It may sound surprising, but "cow cuddling" is proving to be an increasingly popular therapeutic activity for people suffering from stress or anxiety. But these four-legged mammals may not interact in the same way with men as with women, according to a study published in the journal Human-Animal Interactions.
The authors of this study, Katherine Compitus and Sonya Bierbower, conducted an experiment with 11 people – five women, five men and one young girl – aged between 13 and 79. They were each asked to interact with two castrated male Holstein bulls for at least 45 minutes. The animals, both around a year old, were raised on a small sanctuary farm in Goshen, New York.
