked three times a day. While taking the walking tour, we passed the sheds where the newborn cows are kept. They were so cute! I wanted to pet one, but understandably we weren’t allowed to. There’s a two-fold reason — if they got petted by all the tourists who come through on the tours, they’d become pets instead of dairy cows. Also, that contact would pose germ-transfer risks. Still, it was fun to stand outside the pens and look into those big brown eyes.
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