Prairie Ponderings - Pondering Bernadette's Symmetry

As I approached the corral in the wispy dawn, I could see I was too late. My favorite heifer, Bernadette, laid down, stood up, and grunted, with two enormous feet protruding from the back. I guided her into my clanky, old chute, looped chains around the calf’s feet and tugged to assess how hard this would be. Bernadette squatted on her hind quarters. This was dangerous for a lot of reasons, the most urgent was that cows can choke to death if they lean back on the head-catch. Bernadette was tired, but she wasn’t choking. Instead, she was sitting on...

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