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SAN GERALDO WOKE me this morning to tell me something large had washed up on the beach here in Los Boliches, and the police had just arrived. I grabbed my camera and joined him on the terrace. I was first filled with excitement that a giant squid had washed up, or a shark. I zoomed in and thought it looked like something more mammal-like. So, I quickly downloaded my photos. It was a cow. Not a real sea cow (which is extinct), nor a modern-day sea cow, which doesn’t live in the Mediterranean. A cow.
Several consecutive days of high winds and rough surf have taken their toll. It was fascinating how shaken up we both were by the sight. Once I realized what it was, I thought I wouldn’t share the photos. But I then thought, “Why was it OK to share photos of a dead sea animal and not a dead land animal?” So, here are a couple of photos in, I hope, a small enough size to not upset anyone. I haven’t included photos of the cow being lifted and hauled away, which occurred moments later. What a way to start the day. But not as bad a start as the poor cow had.
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SAN GERALDO ME despertó esta mañana para decirme que algo grande había lavado en la playa aquí en Los Boliches, y que la policía acababa de llegar. Agarré mi cámara y me reuní con él en la terraza. Lo primero que me llenó de emoción fue que un calamar gigante se había lavado, o un tiburón. Me acerqué y pensé que parecía algo más parecido a un mamífero. Entonces, rápidamente descargué mis fotos. Era una vaca. No era una verdadera vaca marina (que está extinta), ni una vaca marina moderna, que no vive en el Mediterráneo. Una vaca.
Varios días consecutivos de fuertes vientos y oleaje fuerte han pasado factura. Fue fascinante lo conmovidos que estábamos los dos por la vista. Una vez que me di cuenta de lo que era, pensé que no compartiría las fotos. Pero luego pensé: “¿Por qué estaba bien compartir fotos de un animal del mar muerto y no un animal de la tierra muerta?” Así que, aquí hay un par de fotos en un tamaño lo suficientemente pequeño como para no molestar a nadie, espero. No he incluido fotos de la vaca levantada y arrastrada, lo que ocurrió momentos después. Qué manera de empezar el día. Pero no fue un comienzo tan malo como el de la pobre vaca.
Poor cow. Gives us a reminder of the power of the oceans around the world.
Jim:
Such a strange thing to see. And the winds are still blowing and the sea is still churning.
What the hhhhhhhellll!!!! What was Rosanne doing in Spain?
You’re so bad, gurl! I love that about you.
Mistress Maddie:
Ooh, that would be even worse!
I wonder how in the world that happened!
Tornado, maybe? I saw Twister! 🙂
Deedles:
Didn’t Dorothy see this fly by the window?
Kirk:
Probably grazing near the edge of a river or flood channel and the bank gave way. it’s not the first cow to wash up in recent years. Jeez!
Oh, my heavens!
Judy:
Such a disconcerting sight. And I found reports of this happening in 2017 and 2013.
I suppose it’s like why do we eat cows (yummy) and frown on the eating of horses (icky). A dead cow in its natural habitat wouldn’t cause a stir, but a dead sea cow in a pasture would cause a sensation 🙂 I don’t know why I’m waxing all philosophical up in here. Maybe it’s because I started at Maddie’s drinking Old Fashioned Manhattan Highballs at eight thirty in the morning! Poor, old cow. The one on the beach, not me!
Deedles:
I waxed philosophical, too. And you’re spot on with your “wax” despite the highballs.
Poor thing, but we all have to go somehow and the cow probably had the ride of his/her life on the way out.
Cheapchick:
Jerry was imagining it struggling before it died.
Makes you wonder if she was washed off a cliff by a giant wave or something.
Debra:
Probably grazing on a river bank or at the edge of a flood channel when the earth gave way.
the backstory behind this must be interesting.
anne marie:
I wonder if they’ll be able to figure out where it came from.
Somehow, I don’t find this disturbing. It would be interesting to hear how? From where?
David:
My guess is was simply grazing too close to the edge of a riverbank or flood channel when the earth gave way. The tide surges have been doing a lot of damages.
Now I wanna know why, and how …. and who!
Yeah, me too!
Bob:
Jimmy Hoffa!
So sad, how scared the poor cow must have been.
cheers, parsnip
Parsnip:
That’s exactly where our minds went.
There is a mystery here and not a pretty one.
Urspo:
I don’t think it was a mob hit. Probably a river bank simply gave way and the poor cow slipped into the rushing waters.
We saw a Dolphin washed up when we were there too, I was looking out for them as I usually do, but like seeing it like this. Hope you both ok
I meant to say did not like seeing it like this
Chris,
I knew what you meant. Not a pleasant thing. I hadn’t heard about the dolphin.