Wow, even the cows wonder if she's part of the family.

Finally a peek at the World of Tawawa's main export.

I like these cows

Another nee-san XD

So is she Farmer-chan or what.

nabusco said:

So is she Farmer-chan or what.

Dairy Worker or Farmer.

nabusco said:

So is she Farmer-chan or what.

"Holstein"?

Mithiwithi said:

"Holstein"?

It's a cattle breed used for dairy production. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstein_Friesian_cattle

The lucky guy that does manage to squeeze her udders would probably be a teeny bit disappointed that they don't produce milk... BUT HEY, MAGNIFICENT UDDERS!

Apart from the Holstein cow's distinguishing(?) features, its kinda interesting its the first thing people think of in regards to the really top level kinds of milk

Kurzwaltz said:

It's a cattle breed used for dairy production. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstein_Friesian_cattle

Yep, and the subtitle is probably just referring to the cattle themselves. But since it's in quotes, I'm suggesting it could be her nickname as well/instead.

Oh, so this is how Himura's Dairy actually works.

NegativeSoul said:

Wow, even the cows wonder if she's part of the family.

I forgot the name, but there's something called something imprinting effect that explains this: individuals nursed by the same mother, even not related by blood or from different species will bond like they're brother/sisters. In this case the calfs regard the worker as one of their own because she looked like she drank from the calf's mother (the first panel) not because the, uh, 'Tawawa-ness'.

Rathurue said:

I forgot the name, but there's something called something imprinting effect that explains this: individuals nursed by the same mother, even not related by blood or from different species will bond like they're brother/sisters. In this case the calfs regard the worker as one of their own because she looked like she drank from the calf's mother (the first panel) not because the, uh, 'Tawawa-ness'.

You're probably thinking of the Westermarck Effect, but in this case, just plain "imprinting" is probably more accurate. Many farm animals that were flocking/herding animals before domestication actually do believe that humans are just big and aggressive members of their own species. (So do dogs, by the way. Dogs follow the biggest, strongest, most aggressive "alpha" "dog", which is nearly always their human owner.)

NWSiaCB said:

You're probably thinking of the Westermarck Effect, but in this case, just plain "imprinting" is probably more accurate. Many farm animals that were flocking/herding animals before domestication actually do believe that humans are just big and aggressive members of their own species. (So do dogs, by the way. Dogs follow the biggest, strongest, most aggressive "alpha" "dog", which is nearly always their human owner.)

I don't know about cows as they probably aren't as smart, but I seem to recall reading claims disputing that dog theory. According to some researchers (yeah, I'm going to use that lousy no-reference because I don't own the magazine anymore) dogs make a difference between humans and other dogs, even if many behavior patterns obviously do overlap. I'd personally rather support this theory, but I'm no expert, having never owned a dog, only having observed those of many friends, relatives, and acquaintances. Nevertheless, I'd say at least the reasonable dog breeds that haven't been ruined by breeders should be smart enough to tell a human is different from a dog. Dunno about the rat-sized dogs.

Kraco said:

yeah, I'm going to use that lousy no-reference because I don't own the magazine anymore

Probably from NatGeo (online version here)

[...]There's been a lot of research with dogs and how dogs interact with people. [It's] become very clear that dogs perceive us as being different than themselves: As soon as they see a human, they change their behavior. The way a dog plays with a human is completely different from [the way it plays] with a dog.[...]

[...]We've yet to discover anything about cat behavior that suggests they have a separate box they put us in when they're socializing with us. They obviously know we're bigger than them, but they don't seem to have adapted their social behavior much. Putting their tails up in the air, rubbing around our legs, and sitting beside us and grooming us are exactly what cats do to each other.[...]

[...]But I don't think they think of us as being dumb and stupid, since cats don't rub on another cat that's inferior to them.[...]

[...]They are using behavior that they would use toward their mother—all the behavior they show toward us is derived in some way from the mother-kitten relationship. The kitten learns to raise its tail, rub on its mother, and knead and purr. Grooming is what mothers do back to kittens.So they're using bits of behavior already in their repertoire to communicate with us. There aren't very many behaviors—maybe half a dozen.[...]

oracle135 said:

Probably from NatGeo (online version here)

[...]There's been a lot of research with dogs and how dogs interact with people. [It's] become very clear that dogs perceive us as being different than themselves: As soon as they see a human, they change their behavior. The way a dog plays with a human is completely different from [the way it plays] with a dog.[...]

