Here in Ghana, animals roam the streets freely. The most common animals are goats/sheep (I'm not really sure how to tell the difference; they all look the same to me), but cows are very common as well. Very few of these animals have markings, but supposedly everybody in the community knows who they belong to and only uses their own animals for food. I'm not sure about the protocols dealing with roadkill, but it has to happen fairly often because of people's poor driving and the animals' stupidity.
But back to the cows. The cows here are the strangest looking cows I have ever seen. Most of them have these odd humps on their backs, which seem to be fatty and not bony. I have seen them wobbling back and forth on some of the cows. It is like they are crosses between cows and camels. Many of them also have ripply fringes of loose skin hanging down from their necks, some from their bellies as well. The horns also seem to grow however they feel like: up, down, sideways, curved, etc. There isn't a lot of uniformity. So here is a picture of one of these strange cows for your enjoyment.
3 comments:
Those are some really weird looking cows. Do they use the cows for meat and dairy?
You look like you are having quite the adventure! And by the way, you are looking so very thin... are you alright? Maybe it is just the camera angle. You don't look sick - you look beautiful - either way - I hope you are well and having fun. The pictures sure are great -
Those are brahman cows, we had them in the Philippines, and let me tell you, they are good for nothing, their meat is horrible and neither is the milk.
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