A cow in Brazil that was set to be slaughtered escaped from a farm, went down a waterslide, and won its freedom.
That’s a real headline and not a weird Mad Libs result.
It happened last Saturday when the cow wandered off the farm to a club next door with a swimming pool with a big, curved waterslide.
The cow climbed a set of stairs to the top, went halfway down the slide, and stopped. This was around the time employees at the club were just getting to work and couldn’t believe what they were seeing. They coaxed the cow down the slide and into the pool, and it wasn’t hurt. The president of the club says he was surprised the slide didn’t collapse, because the weight limit is around 450 pounds, and the cow weighs closer to 700.
The farmer says the cow will now avoid his scheduled trip to the slaughterhouse. He’s a local celebrity now. People keep coming to see him, so he’ll get to live out the rest of his days as a pet. They’ve even named him Tobogã – the Portuguese word for “Slide.”
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