[...]We've yet to discover anything about cat behavior that suggests they have a separate box they put us in when they're socializing with us. They obviously know we're bigger than them, but they don't seem to have adapted their social behavior much. Putting their tails up in the air, rubbing around our legs, and sitting beside us and grooming us are exactly what cats do to each other.[...]

[...]But I don't think they think of us as being dumb and stupid, since cats don't rub on another cat that's inferior to them.[...]

[...]They are using behavior that they would use toward their mother—all the behavior they show toward us is derived in some way from the mother-kitten relationship. The kitten learns to raise its tail, rub on its mother, and knead and purr. Grooming is what mothers do back to kittens.So they're using bits of behavior already in their repertoire to communicate with us. There aren't very many behaviors—maybe half a dozen.[...]

The one that stood out for me was:

[...]why might a cat yowl when it's by itself in a room?Cats learn specifically how their owners react when they make particular noises. So if the cat thinks, 'I want to get my owner from the other room,' it works to vocalize.

That is absolutely what my cat does. She's got a specific yowl that we've mutually learned for me to interpret as "Hey big clumsy cat, come here!"

Mithiwithi said:

The one that stood out for me was:

[...]why might a cat yowl when it's by itself in a room?Cats learn specifically how their owners react when they make particular noises. So if the cat thinks, 'I want to get my owner from the other room,' it works to vocalize.

That is absolutely what my cat does. She's got a specific yowl that we've mutually learned for me to interpret as "Hey big clumsy cat, come here!"

"Hey food giver, I'm feeling peckish. What's on menu today? Tuna chunks again? Ugh, pass." -My cat, everyday.
Me: *hand-feeding the cat while watching anime* "Yeah yeah Kibbles, you wanna be fed."

Mithiwithi said:

The one that stood out for me was:

[...]why might a cat yowl when it's by itself in a room?Cats learn specifically how their owners react when they make particular noises. So if the cat thinks, 'I want to get my owner from the other room,' it works to vocalize.

That is absolutely what my cat does. She's got a specific yowl that we've mutually learned for me to interpret as "Hey big clumsy cat, come here!"

Yeah, my cats only yowl when they're lonely. The younger sister cat generally accompanies this with bringing some sort of "present" with her that she'll drop at my feet - usually some of my socks that she stole from my room. "I'll bring your socks back if you pet me!"

Rathurue said:

"Hey food giver, I'm feeling peckish. What's on menu today? Tuna chunks again? Ugh, pass." -My cat, everyday.
Me: *hand-feeding the cat while watching anime* "Yeah yeah Kibbles, you wanna be fed."

Cats are all individual, but I've found that they tend to prefer the pate. My last cat would KILL for tuna, but my current cats won't touch most seafood besides maybe some salmon.

Regardless, all those foods that try to advertise themselves as having greens and showing some nutritionally-balanced dinner that a human would want to eat? Yeah, cats LOATHE that stuff. What they want to eat is the liver and organ meat by products that humans skip over molded into a big stinky blob.

There's a saying that goes, "fishing lures aren't designed to catch fish, they're designed to catch fishermen." Cat food is generally designed to appeal to the people with the wallets more than the cats, themselves.

That said, there's also something to be said for variety. Cats take their food for granted when it's consistently the same, so they'll snub it constantly. Meanwhile, they'll try to get anything YOU'RE eating, even if they hate it. (The brother cat in particular ADORES goldfish crackers, but then, these two love cheese to an insane degree...) You can keep their interest in food by occasionally sneaking a kitty treat into their dish at random times. Not enough that the kitty treat becomes passe, itself, but enough that they're actually curious as to whether you did it or not this time.

Danbooru: where you learn about cat behaviour in the comments of a pic about milking cows

Rathurue said:

I forgot the name, but there's something called something imprinting effect that explains this: individuals nursed by the same mother, even not related by blood or from different species will bond like they're brother/sisters. In this case the calfs regard the worker as one of their own because she looked like she drank from the calf's mother (the first panel) not because the, uh, 'Tawawa-ness'.

The portrait in the graphic that says otherwise.

Now I miss my cats back home even more...
I wanna go back home...

Overseas temp job is confusing.