Daisy gives it a go

Yesterday I told you about the mythical bonnacon which appears in the 12th Century Aberdeen Bestiary:

Pliny the Elder, writing in the first century AD (Natural History, Book 8, 16) was the first to mention the bonnacon, or the bonasus as he called it. It has, he tells us, the mane of a horse but otherwise resembles a bull. It has horns that curve back so they are useless for fighting; when attacked, it runs away, while releasing a trail of dung that can cover three furlongs (3 acres according the the Aberdeen Bestiary). Contact with the dung burns pursuers as though they had touched fire.

Daisy, our Friesian cow, was very much impressed by these tales of explosive farting and this morning she decided to have a go for herself. Her first attempts were quite encouraging but she has some way to go before she can scorch 3 furlongs (600 metres) yet alone 3 acres (12,140 square metres)!

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