I've alaways wanted to know.
2006-11-16 22:22:09 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Top question made me laugh, given me something to think about!
2006-11-16 22:31:01 · answer #1 · answered by angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In primitive societies where people live very close with their livestock there is often "cross-suckling" going on. I saw some film about a semi-nomadic african tribe where the women breastfed a child on one breast and a baby goat on the other. Obviously it wouldn't take too big a leap of the imagination to taste cow's milk, once they had been semi-domesticated and were close at hand, especially given the huge volume of milk they produce. Some other african tribes (the masai? I forget) drink cow's blood from cuts too - the idea of getting nourishment from animal liquids (where the animal doesn't have to be killed and can be re-used) must be pretty ancient.
2006-11-17 01:37:10 · answer #2 · answered by Alyosha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It goes back to the days of the cavemen. One day, while trying to prove who was the bravest, one caveman, named Seal, made the following statement.
"Do you guys see that animal over there? And do you those things hanging underneath that animal? Well, I'm going to chase down that animal, wrestle it to the ground, and pull on one of the things. And whatever comes out, I'm drinking it."
He did it, and was immediately recognized as the bravest of all the cavemen. After that, any caveman who wished to prove his bravery had to pass the "Seal Test".
2006-11-16 22:37:42 · answer #3 · answered by kidd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is a guess a farmer owning cattle ranch sit watching the new calf insistently go the under belly and said i Got milk.
2006-11-16 22:32:08 · answer #4 · answered by silkieladyinthecity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Totally guessing here:
Don't know who the person was, but maybe someone saw a calf gettin' some and figured, "Well the wife's dry, might as well see what Bessie's got..."
2006-11-16 22:27:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
milk sometimes drips from the udder from time to time. Someone might have noticed, thought about pulling them.
I hope thats the answer anyway! You never know, do you?!!
2006-11-16 22:39:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guess whoever that person was, he/she was bored with nothing to do and started poking around the poor cow.
2006-11-17 22:27:11 · answer #7 · answered by No-one 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think most mammals are aware of where milk comes from.
2006-11-16 22:29:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone curious tried something similar with a bull....lolz
2006-11-16 22:29:59 · answer #9 · answered by novembr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
caveman... and then all they had to do was wait a few millenia for somone to invent / discover Tea..
we'd have noticed them feediing their young...and we feed our young in the same way... observation and application...intuitive learning.
2006-11-16 22:39:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