[BlackOp]

Originally Posted by FAX

Another thing about acorns that troubles me ...

All sorts of animals can eat acorns with no problem whatsoever. These acorn-loving faunae include your basic pigs, your basic squirrels, your mice, and your wild deer ... all a bunch of freaking acorn addicts, basically.

Yet, the poor, unfortunate horses and cows cannot enjoy the acorn. This is due to the high levels of tannin present in the acorn. And believe you me, tannin toxicity is a bad way to go. It can easily result in digestive ulcers, nausea, liver damage, and kidney failure. One minute you have a cow and some acorns and the next minute you have a cadaver and some acorns. It seems unfair.

Therefore, it is wise to keep your cow the hell away from your acorns.

FAX THE BOTANIST

Unless someone deliberately put the acorns where they knew the cows would find them... and unknowingly consume them to their demise.