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Cow choreography set to electronic music by Cyriak

Lisa Katayama at 2:59 pm Tue, Jul 20, 2010

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The latest music and choreography from British animator Cyriak = cows getting down. He writes: "No cows were harmed during the making of this video, though their future prospects probably aren't as optimistic." Video link.

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  • dole

    Reminds me of this one, that I must watch every so often, just because. THANKS A LOT.

    http://boingboing.net/2009/02/17/weird-and-wonderful.html

  • gwailo_joe

    Spider cow, spider cow

    Does whatever a spider cow does

    Shoots a web

    Instead of milk

    She’s the scariest of her ilk

    Look out! here comes the Spider Cow!

  • agraham999

    Eh…I suspected as much when I lived on the farm.

  • invictus

    Having seen cows move, I can’t help but cringe whenever I see their legs. Cow joints shouldn’t do that!

    Anyone else with farm experience getting the same reaction?

    • Anonymous

      Yes! Those unnatural knee tweaks were painful to watch!

    • agraham999

      Never had that experience…but I always thought their legs looked impossibly spindly to hold all that weight. Then you get kicked by one and understand it’s no problem at all.

    • Anonymous

      Well, it’s really the cowspider that disturbed me more than anything.

    • Anonymous

      Grew up on a cattle ranch in Idaho. Leg movements creeped me out too. They are sort of moving like they have four knees which they don’t.

      First, I thought this was cute…then creepy…then slightly hypnotic… then i wanted to consider a spherical cow.

  • Cnoocy

    Needs an umbus.

  • millrick

    I, for one, welcome our new arachnobovine overlords.

    well, not really welcome…
    more like hide under the bed until my arachnophobia subsides

  • Brainspore

    Great, here comes another heated argument about the side effects of beef hormones.

    • Frank W

      @ Brainspore: You have no idea what you put in your mouth.

  • orwellian

    Ah, so that’s what drugs are like. Huh. :-)

    • twibbit

      I’ve been on drugs. There was less cow mitosis. Therefore, this is better than drugs.

  • Teller

    Beats making a donkey parasail.

  • pelrun

    This demands more rumination.

  • Felton

    This is now my second favorite cow-themed animation. The first, of course, is still Magical Trevor.

    • Anonymous

      Given that the creators are both b3tards the site must have a monopoly :D

  • Anonymous

    While watching this my eyes began to stop focusing and the video rectangle began stretching to the right…help meee

  • Anonymous

    There is a fine line between “cute” and “ontology-peeling k-hole”.
    That is what I said. This shaves my dendrites.

  • Phikus

    Yeah, that wasn’t disturbing at all…

    Felton: Ok, but MAKE IT STOP!!! (Oh, and They Might Be Giants called. They want their sound back.)

    • Felton

      It. Never. Stops!!

      Heh. Would you believe I had to go to YouTube to hear what They Might Be Giants sounds like? I’m a little behind on this new “rock ‘n’ roll” music the kids are listening to these days. :-D

      • Brainspore

        …I had to go to YouTube to hear what They Might Be Giants sounds like?

        You are dead to me.

        • Felton

          Even if I liked what I heard?

          Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go check out this band called “The Beatles” someone told me about. ;)

  • Anonymous

    yay!

  • Anonymous

    OHGOD COW-SPIDERS

  • Anonymous

    I’m fine with cows. I’m mostly fine with spiders. Arachnobovines = shudder.

  • nemofazer

    But seriously, don’t do drugs kids.

  • animwriter

    Cowreography?

  • knoxblox

    RealPlayer used to have an app with a cartoon sheep who would dance like this in time to the music, didn’t they? You could personalize it with different things like a bow or how many birds flew by, etc.

  • danegeld

    This is exactly the kind of trippy shit that the BBC is going to realise isn’t in it’s mandate any more. Enjoy it while you can, guys.

  • Anonymous

    Bust a moo.