Where there are cows you will see bulls
@allknowing (153544)
India
December 11, 2022 10:13pm CST
We have a neighbour that rears cows and this bull belongs to them. Their cows stroll in front of our gate and sometimes we see this bull as well.
Passers by are wary of this bull specially if they have some red clothing on them. Belief is bulls go wild when they see red colour.
I am not sure if this is true but I have seen the bull chasing. Whether it is because of the red colour or something else remains to be seen
Have you ever been chased by a bull?
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@DaddyEvil (174255)
• United States
12 Dec 22
I read a scientific article some time ago that stated that bulls can't see the color red. Scientists think it is the waving of cloth that draws a bull's attention.
https://www.livescience.com/33700-bulls-charge-red.html
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
12 Dec 22
Thanks for the link but why does it charge only when it see the movement of something red and not any other colour?
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@DaddyEvil (174255)
• United States
12 Dec 22
@allknowing I don't know. I'm not a scientist.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
12 Dec 22
@DaddyEvil Let's leave it at that then and run if we see a bull if we have worn something red
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@LadyDuck (502189)
• Italy
12 Dec 22
I also have read the same @DaddyEvil, cows (and bulls) cannot see the color red, they are dichromatic and can only see yellow and blue. It's the waving that excites the bulls. Also cows chase, particularly if they have young calves to protect. At least one (stupid) tourist is killed here every year by a cow. There are signs everywhere not to approach the cows.
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@LadyDuck (502189)
• Italy
12 Dec 22
@DaddyEvil Here they do not cut the horns, cows have horns and they can also be dangerous.
They get irritated by loud people approaching, often with walking sticks, they fear for their calves and they attack.
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@DaddyEvil (174255)
• United States
12 Dec 22
Exactly! We had to warn hikers every year when I was a kid not to go into the fields where there were cattle, whether bulls were in that field or not. Cattle don't care if anyone is wearing red or not. They just care about any loose clothing or big hand motions when they have calves.
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@DaddyEvil (174255)
• United States
12 Dec 22
@LadyDuck It depends on the farmer/rancher whether the cows have horns or not here. Our cattle always did. Dad wanted them to be able to protect themselves and their calves from coyotes and wolves. Of course, the cattle would also use their horns on people if they disturbed them.
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@rsa101 (40952)
• Philippines
12 Dec 22
@allknowing I see so cows roam free without the danger of being slaughtered for food.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
12 Dec 22
Here cows are considered to be holy - only one community believes in it but the slaughter is banned.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
12 Dec 22
@rsa101 Yes they are but the government is not taking care of them.
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@crossbones27 (52905)
• Mojave, California
12 Dec 22
Tthere was a neat thing on bulls but I do know its provoked by mankind plain and simple. Women do not have to worry because men just dumb or many but they showed bulls do not attack for no reason.
The red color not sure, none of them were wearing red so maybe. I still found it neat and just how dumb people are. Why would you want to piss off such a wild creature anyway, some kind of badge of honor. I would go slap a grizzly bear if that is what made me think people would think I am all tough and honorable. 
I guess some were wearing red but many saying that is not a real bull or to young. Either way dumb to provoke such a powerful animal.
I guess some were wearing red but many saying that is not a real bull or to young. Either way dumb to provoke such a powerful animal.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
12 Dec 22
Bull fights were initiated by the Spanish and it is considered a sport - a cruel sport indeed.
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@crossbones27 (52905)
• Mojave, California
12 Dec 22
@allknowing Yeah as a badge of honor like killing a bear in native cultures but see that makes sense to eat and survive pissing off a bull for no reason is stupid.
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@Fleura (34932)
• United Kingdom
12 Dec 22
Yes I have been chased by a bull when I was about 12 and I had to dive through a barbed wire fence into a patch of nettles! I didn't 'provoke' it by the way, I was simply walking along a public footpath through a field, one I regularly walked.
Apparently bulls are colour blind so they don't see red but I haven't tested it out!
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@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
13 Dec 22
No, I have never been chased by a bull. I have in the news a woman nearby was killed by a bull in the early morning a few years ago. She tried to hide behind the cars but she could not escape from that bull. They are dangerous when getting irritated.
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
12 Dec 22
I believe it is very true at least i would not risk it.
I have been chased by a bull as a child in Ireland.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
14 Dec 22
@allknowing Not at all..I was a very young kiddo..in Ireland..proably around 9 or 10
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@wolfgirl569 (135587)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Dec 22
Red dont bother a lot of them. Its the way things move. But I dont trust any bull that I dont know. Never been chased by one as of they started acting mean they went to freezer camp
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