I once saw a video of a farmer killing two cows. The second one saw what happened to the first, looked directly at the farmer, closed its eyes, and just accepted its fate. Didn't freak out nor try to flee.
It knew. It fucking knew. Fucked me up so badly.
(And no I don't have a link cause this was about 5-10 years ago. Not that I'd want to share it anyway cause I'm not trying to inflict the same trauma I went through on someone else.)
Did you see the video where some guys are trying to force two horses to mate and the mare is just not into it and she kicks the stallion square in the forehead and he collapses and dies on the spot?
Dude died shitting himself with a hard-on. What a way to go.
I think I get it now, it's like the way Disney or whatever draw female counterparts. You take a cow and you go, 'hmm, what can I add to make this a sexy female cow?'
Boom, eyebrows and so on. I think that's why this cow looks so weird.
Not only do they fail, it is pretty hard to hit the right spot. Too many animals are merely paralyzed by the bolt, and are fully capable of feeling the blade across their throat.