From the Files of Dr. Moo

This is a bit of an older tale but I haven't shared it yet and I've not got much else to say so here you go...

Recently, Moo was called to a farm to do an amputation. The calf in question had four perfectly good legs -- it was the fifth one that was causing a problem. The baby bovine had an extra leg attached to one of its back legs. It wasn't really needed - it kind of just flopped around and it was littler than the other legs -- so Moo came in to lop it off.

She told me it was a pretty easy surgery as the fifth leg wasn't completely fused to the fourth. What surprised me was the reaction of the farmers holding the calf still so Moo could do her work. They were grossed out by it. When Moo mentioned she might have to remove the eyeball of another cow they were all get someone else to hold her because there's no way we're watching that. (In case you were wondering, to remove a cow eye you actually cut all around the eye and then plop it out and sew the hole shut. But this cow's sight was saved!)

Anyhoo I for one would totally have held Bossie down for the former operation. It's like the perfect surgery -- the cow isn't getting hurt, at all, and then afterwards, well you have got yourself a real conversation piece. Moo saved the leg in formaldehyde, natch.